In February 2016, the China Jingling School of Painting Research Association announced its establishment in Tianmen, Hubei
Advocating the past and opening up a new path
- the "Jingling phenomenon" in Hubei painting circles
To the "Jingling School of Jinxiang
in the late Ming Dynasty " was written into the history of Chinese literature and will shine through the ages. "Jingling Sect" is also called Zhongtan Sect. The main characters Zhong Xing and Tan Yuanchun are both from Jingling (today's Tianmen, Hubei Province), so they are called Jingling Sect. In the late Ming Dynasty, nearly a thousand scholars joined . Zhong Xing and Tan Yuanchun co-authored "Poetry Returns", a thirty-six-volume selection of ancient and Tang poems, which clarified the aesthetic ideas of "loneliness and loneliness" and "lonely emotions", which had an important impact on the evolution of traditional Chinese literature into modern times.
In Tianmen in the new era, the "Jingling School" is not just a dazzling term. The artists here have inherited its essence, and the waves behind it are rushing ahead of the waves ahead. The "Jingling phenomenon" in Hubei painting circles has made the world look at it with admiration.
There is a trickle of sound. The ink pen worships the past and opens up new paths.
On February 4, 2016, China News Service , Sina.com, and Jingchu.com broadcast the news to the world:
The establishment of the China Jingling Painting School Research Association and the first Jingling An exhibition of art works by Pai painters was held at the Tea Hall in Tianmen City, Hubei Province. Nearly a hundred experts and scholars from home and abroad attended the event. Mr. Zhou Shaohua, a leading figure in the painting world, happily wrote the inscription "Jingling School Research Association".
exhibited oil paintings, traditional Chinese paintings, prints, gouache and watercolor works such as "Good News", "Jingling People", "When Sichuan Pepper Ripe Again", "Homeland", "Thick Soil", "Jingchu Clouds", "Farming Memory", "Plain Image Impression", etc. They were created by more than 70 painters and have attracted much attention from the society.
Mr. Liu Jicheng, chairman and legal representative of the Jingling Painting School Research Association, introduced that the "Jingling School" advocates the theory of spirituality, which promotes the development direction of literati painting "both poetry and painting" in the art field and the literary theory in the history of Chinese cultural development. It occupies an important position.
Shao Jun, a professor at Communication University of China and a Ph.D. in art history, discovered through research that literati in the late Ming Dynasty were “good at both poetry and painting.” The “Jingling School” not only played an important role in the history of literature, but also had far-reaching significance in the fields of calligraphy and painting creation and collection. He believes that revitalizing the artistic ideas of the "Jingling School" will have a profound impact on the study of the spiritual connotation and aesthetic pursuit of contemporary Chinese art, as well as the idea that "painting creation is also a natural expression of the artist's mind."
is registered in Tianmen, the carrier is in Wuhan, the activities are nationwide, the influence is global, and the goal is in the future. When some art organizations are criticized by society, the road map of the "Jingling Painting School" that bucks the trend is eye-opening.
On June 5, 2016, "My Heart Wanders - An Exhibition of Ink Painting Works by Six Artists from Jingling Painting Academy" was grandly opened in Wuhan Creative World One Space, featuring Zhang Feng, Cheng Haojun, Wang Zhiyun, Ni Lihua, Zheng Hao, and Guo Jiliang The artist's ink painting works, this is the first art exhibition held by the Jingling Painting School Research Association in Wuhan.
This exhibition lasts until June 16 and has received widespread attention from the society. According to media reports, the Jingling School of Painting Research Association was initiated by artists from Tianmen in Hubei Province. Nearly a hundred Tianmen artists from all over the country have joined, including experts and professors from many universities. It aims to inherit the literature, poetics and aesthetics of the Jingling School. With the goal of "communication, hard work, and travel", it advocates that painting creation is also a natural expression of the artist's heart. Its essence lies in expressing the artist's true life experience and inner emotions. The executive agency is Jingling Painting Academy.
Artist Wang Zhiyun, deputy dean of the School of Art and Design of Hubei University of Economics, made a passionate speech on behalf of the participating painters, saying: "Jingling Painting Academy provides us with a good platform, allowing us artists to have the opportunity to communicate together. Discussion and mutual promotion."
Artists Cheng Haojun and Zheng Hao summarized this exhibition with "Exhibition, Exchange and Development", "It is very pleasant for new and old friends to gather and communicate through this exhibition to expand their thinking."
May 2017. On the 19th, "Wangxiang·Jingling Painting Academy 2017 Wanlin Art Invitational Exhibition" was held at the Wanlin Art Museum of Wuhan University.
