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China ceramic painting and art have a long history. In the Neolithic painted pottery era, there was the bud of painting. The origin of China's painting can be seen from the tools and objects of painting, as well as the creation of artistic image and artistic conception. Therefore, the origin of China's painting history or art history can be traced back to the painted pottery of Neolithic age in China. But who is the initiator of painted pottery painting is as mysterious as who is the inventor of painted pottery itself. Don't talk about pottery, it's really too long ago. As far as porcelain is concerned, modern scientific and technological archaeology finds that China is the country that invented porcelain more than 2,000 years ago. The invention of porcelain opened a new era of human civilization and made great contributions to the progress and development of human material civilization and spiritual civilization. Who is such a great inventor? There is no history to test. According to China's historical tradition of "saints create the world", such great inventions are attached to great men and imaginary figures such as Yu, Shun, Ning Fengzi and Cang Qi, with beautiful light rings attached. Painted pottery was invented in an era when there were no words, and Chinese characters existed in the era when porcelain was invented, but there was no record of the invention of porcelain in history books. I wonder if this has anything to do with China's traditional thought that a gentleman is not a tool.
There is no doubt that porcelain was invented by ordinary people. It is normal to leave no name in the process of burning, because this is an ordinary vessel and an edible tool for ordinary people. According to reliable historical records and archaeological discoveries in the kiln site, in the history of Jingdezhen ceramics, celadon produced in the Song Dynasty left a surname on the utensils, such as the words "Zhang Jiazao", "Zhao Jiazao" or "Wang" and "Zhang" engraved on the celadon powder box. It can be divided into two situations: one is the workshop logo, and the other is that the kiln is easy to remember and engraves on the utensils, but there is no painter's surname. This situation continued until the Yuan Dynasty and even the Ming and Qing Dynasties. During the Hongwu period of the Ming Dynasty, the imperial court set up an imperial ware factory in Jingdezhen. The management of the imperial factory is strictly in accordance with the royal regulations. The design of the sample is "unlike the court", which is designed by royal painters or designers according to the will of the court. After the royal finalization, it is made by Jingdezhen Imperial Factory. This process is recorded in the file. The products produced by Jingdezhen Imperial Ware Factory don't leave any titles, let alone designers and designers, except for the money on the bottom payment. The official kiln factory has followed this rule from beginning to end.
In the history of Jingdezhen ceramics, the representative artists who left the painter's surname on the objects were "Xin 'an Painting School", Wang Shaowei and Dai Li, Cheng Xue. They were all famous painters, and they were all good at painting landscapes, flowers and birds or figures. They integrated painting techniques into the art of porcelain painting, with porcelain plates, porcelain bottles and porcelain plates as painting carriers, pale crimson pigments as ink, porcelain painting tools and brushes as tools, and used traditional Chinese painting to make a composition. According to their respective traditional Chinese painting techniques, they gave images to objects, and painted porcelain artworks with the charm of porcelain Chinese painting one by one. They followed the tradition of traditional Chinese painting and signed the names of the painters according to the elements of traditional Chinese painting. This painting style is consistent with Jingdezhen ceramic decoration style, which is refreshing and has many respondents. The most representative is Eight Friends of Zhushan. "Eight Friends of Zhushan" have their own specialties and specialties in painting, and their artistic level is very high. They followed the "Xin 'an Painting School" and applied painting techniques to porcelain. They meet on the 15th of every month, bringing their works together, tasting tea and porcelain, inspiring and promoting each other. This style is in line with the bad habit of' belittling scholars' and the new atmosphere of' dating scholars', which is a much-told story. I summarized it as the phenomenon of "Eight Friends of Zhushan" which had a historic influence on Jingdezhen ceramic art. I think, in addition to the influence on ceramic decoration style and the atmosphere of "literati dating", I think the most valuable thing is the awakening of self-awareness, the liberation and publicity of self-personality, the recognition and promotion of self-value, the awakening of self-dignity, and the concept that ceramic arts and crafts are free from practical barriers and ornamental objects, which is endowed with literati interest and pure artistic character and value. Because of this, since Eight Friends of Zhushan, it has become a common practice to decorate ceramics with Chinese painting techniques. "Eight Friends of Zhushan" carried forward the painting style of "Xin 'an Painting School" and passed down from generation to generation, becoming the dominant style of Jingdezhen ceramic decoration in the 20th century. So that after the 1980s, as the birthplace of "Eight Friends of Zhushan", the world began to call people by their skills. The so-called "Bi Tiger" refers to Bi Yuanming, "King of Snow Scene" is the title of Yu Wenxiang, and so on.
