Text / Xv Encun
Born in Hebei
province the landscape painter Zhang Yufeng, in addition to the character of
heroic temperament, his love is the vitality and the beauty of nature of
colorful and myriad changes, so that he was attracted to painting, especially
interested in landscape painting, tempered in the years, along the way is
rough, arduous and tortuous, it’s knowable; today, in the context of
contemporary culture, gave Zhang Yufeng to observe the world in a new
perspective and a new way of thinking, enable him to live in the tradition and
innovation and continue to spread, facing the new world and the artistic
expression of the new proposition, he therefore diligent practicing, follow the
old adage of “study nature outside, catch source inside”, in the process of
practice, he has been created to achieve his own artistic ideal.
His work speaks
for itself.
Zhang Yufeng once
under the tutelage of contemporary famous Hua Shi, Long Rui, step by step,
study of traditional and famous works of ancient times on the painting skills
and understanding the cultural implication, and strive to find the true meaning
of the Chinese painting master works, Zhang Yufeng is lucky, is successful.
Especially under the guidance of Mr. Long Rui, more refining skills, can be
described as "famous master great students". We know that Mr. Long
Rui is known for his research in Huang Binhong, influence deep mysteries and
artistic conception of Huang's landscape construction, and hands-on practice of
Huang Binhong’s art idea and practice experience, quite a few
"Wordsworth" and "black ink group established the spirit"
of style. Zhang Yufeng followed Mr. Longrui to study painting, started with
Huang Binhong, a lot of feelings and benefits, of course, all of this is
condensed and reflected in his works and ideas, thinking, concept, form, brush
and ink.
Zhang Yufeng |
"Bishan’s beautiful hills" | 68x45cm | 2015
The landscape
paintings of Zhang Yufeng, absorbed Huang Binhong's artistic spirit, but mainly
learned its meaning, although not completely copied, but not learned from their
trace, but painted freely, gradually formed a powerful arbitrary aspect, line
such as iron, point such as rock falling, every stroke is vigorous, showing
good basic skills.
For example,
"Live in cloud", "Humble cottage in Qiushan", "Smoke
clouds in Yunxiu", "white clouds like fairy home",
"Voiceless landscape", "Smoke in Xiqiao" and “Auspicious
clouds in Taihang” and other works, namely, brush to draw the bone, prominent
strokes and feeling, and see the charm in this painting, ink takes the air,
strength of character and spirit with ink, can make the picture more rhyme.
These works are disorderly integrated point line and ink, achieve art orderly,
vivid details near, far see the cliffs, clouds misty, tree house, sparsely
guarded, orderly hierarchy rules; in image representation, shape as hasty,
loose drainage, but the rules orderly, shape not, physical power, ink is not
enough to but spirit is enough, all of which are generated from the line and
ink and mixed cover stacked vertically and horizontally, but there is Mr.
Huang’s landscape relic.
Zhang Yufeng |
Fishing hidden in Xishan | 180x60cm | 2013
Freehand
brushwork, based on "unlikeness like", is "ripe epigenetic"
and "no law" under the premise of "the heart of the
matter", "slightly its shape from the quality" and
"landscape painting is a map of nature, not plagiarism its shape. Painting
does not write the appearance of everything, but the connotation of
spirit", "aloof, outward and spiritual expression", to express
and lyric. Zhang Yufeng on Huang Binhong's landscape painting style, form,
brush and ink research, learning, well versed in "pride can be carried
away, spirit can inherit the shape", not external beauty but vitality,
heavy taste of secret manipulation; therefore, his works have more features,
and clumsy thick pale; "in view of the clear to be quiet for the
simplified theory", also not to work shows that Zhang Yufeng in experience
and observe the nature of life rhythm, is to eliminate all distractions, brings
peace to the heart, to achieve understanding, in-depth understanding of the
charm of nature change, and schema and written out.
In the "Live
in mountains", "Smoke clouds in Yunxiu", "Visit friends in
Xishan", and "Breeze blowing peaks", "Not peak far from the
world" and other works, the artist created a distinct vivid artistic realm
and character, the mountain towering, gurgling water, floating clouds, deep and
far, and painting overflowing with dense gas; the composition simple, little
steep shape, and more usual scenery, in fact, this just reflects the painter's
spiritual needs and aesthetic orientation.