"Wangxiang·Jingling Painting Academy 2017 Wanlin Art Invitational Exhibition" is the first relatively complete appearance of the works of artists from the Jingling Painting School Research Association in Wuhan.It is jointly organized by Wanlin Art Museum of Wuhan University and Jingling Painting School Research Association. Professor Xu Yongmin, the former dean of Hubei Institute of Fine Arts, wrote a preface for the exhibition. Mr. Peng Zhuwu, a Tianmen native and former Propaganda Minister of the Party Committee of Hubei Academy of Fine Arts, and Mr. Shi Danwen, Director of the Finance Department of Hubei Academy of Fine Arts, attended the opening ceremony. Mr. Chen Jie, the curator of the
exhibition and poet, introduced in an interview with the media: A total of 43 artists' works participated in the exhibition. These artists include professional teachers from art schools in domestic universities, independent artists or creative people from professional art institutions. A total of 133 works were exhibited, covering ink, oil painting, watercolor, ceramics and other art categories, and were displayed in three units: "Utensils, Paper, and Cloth".
Mr. Zhou Shaohua (left) and Mr. Huang Taiyan (right)
Mr. Zhou Shaohua, the founder of the Chinese painting style school and a famous painter, attended the opening ceremony. Zhou Lao watched all the exhibited works with great interest, and then had a unique discussion with some artists from Jingling Painting Academy in the coffee shop on the third floor of , Wanlin Art Museum. Mr. Zhou fully affirmed this exhibition. He combined his own artistic practice to encourage everyone to concentrate on creation and paint more and better works.
Professor Huang Taiyan, then Executive Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of Wuhan University, delivered a speech on behalf of Wuhan University: The establishment of Jingling Painting Academy in Wanlin Art Museum is a promotion of artistic works, and it also makes the love of art and thinking about life interact with each other. The concept is sublimated in the university. The theme of this art exhibition is "Looking Hometown", which is of far-reaching significance. It not only reflects the past of my hometown, but also expresses my expectations for the future of my hometown. Mr. Huang Taiyan specifically mentioned that the donor of Wanlin Art Museum, Mr. Chen Dongsheng, also came from the ancient Jingling Mausoleum, which is today's Tianmen.
Mr. Liu Chunbing, Secretary-General of the Hubei Provincial Artists Association, will inherit the historical context of Jingling, explore the historical origins and academic significance of Jingling culture, promote the current creation and research of Jingling painting and calligraphy art, and explore The achievements made in establishing the academic ideas of the Jingling School of Painting and promoting the excellent Jingling regional culture were praised as "the 'Jingling phenomenon' in Hubei painting circles".
An art exhibition that has attracted much attention from society.
Thousands of people envy the water of the Xijiang River. I once came down to Jingling City.
Culture is the soul of a city, and its roots come from the depths of history. Tianmen was called Jingling in ancient times. As an ancient city with a long history, humanities have flourished since ancient times.
"Thousands of people admire the water of the Xijiang River, which once came down to Jingling City." These two lines of tea sage Lu Yu are very popular.
Culture and art is the most distinctive and far-reaching part of economic and social development. It is the highest level manifestation of the comprehensive level of a place's development, prosperity, civilization and progress.
The Shijiahe Cultural Site, which dates back about 6,000 to 4,000 years ago, together with the Liangzhu Site in Zhejiang Province on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the Shimao Site in Shaanxi Province on the middle reaches of the Yellow River , are the three cradles of Chinese civilization. The Shijiahe ruins, the Jade God's head, the perforated stone ax , etc., bear witness to the history of human civilization spanning more than 5,000 years. "China's No. 1 Phoenix", this Neolithic jade phoenix collected in the National Museum of China was unearthed from the Luojiabailing site in Shijiahe Town.
During the Qi Liang Dynasty, Prince Jingling Xiao Ziliang and Xiao Ben's ancestors and grandsons created the "Dragon Book" and painted the "Picture of Scholars in the West Di". The pictures of landscapes can reach thousands of miles away. During the Sui and Tang dynasties, Zhang Xintai was good at writing, which was recorded in the "History of Books". Lu Yu's book was written on the forehead of Yongding Temple, and later generations praised him for his "excellent diction". In the Ming Dynasty, Zhou Jiamo, Guo Xu and others lived in Jingling for generations. Guo Xu's "Jingling Landscape Painting" can be regarded as a masterpiece of courtyard landscape painting in the Ming Dynasty.
More than 400 years ago, Zhong Xing and Tan Yuanchun, the leaders of the Jingling School, who were a generation of poets, essayists and theorists, were also influential calligraphers, painters, theorists and connoisseurs of calligraphy and painting.