This trend also affects ceramic artists who have received modern higher art education. Many young and middle-aged ceramic artists also follow this painting style, and some have made outstanding achievements.
Among many young people, Le Maoshun is outstanding and has great development potential.
Speaking of Le Maoshun, he is not as famous as Qin Xilin, Wang Xiliang and Zhang Songmao, but he is also a minor celebrity. Many domestic media reported his artistic experience and achievements, and his works won many national and provincial awards. Collection agencies and collectors at home and abroad also talk about collecting his works. Now he is a professor in the Art Department of Jingdezhen College and a senior national arts and crafts artist.
Le Maoshun is versatile, and he has dabbled in many arts such as Chinese painting and paper cutting, and he can't put it down. His main energy is still engaged in the creation and research of ceramic art. In terms of creation, he is good at overglaze and underglaze colors, flowers, birds and landscapes, focusing on traditional styles, and occasionally dabbling in the creation of modern ceramic art for inspiration.
Le Maoshun's traditional ceramic art creation is good at the traditional blue-and-white lotus and plum blossom on the glaze. What is most commendable is his works with different shapes under and over the glaze, which are known as "Yuan Minghu and Mao Shun Shrimp" in Jingdezhen, the porcelain capital!
Blue and white water separation is a technique in Jingdezhen blue and white decoration, which can also be called the stunt of Jingdezhen blue and white decoration. Since the 20th century, Wang Bu, the late "Blue and White King", was followed by Huang Maijiu, a master of arts and crafts in China, and Zhang Xuewen, a professor at Jingdezhen College.
On the basis of inheriting the essence of traditional blue-and-white water separation, Lemaoshun draws lessons from the unique skills of traditional blue-and-white water separation, and combines the thoughts of modern art with the aesthetic taste of the times to bring new ideas to traditional blue-and-white water separation, forming its own novel and unique, smart and thoughtful new style of water separation, which is pleasing to the eye and memorable.
Most of the plum blossoms he painted are mainly glazed. Plum blossom is an eternal topic in China, and almost all kinds of arts take plum blossom as the theme, among which Su Dongpo's Don't Be Yongmei by Mao Zedong is the most famous one in the Song Dynasty. In painting, there are many plum blossoms. As we all know, Wang Chengxi painted plum blossoms. It's Jingdezhen, and there are many masters who take plum blossom as their theme. The late Wang Heting, known as the "King of Plum Blossoms" and Zhuo Anzhi, known as the "Mei Chi", was a master of arts and crafts in China. There are many outstanding works in the world. China ceramic artists include Hanzhong Xiong, Lu Ru, Ping Liu and Zeng Weikai. They are all masters of painting plum blossoms, which can be described as a gathering of masters. In this case, if you want to become famous in one fell swoop, become a master of painting plum blossoms, or open up a new realm of painting plum blossoms, it will be very difficult. Of course, drawing ordinary business things is an exception.
Le Maoshun is a ceramic artist who is diligent in learning, thinking and practice. He can make the past serve the present, be brave in innovation, be good at learning from other mountains and attack them unprepared. He applied it to his own creative practice and formed his own unique work style with plum blossom as the theme: paying attention to painting the bones of plum blossom instead of sticking to the form, winning by simplicity, and highlighting the spirit of plum blossom, that is, painting the essence, spirit and spirit of plum blossom to make it enjoyable and smooth.
It is not surprising that his spirit and unique pursuit of ceramic art made him famous as "Mao Shun Shrimp".