Zhang Yufeng |
Desolate green trees | 63x45cm | 2015
Zhang Yufeng in
the picture, based in the "aesthetic thoughts", lofty and profound in
structure and intention, mountains, water, buildings, trees, houses are
well-proportioned, during the distribution, and need to play their proper role
in spatial segmentation; and the peaks, there will be a mass of ink and harmony
and make fuzzy set; the picture shows the void and clear reflection, the
combination of static and dynamic character, both complex and simple, mutual
infiltration and interaction between virtual and reality, in the ups and downs
and echo each other in reference, the formation of the unity of opposites, the
picture for lively and interesting.
Obviously, Huang
Binhong won the art of enlightenment Zhang Yufeng, the spiritual and experience
in practice, especially the understanding of the "thousand million pen
pen, no pen Jane", "three pen pen, meaning no pen is numerous"
freehand brushwork and the logic of motion picture processing, mountains and
rivers, but clear clouds drifting overall, but totally dense point of view
clearly. While the picture of landscape image, is right and wrong, size,
height, radius and composition in both primary and secondary, the density,
strength, distance, and ink shades, dry, persistent, spilled coke product show,
unity of contradiction of the active and harmonious picture, used to build ups
and downs; at work, not difficult to find, the first to use light ink with
Moxian tick wet rocks and trees contour; reoccupy wet ink concentration and
break through the land changing, repeated many times, the deep layers; then the
thick ink cracked leaves, rocks and tree trunks, branches hook complex add
vines; then dry brush the ink in the ink, woke up; on the wet ink, especially
in ink and ink stains, broken magic prominent, at the same time, also use dry
ink, ink painting; the picture and vast, clumsy way.
The inner beauty
of art is an important proposition of art, and also an important connotation
and quality of classical works. "Inner beauty" is actually
"nature and men in one", "art and reason in one" of
aesthetic feeling and realm, Zhang Yufeng studied Huang Binhong’s art spirit,
and understand; "many masterpieces in the generation, hope that heavy and
praised later, constant number of people, but to stand with self-reliance,
moral cultivation and learning. Through the ages, is also not grinding",
said "the precious paintings, has spread to now, two meters of Dong Ju,
two Mi, are authentic, pure inner beauty, is the author’s conduct and moral,
knowledge, mind, circumstances are very broad, therefore, Zhang Yufeng from the
history of art to solve own
comprehending and realization for the view of art, the law of art and the
essence of art, to read thousands of books, measure himself by a high standard,
and the character of knowledge and deep culture; at the same time, the
"nature painting", "painting from nature" of the
traditional painting theory demands himself, footprints all over the north and
south of the Yangtze River, the well-known mountains and rivers, sketch
combines with eye recognition and heart remember, and strive to reflect the
nature of the myriad changes and charm in the creation; the pursuit of own
formal language, pays attention to the spirit of freehand and ink performance
and sincere beauty, so that the mountains have various forms, so majestic and
grand of the nature, refine and exaggeration to achieve the work vivid, unity
of form and spirit, the works up to the height of the "inner beauty".
Zhang Yufeng |
"Yanshan is clear and bright" (sketch in Shidu) | 630x225cm
Time is lazily,
the middle-aged Zhang Yufeng, pays more attention to cultivate culture and
practice, under the tutelage of famous masters, with the classic as the model,
best solution to samadhi, came a lot of road, and gains a lot; and the
accumulation of years of experience, the Zhang Yufeng landscape art
imperceptibly in the height to show as a "totally honest" and
"empty pale" artistic effect, to achieve "intention to good
state”.
"But ask the
plowing, not consider the harvest", Zhang Yufeng in the long journey of
art down to earth, footprint steady and lopsided in pursuit, in the year after
year, day in and day out, achieving transcendence and construction, to the
middle-aged, he gains rich art fruit, he also ushered in the golden season of
life.
In this regard, we
have high hopes and expectations.