The artists of Tianmen in the new era are starting again by following the path of the "Jingling School" and interpreting the legend of Jingling's coquettishness with their persistent artistic pursuit.
In 2017, 40 people and more than 110 works from the city participated in provincial exhibitions such as the Chinese Dream and Great Beauty Hubei Chinese Painting Works Exhibition and the Second Hubei Provincial Traditional Chinese Painting Academy Exhibition.The Municipal Artists Association, together with the Taiwan Chinese Calligraphy Inheritance Society, the Taiwan Dafengtang Art Society, and the Taiwan Tianla Painting and Calligraphy Association, held the "Danqing Friendship, Calligraphy and Ink Renewal" cross-strait calligraphy and painting exchange exhibition. The association's 35 exhibited works were well received by the calligraphy and painting circles in Taiwan.
The Jingling wind has reached Taiwan Province.
In November 2018, the works of 10 Tianmen painters were exhibited at the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Literary and Artists Home Exhibition Hall in Beijing, and received on-site praise from leaders and experts from the Central Propaganda Department and China Federation of Literary and Art Circles. A group of members' works participated in other national and provincial exhibitions.
In 2019, 7 works by members of the Municipal Art Association were published in China Art Newspaper, and 49 works participated in provincial exhibitions.
In 2020, when the sudden COVID-19 epidemic caught people off guard, the Tianmen Artists Association organized members to go to the Municipal People's Hospital, West China Market, traffic inspection intersections, and community isolation points to sketch, creating more than 50 works, 2 of which were to fight against the COVID-19 epidemic. The works were exhibited online at the national level, and 36 works on the theme of fighting the new crown epidemic were displayed in provincial exhibitions. 10 works were selected for online exhibition by the Provincial Artists Association, 5 works were published in the 1st to 4th issues of the selected works of painters of the Hubei Provincial Traditional Chinese Painting Academy, and 5 works were exhibited at the "Art Warmth the Soul" Hubei Art Anti-epidemic held by the Hubei Provincial Mass Art Museum. Works Exhibition The online exhibition features 5 works. Seven works, including "Praise to Populus euphratica", "Monument to the Anti-epidemic", "Sending Help in the Need" and "Disinfection", were exhibited at the "I Love This Land - An Online Exhibition of Hubei Artists' Themed Creations to Fight the Novel Coronavirus Pneumonia Epidemic" hosted by the Hubei Artists Association. Exhibited in China; the traditional Chinese painting "Guardian" was selected for the online exhibition of calligraphy and painting of China Elderly University, and was published in the calligraphy and painting column of the second issue of China Elderly Magazine in 2020. Dozens of online promotional works were released on new media such as Audiovisual Tianmen.
In the golden autumn of 2021, the first "Tianmen Art" newspaper in Tianmen's history was launched, aiming to "take the form of paper publications and online public accounts, combine online and offline, interact with each other, and bring Tianmen art creation to a new level. "Stairs." This year, Tianmen artists presented their birthday gifts to the Party with unprecedented creative passion and rich creative achievements. 7 people’s works participated in the National Invitational Exhibition, 1 person’s work was selected for the National New Literature and Art Group Art Exhibition, 22 people’s works were selected to participate in provincial exhibitions such as “The Forever Flag – Hubei Province Chinese Painting Exhibition to Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China”, and 6 people’s works were selected The works participated in the Xinjiang Cultural Aid Xinjiang "Xinjiang Wenquan County's "Learning from Party History and Integrity" Exhibition of Calligraphy and Painting Works". On June 23, "A Hundred Years of Spring - An Invitational Exhibition of Works by National Traditional Chinese Painting Masters" was grandly opened at the Changsha Bamboo Slips Museum. The works of six painters from Tianmen City are on display here.
A steady and far-reaching foundation, a strong foundation, and a new era.
The history of Chinese painting can be traced back to the painted pottery patterns and rock paintings of the Neolithic Age in primitive society. Although the primitive painting skills are naive, they have mastered the preliminary modeling ability, and they have mastered the modeling ability of animals and plants. Dynamic and static forms can also capture the main features and be used to express the ancestors' beliefs and wishes as well as to beautify and decorate life. Mr. Xiang Qifang, deputy leader of the Shijiahe Site Archaeological Team, said that Shijiahe culture is the source of the prosperity of Tianmen culture and art and the root of the towering tree.
has this foundation and has been nourished by it. In the new era, the Jingling painting circle is dominated by those born in the 1950s and 1960s, and a new generation of painters born in the 1970s are growing vigorously. Tianmen art industry is booming and prosperous.