Shrimp, an elf, is also a dish of Chinese food and a common thing for people. Painting spectrum has existed since ancient times, especially Qi Baishi's painting of shrimp, which is famous all over the world, and endows this dish with the spirit of elves. When I think of shrimp, I think of catching it in a river ditch in my hometown when I was a child. There are many captures, and I am always childlike. Sometimes, two or three friends compete with each other, don't give in, and even quarrel. At that time, the face was bulging, but now it seems that it is just a childlike innocence.
Just like painting plum blossoms, there are not a few people painting shrimp in Jingdezhen, but also many people. What's more, the shrimp painted by Qi Baishi is almost known to women and children. It is not easy to draw shrimps well and be famous for drawing shrimps.
Le Maoshun, on the other hand, dares to start his own artistic career with the courage to be the first in the world. He knows shrimp and enjoys it. It is better to know it than to be a good person, and the good person is not as good as the spirit and attitude of the musician. He paints shrimp with joy!
He knows that it is difficult to draw shrimp, and it is even more difficult to draw shrimp well. He said, "It is difficult to draw a famous shrimp. When you draw a shrimp, in everyone's mind, you will think of the shrimp painted by Master Qi Baishi. I have been painting for more than 20 years. When I began to learn to paint shrimp, I copied a lot of Qi Baishi's shrimp, and also collected and watched the works of a large number of painters such as Hu Jieqing, Lou Shibai, Qi Ziru, Qi Fuliang and Liu Mo, from which I learned a lot of valuable expressions. "
He remembered the old man Qi Baishi's words: "Learn from me, live from me" and deeply understood its essence. He thought about it and realized: "If you want to learn to draw shrimp, you should learn his spirit and essentials, not imitate it in appearance and shape. How to change it? This is my idea of drawing a good shrimp. "
To change and draw shrimp well, we must know shrimp, understand its habits and observe its shape. Because of this, he began to raise shrimp, catch shrimp, watch shrimp and draw shrimp. He observes shrimps very carefully. He once described his observation of shrimps like this: The shrimps seem to swim very slowly, and when they meet their opponents, they bravely rush up and fight with them with open arms, even if their arms are broken. Of course, there are also heroes who don't suffer short-term losses. When things get worse, they can quickly bend down and jump back and disappear into each other's range. When you are hungry, when you meet each other, you bravely rush up, hold each other's arm tightly and let it jump until you beat him, eat him and save yourself. Look, it stands on the stone independently, with its head held high, its back straight, its appearance smooth, its whole body looks like armor but it is transparent and elastic, and its arms are in a fighting posture. It seems small, but it is so heroic and magnificent in my heart. Like a fine horse standing on a high mountain, full of masculinity. When I reached for it, I jumped back sensitively. When I held it in my hand, its elasticity and desperate survival instinct made me feel the tension of shrimp stretching and jumping. Can't bear to forcibly deprive it of its desire for life, but quickly put it into the water, it can quickly find a safe place, and then swim freely and happily. I couldn't help but pick up the brush in my hand and waved it in front of it, as if to invade it again. It quickly opened its arms and pliers and rushed to fight it.
He combined the knowledge and observation of prawns with his own life experience, life experience, life feelings and spirit, and even reached a spiritual realm of Zhuangzi who didn't know whether it was Zhuang or butterfly, thus realizing the way of painting prawns: "This is my pursuit, and I want prawns to reflect my inner world. But my happy and open-minded personality has made me re-understand the various manifestations of shrimp. I found it, I felt it, I opened my mind, and the feeling of life led me to find the starting point of my shrimp painting. I want to show the courage and happiness of shrimp. "
It is precisely because of his meticulous observation, profound understanding and sincere love of prawns that Le Maoshun's unique technique and style of painting prawns are formed: the whole painting is full of strength and vitality in layout, the feminine affinity of prawns is combined with the masculine beauty of prawns, and the materials are skillfully treated with ceramic pigments, showing the beauty of prawns. The side peak shows the back, chest and abdomen of shrimp with a pen. The whole shell of shrimp is like transparent body, which is elastic and firm. The round and powerful iron seal shows a pair of aggressive shrimp arms and pliers with a pen. The shrimp must be shown with smooth and elastic lines, which is both rigid and flexible. The feet in the lower part of the chest are stretched forward and put away for fast swimming. It seems that the feet in the abdomen are constantly paddling, and the shrimps are constantly swinging, as if they are swimming forward.