50 Liu Chenxiang (female) is currently a member of the China Arts and Crafts Society, a member of the Hubei Provincial Artists Association, a professional painter of the Hubei Provincial Traditional Chinese Painting Academy, and the vice chairman of the Tianmen Artists Association. The traditional Chinese paintings "Peony", "Clean Shadow of the Ancient Temple" and "Mao" have been selected into various exhibitions organized by the Hubei Artists Association and won silver awards and excellence awards.
Liu Chenxiang (traditional Chinese painting) "Mountain Flowers"
50 post-Liu Gefa, a member of the Chinese Artists Association, a national first-class artist, and a professional painter at the Hubei Provincial Traditional Chinese Painting Academy. His works have participated in many national exhibitions and won awards, and he has published a series of special collections such as "Liu Gefa Landscape Painting Collection" and "Jingchu Painting School - Liu Gefa Biography".
Liu Gefa's "Beautiful Home"
50 Hou Ma Jianping, a member of the China Arts and Crafts Society, a member of the Hubei Provincial Artists Association, a professional painter of the Hubei Provincial Traditional Chinese Painting Academy, and the chairman of the Tianmen Artists Association. Vice president of Jingling Painting School Research Association.His works have been selected into national and provincial art exhibitions and won awards. His representative works include the 42-meter-long Chinese painting scroll "Splendid Tianmen", "Dayue Wudang", "Lu Yu's Hometown", etc. , his works are collected by many museums, archives, memorial halls and art institutions. Published are "Ma Jianping Painting Collection" and "Ma Jianping Chinese Painting Exhibition Collection". Many works have been published in newspapers and magazines such as China Art News, Hubei Daily, Calligraphy News, and China Cooperation Times. In 2014, he was awarded the title of "Young and Middle-aged Cultural Master" by the Organization Department of the Tianmen Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau. In 2019, he won the "Individual Outstanding Contribution Award" at the 6th Hubei Art Festival.
Ma Jianping's "Dayue Wudang"
60 later Xie Shunhua (female), a member of the China Arts and Crafts Society, a member of the Hubei Provincial Art Association, a member of the Hubei Provincial Painting and Calligraphy Research Association , a member of the Hubei Provincial Traditional Chinese Painting Academy, a professional painter, and a distinguished painter of the Three Gorges Painting Academy. Consultant of the Mausoleum Painting Academy. Many traditional Chinese paintings have been published in professional media such as Hubei Daily, China Art News, and Calligraphy News. His representative works "Returning to Roots", "Suspension", "Jianghan Homeland", "Secret Fragrance", "Three Gorges Family", "Autumn Rhythm of Tusi City", "Daodao Wudang", etc. have been selected into national and provincial professional art exhibitions and won awards. In recent years, the traditional Chinese painting "Hometown Love" "Beautiful Tujia" was selected into the 12th and 13th Hubei Province Art Exhibition respectively.
Xie Shunhua (traditional Chinese painting) "Homeland"
60 Hou Ma Binglin, professor of the Academy of Fine Arts of Jianghan University, director of the basic department, and master's tutor. He is a member of the Hubei Artists Association and the president of the Jingling Painting School Research Association. His art works have been selected into important professional exhibitions at the provincial level or above and at home and abroad for many times, and he has won gold, silver and bronze awards.
Ma Binglin (Oil Painting) "Good News"
60 post-Ni Lihua, a professional painter from the Hubei Provincial Traditional Chinese Painting Academy, a distinguished painter from the Guangzhou Lingnan Traditional Chinese Painting Academy, an academician of the Hanfeng Painting and Calligraphy Academy, and the vice chairman of the Tianmen Artists Association. In 2016, he was selected into the young and middle-aged literary and artistic talent pool of the Hubei Federation of Literary and Art Circles. In 2018, he was awarded the "Two Hundred" Art Talent Training Fund Project of Hubei Province. Many papers and works have been published in core art journals such as "Chinese Art", "Chinese Literary Review", "China Art News", "Hubei Daily", " Calligraphy Herald"; many works have been selected for national exhibitions and provincial exhibitions It has been exhibited and won awards, and has been collected by many art institutions and individuals.
Ni Lihua's "Early Autumn in Xishan"
60 post-Lu Shixiong, professional painter of Hubei Provincial Traditional Chinese Painting Academy, member of Wuhan Artists Association , academician of Peng Taiwu University Freehand Flower and Bird Painting Research Institute, academician of Hubei Provincial Ink Painting Research Institute, deputy director of Tianmen Artists Association Chairman and Secretary General. His works have participated in many exhibitions at the provincial level and above. In 2018, the traditional Chinese painting "Jingchu Good Fruits" was exhibited in Beijing. In 2017, his calligraphy works participated in the "4th China Silk Road " calligraphy exhibition organized by the Ministry of Culture and won awards. His works are collected by relevant art institutions in Taiwan.
Lu Shixiong's "Twilight"
Post-70s Xu Jinbo, member of the Chinese Artists Association, vice president of the Jingling School of Painting Research Association, doctor of art, deputy director of the Art Museum of Wuhan University of Technology, director of the Department of Information Art, master's tutor; Hubei Province Traditional Chinese Painting Vice president of the academy; disciple of Mr. Zhou Shaohua; visiting scholar of Beijing Rongbaozhai Painting Academy Liu Xilin Chinese painting theory and creation; landscape painter and new media artist.
Xu Jinbo's "Shennongjia Sketching"! Please turn your phone sideways to view
70 post-Shao Jun, director of the academic committee of the Jingling School of Painting Research Association, doctor of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, professor, graduate tutor, convener of the art discipline, member of the 13th batch of doctoral corps of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, He once served as an editorial board member of " Chinese Codex " and deputy editor-in-chief of "Chinese Calligraphy Code". He is mainly engaged in research, teaching and creation work in the history of Chinese painting, theory of calligraphy and painting, religious art and contemporary art trends. He has published several works such as "Theory of Calligraphy and Painting in the Tang Dynasty", "Chinese Temple Murals", and "Collection of Shao Jun's Painting and Calligraphy".
Shao Jun's "Journey to Chu Township"
70 post Ma Xinping , Professor and deputy dean of the School of Art of Hubei University, master's tutor, and vice president of the Jingling Painting School Research Association.50 papers (oil paintings) were published in various professional journals and participated in various exhibitions at all levels, and won many awards. He also published a book "Xinping Oil Painting Art".
Ma Xinping "Urban Beauty Worker"
70 Hou Zhang Feng, professor, senior engineer , currently the vice president of the Jingling Painting School Research Association, professor at the School of Art of Hubei University, has visited Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Singapore Yi An Institute of Technology. Focusing on the research on urban and rural settlement environment and residential buildings and the creation of landscape paintings, he has participated in many national and provincial exhibitions and won awards.
Zhang Feng's "Jingling Family"
70 generation Wang Tao, visiting professor of Zhongnan University of Economics and Law, vice chairman of Tianmen Artists Association, founder of Lucky Star Studio. He is good at writing, good at calligraphy and painting, and has published more than 100 calligraphy and painting works and articles in newspapers and magazines at all levels. He is good at oil paintings, traditional Chinese paintings of figures, and landscapes. His pen and ink are sophisticated, his shapes are vivid, and he is quite Zen-like in every square inch. He has trained nearly ten thousand students, some of whom have been admitted to the Central Academy of Fine Arts and the China Academy of Art.
Wang Tao's "Flower Drum Opera"
Follow the sages at the foot of Jingling City. Zhongshu Tan Hua Chong is the sect.
Follow the sages at the foot of Jingling City. The wild geese call to taste the holy spring in front of the pass.
Zhong Shu and Tan Hua Chong are the sects, Lu Zi Tea Sutra nourishes the heart.
Smoked trees and water make up the countryside, and the ink brushes paint the color of the hometown.
A solitary and quiet painting, a single rhyming rhyme on paper and silk.
The pen and ink chase the sun and the moon, and the pictures are painted with splendor. On July 6, 2017, to celebrate the 96th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China and commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Tianmen Artists Association, a large-scale "art exhibition" opened at the Tianmen Workers' Cultural Palace, a collection of fine art paintings. Officially published. The painters used unique perspectives and colorful brushwork to depict the development and changes of Tianmen and the spiritual outlook of the citizens. There are more than 80 Chinese paintings and oil paintings, including fresh and elegant landscapes, as well as unique character series, demonstrating the extraordinary strength of the painters.
From November 14th to 18th, 2018, "Freehand Yangtze River-Hubei Province Chinese Painting Exhibition" was held at the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles Writers and Artists' Home Exhibition Hall in Beijing. Tianmen City has the highest number of exhibitors among prefecture-level cities and prefecture-level cities in Hubei Province. 10 works were praised on site by leaders and experts from the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee and China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, and were praised at the seminar. Shang Hui, deputy director of the Art Theory Committee of the China Artists Association, commented on the works such as "Shadow of Summer on Longwei Mountain" and "Drunken Dragon in Spring".
On September 18, 2019, to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of New China, the "Chutian Century City Cup" calligraphy and painting exhibition hosted by the Municipal Artists Association was grandly opened. This year, the Municipal Artists Association successively hosted calligraphy and painting exhibitions to celebrate the "Two Sessions" of the Tianmen Municipal People's Congress and the Municipal CPPCC, the second Tianmen Oil Painting Exhibition, the first Tianmen Chu Shang calligraphy and painting exhibition of "Spring of Tianhai Dragon", and the National Day celebrations. There were 4 exhibitions including calligraphy and painting exhibitions on campus, with 380 works on display.
At the beginning of the new year in 2020, the "Elegance and Breeze, the Heart of Calligraphy and Ink" Ma Jianping's Chinese painting exhibition sponsored by the Hubei Provincial Artists Association, the Hubei Provincial Traditional Chinese Painting Academy, and the Propaganda Department of the Tianmen Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China was exhibited at the Municipal Workers' Cultural Palace. 60 works were on display. With diverse themes and rich content, it is a high-standard exhibition.
Fangfei In April, Shanxi Province's medical team supporting Tianmen City's anti-epidemic team made a triumphant return. The Tianmen Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government presented the large-scale flower-and-bird painting "Welcoming Spring to the World" created by Ma Jianping as a precious souvenir.
In July, the Tianmen Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government presented a traditional Chinese painting "Ode to the Great Wall" to the "Tianmen Ship" of the South China Sea Fleet to enhance military-local friendship. The creator of the painting is Ma Jianping.
The picture shows citizens watching the exhibition of Ma Jianping’s Chinese paintings.
Osmanthus fragrant, the Municipal Artists Association and the Municipal Mass Art Museum jointly organized the Tianmen City Excellent Art Exhibition. A total of 50 outstanding works created by members of the city in recent years were displayed. Most of them were selected for provincial exhibitions, won awards, and participated in national exhibitions. work. The works are large in length and of high quality, representing the strength of today's local artists.
In mid-winter, the Municipal Artists Association hosted an exhibition of sketches by members of the "Civilized Tomorrow and Beautiful Countryside" at the Municipal Workers' Cultural Palace. It displayed more than 80 sketches by members of the association who have been deeply involved in life, close to reality and into nature in recent years, including oil paintings and traditional Chinese paintings. , watercolor, acrylic and other painting types, and published a collection of sketches by members of the Municipal Art Association called "Civilized Tianmen Beautiful Countryside".
In 2021, on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, "Red Hearts March to the Party and March to the Gate of Heaven - An Exhibition of Art Works to Celebrate the 100th Anniversary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China" was grandly held at the Municipal Workers' Cultural Palace. This art exhibition took more than eight months to prepare, and a total of 195 works of various types were collected. After careful selection, more than 100 works of various types were accepted, and 20 award-winning works were selected. The officially published "Art Collection of Tianmen City Celebrating the Centenary of the Founding of the Communist Party of China" demonstrates the profound artistic accomplishment and skills of calligraphers and painters, and expresses their incomparable love and infinite admiration for the Communist Party of China.
The Tianmen Artists Association was established in July 1997. It currently has 158 members, including 5 members of the China Artists Association, 30 members of the Provincial Artists Association, and 12 professional painters and contracted painters from the Provincial Traditional Chinese Painting Academy. The association consists of the Elderly University Branch, Tianmen Experimental High School Branch, Oil Painting Branch and Chinese Painting Branch.
In 2014, Ma Jianping, who had served as secretary-general for 16 years, took up the responsibility of chairman of the Tianmen Artists Association. Keeping in mind the mission of "recording the new era, writing the new era and eulogizing the new era", he led the members to go deep into real life, explore the spiritual connotation and aesthetic pursuit of learning from the excellent painting art of ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, and carry forward the fine traditions of the Jingling School of Painting. Personalized creation. At the 7th Hubei Art Festival organized by the Provincial Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the Provincial Department of Culture and Tourism, the Tianmen Artists Association won the "Hubei Art Organization Contribution Award".
Part of the art collection
It is not easy to cultivate the art garden. To have a source of living water
The life of art needs the nourishment of the source of living water. The most taboo is to fish in the lake. The Tianmen Artists Association has always adhered to the direction of serving the people and socialism through culture and art. It adheres to the policy of letting a hundred flowers bloom and a hundred schools of thought contending. It puts efforts to improve the quality of its members in an important position and innovatively organizes members to learn painting theory. Regularly organize members to go deep into communities, rural areas, enterprises, and schools to deeply penetrate the roots of art into the bottom of society and absorb artistic nutrients from real life. While
continues to improve the painting skills and creative abilities of its members, the Municipal Artists Association organizes members to carry out theoretical discussions to truly understand from an ideological perspective how to create for the people and how to base their creation on local soil.
Every scene and object in the countryside is given a vivid soul in the painting. Naturally, there is always a master you can consult. In 2018, the Tianmen Artists Association held 4 seminars and training courses at the Tea Scripture Building , discussing "40 years of Tianmen calligraphy and painting circles", "Problems of Lu Yu's theme creation", "Tea paintings with information" Xiao Yi earns Lanting Pictures "", "Tianmen painter talks about Lu Yu". In order to comprehensively carry out theoretical research and study and improve the level of regional artistic creation, the Tianmen Artists Association specially invited Professor Shao Jun of the Communication University of China to come to Tianmen to hold a theoretical forum on "The Calligraphy and Painting Activities of the Jingling School and the Bloodline of Jingling Calligraphy and Painting"; in order to improve the professionalism of its members To improve the level and cultivate top talents, we recommend members to study in the advanced research class of the Hubei Provincial Traditional Chinese Painting Academy; we also organize members to go out to Fozishan, Jingshan, Zigui and other places to carry out style collecting, and to sketch in Shibanyan Taihang Mountain, Linzhou, Henan.
Go out, please come in, regional exchanges will shine. On September 26, 2018, the joint exhibition of Tianmen and Jingmen art works "Walking with the New Era and Adding Color to the Chinese Dream" was grandly held at the Tianmen Cultural Palace. Since 2015, the Municipal Artists Association has held joint exhibitions with Hanchuan, Qianjiang, Xiantao, Jingmen and other cities. The painters used full passion, splashed ink, adhering to tradition and innovation, diversity and integration, painted exquisite blueprints for the new era, expressed common dreams, and interpreted the profound heritage of our country's traditional culture. In 2022, a joint exhibition with Jingzhou is being prepared.
Art benefits people at the grassroots level, and art exhibitions are organized by enterprises.Since 2015, the Artists Association has organized painters to hold art exhibitions 3 to 4 times every year in towns, government agencies, communities, enterprises, and schools, including at Jianghu Farm, Jiangchang Town, Qianyi Town, and Huangtan Town. Grassroots units such as , Hongjian Community, Junjia Group, Luyu Ecological Park, Experimental High School, Tianyi School, and Livable Environment Management Company have held more than 50 pen meetings and art exhibitions to benefit the people. Huangtan Town held the Chrysanthemum Festival. The Municipal Artists Association organized members to create 20 traditional Chinese paintings on the beautiful countryside with the theme of chrysanthemums, which were exhibited during the Chrysanthemum Festival, Farmers' Harvest Festival, and Rural Tourism Festival; "June 1" Children's Day , the Artists Association and the Municipal Academy of Educational Sciences jointly organized an exhibition of children's art works, displaying 268 works such as oil paintings, traditional Chinese paintings, watercolors, and gouache.
Tianmen painters paint Tianmen, and the roots of art are rooted to the end. Since the "Cultural Benefiting the People and Warming the Heart" activity organized by the Municipal Artists Association was launched in June 2017, the literary and art team has gone to the grassroots to experience life, collect and learn 8 to 10 times every year, and create nearly a hundred works. Members have visited more than 10 towns and villages, and more than 100 painters have participated in the activities, producing a series of works such as "Lu Yu's Hometown Tea House", "Early Summer at Longwei Mountain", "Chinese Jade God", "Impression of Zhangjiahu" and "Breeze in the Hometown of Overseas Chinese". excellent work.
The vice chairman of the Municipal Artists Association and painter Liu Hailin described in the article "Painting the Scenery and Objects Around Me" that "Tianmen Painters Painted Tianmen":
The painting of the scenery and objects around me came to mind three years ago. At that time, when the Jingling Painting Academy was about to be established, a group of Tianmen painters scattered all over the country met to hold a painting exhibition in their hometown, called "Tianmen Painters Painting Tianmen" to comfort their hometown. In a hurry, I also painted two small scenes of my hometown and anxiously took them to join in the fun, thus forming a relationship with the scenery of my hometown.
Those who have lived in the plains for a long time will probably feel that the scenery around them is monotonous and boring. I felt the same way earlier. After careful study, I found that the plainness presents calm and peace, and the change of seasons in the monotony breeds the gorgeous and vigorous scenery. vitality. Many times when work was done in the evening, the sky was filled with colorful clouds. A few farmers who returned late were carrying hoes and humming music, walking slowly on the ridge of the fields. The water-like sunset cast a golden color on them, and they walked closer and further away... I I was stunned to see it!
Peaceful, peaceful and pastoral, isn't this the ideal home that my heart desires? What’s more, there are colorful embellishments in it! So, I called my friends, carried my suitcases and backpacks, went from village to village, traveled while painting, sang while painting...
walked with the new era and added color to the Chinese dream.
Famous throughout the country, the ink is fragrant and colorful, and the context is long
Tianmen City Artists Association, Jingling Painting School Research Association, and a large number of influential Tianmen-born painters are located in Beijing, Shenzhen, Guangzhou, Jinan, Changsha, Wuhan, etc. They performed a live drama of "The flowers in Jingling are especially fragrant when they bloom".
On June 20, 2018, the exhibition of calligraphy and painting works of Han Jiangang, a member of the Art Association, "Strong Pencils and Expressive Calligraphy and Calligraphy and Ink" was held at the Guangzhou Children's Library. It displayed 40 traditional Chinese paintings of figures, landscapes, flowers and birds created by Han Jiangang in recent years. This is the first time for a member of the Tianmen City Art Association to hold a personal exhibition outside the province.
Han Jiangang's "Vivid Pen and Sensitive Calligraphy and Ink" calligraphy and painting exhibition
August 22, 2017, Guancheng Art Museum, Dongguan. "Harmony but Different - Invitational Exhibition of Works of the Watercolor Art Committee of the Hubei Artists Association" was recommended by the participating artists. Song Wenhua, a painter from Tianmen and vice president of the Jingling Painting School Research Association, was featured.
Song Wenhua is committed to the creation and research of watercolor paintings. He insists on sketching all year round and takes nature as his teacher. Many of his works have been published in professional publications such as " China Art Education ", "Art Guide", " Art Grand View " and "Art+". He said that most of my works come from sketching, including vegetable patches and paddy fields, flowing water and river banks, villages and cooking smoke in the countryside. This is mostly related to the environment in which I grew up. What I do is to let art (painting) present its natural state, and do what I love with a non-utilitarian mentality. When facing nature, we are not satisfied with the instant visual impression, nor are we satisfied with the lyricism of pen and ink. Instead, we integrate, summarize and refine the natural scenery, and integrate our own emotions to pursue the enrichment of feelings, which is the so-called reality. subjective.
Song Wenhua (watercolor painting) "Small Scenery of Shijiahe River"
Zhou Chuanfa, a watchman of comic art and an artist from Tianmen, was born in rural Tianmen in 1954. He has been a farmer for generations. Except for his father, who has read a few books, no one is educated. But Zhou Chuanfa had a natural love for painting since he was a child. He has been obsessed with comic strips and traditional Chinese paintings for more than 30 years. His paintings have been exhibited many times at home and abroad and won awards. He has published more than 160 sets of comic strips and more than 40 professional papers.
At the site of the Shijiahe Cultural Site, there is a seventeenth-year-old "painting geek" named Xia Hengping. After leaving farm work, he paints for the villagers. He has countless works.
The charm of Jingling, which condenses thousands of years of history and culture, infiltrates many students. According to people from the education department, hundreds of art students in the city take the college entrance examination every year to pursue their dream of being a painter, and the admission rate is over 65%.
has a long history and outstanding people. There is no end to artistic exploration, Tianmen is a beautiful place, the new era awakens Jingling style, and the love is deep and poetic.
Tianmen City's first children's art exhibition "Children's Heart Goes to the Party and Endeavors to Tianmen" organized by Tianmen City Artists Association.
About the author: Xiang Jinxiang, former deputy editor-in-chief and chief reporter (professional title) of Tianmen Daily in Hubei Province. He once served as a professional internal committee member of the Hubei Provincial Journalists Association and a judge of the Hubei Provincial Municipal and State Newspaper News Awards. He has won honors such as Hubei Provincial Outstanding Journalist, Hubei Provincial Double Ten Excellent Editors and Journalists, and Hubei Provincial Advanced Individual in Language and Writing Work. He has published a collection of works. "Sail in the Heart", "Shouting the Strong Voice of the Times", etc., editor and reviewer of "Tianmen Steamed Vegetables", and executive editor of "History of Tianmen Middle School in Hubei Province (110 Years Edition)". His works are scattered in " People's Daily ", "Hubei Daily", "Half Moon Talk", Toutiao, Sohu and other newspapers and media. More than 100 works have won the first prize for good news in provincial and district party newspapers across the country, the first prize in Hubei News Award, etc. Various rewards.