Ceramic art is different from painting art, one of which is that ceramic modeling is mostly three-dimensional, just like the porcelain plate modeling of rice paper, but the decoration method is different. Mao Shun can draw shrimp according to its shape, and use different techniques according to its shape to achieve different artistic styles. He said, "The particularity of ceramic modeling also determines the different layout of shrimp paintings. Because ceramics is a three-dimensional body, each face must have content, so the panoramic layout makes each face have an independent form. The different postures of shrimps express the different plots and artistic beauty of shrimps in the play. The shrimps have different postures, are lifelike and full of charm, and draw a leisurely and lively' enjoying it' and poetic artistic beauty.
Le Maoshun is a person who is good at constantly summing up himself. He summed up his theory of shrimp painting from his own practice. This is also a person who has both theory and practice. He applies the theory he has learned from practice to his own practice, so that his works have his own theoretical character. This is a strong imprint of his spirit and personality, and it also condenses his mental journey. He realized: "Only by raising shrimp and feeling the shrimp in life can we discover the beauty of shrimp personality. When the beauty of shrimp personality collides with your inner beauty, the connotation and expression of your work will sublimate. A work of art is not the style of other people's works, but a reflection of your own inner world. Only by imagining and feeling nature with your heart and creating works with your heart and nature can you become your own artistic style and become a work of art with the characteristics of the times. "
Therefore, it is not surprising that Jingdezhen has the saying that "tigers and shrimps are slippery". Of course, "Mao Shun Shrimp" is still young. Compared with "Yuanming Tiger", it is still young and moist. Let's take care of him. We look forward to the day when "Maoshun Shrimp" can truly be called "Yuanming Tiger" and enjoy a world-renowned reputation!
In the early autumn of 2008, I lent in Grain Rain, Jingdezhen.
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Millennium porcelain capital, a hundred generations of famous porcelain, a collection of famous artists, talented people come forth in large numbers. However, he enjoys the reputation of "King of Shrimp". He loves shrimp, raises shrimp, watches shrimp, plays with shrimp, imitates shrimp and draws shrimp. For more than twenty years, he wrote countless shrimps.
The porcelain board "Fun is Endless" is quite interesting: in the upper left corner of the picture, there is a hazy full moon, a small red flower under the moon, and a group of shrimps are swimming and scrambling to gather around the flower moon. There is a stone slightly exposed in the lower right corner, and a shrimp that has just drilled a crack in the stone is still bowing its head. It looked at everything in front of it nervously and blankly. I don't know why. The whole picture takes the meaning of "flowers before the moon, endless fun" and is full of fun.
The porcelain vase "Spring Shrimp" divides the picture into three groups. Many shrimps swim with open hands, or swim slowly, or bend over to go out, or stay still, or both compete for food, or enjoy themselves ... 100 shrimps of different sizes and expressions are all painted, and then decorated with several green plants and several red swimming fish. The whole picture is a combination of work and writing, which is extremely complex, simple, lively and full of the breath of spring.
Shrimp happy picture, happy meeting, enjoying it, dragon entering the sea and other pictures. They also have their own characteristics. In the painting, the body is first painted in light ink to show the color of the shrimp body, then dipped in thick ink, with vertical dots as the purpose, horizontally written as the brain, and fine strokes are used to form whiskers, claws and big claws, which are both rigid and flexible, and shrimp games and games are drawn respectively.
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One piece of ceramic products is dazzling, which makes people dizzying. These ceramic works, with simple and smooth pictures and profound artistic conception, especially those shrimps, are exquisite, crystal clear, lifelike, light and vivid, and full of charm, which is really extraordinary. This "shrimp king", he really lives up to his reputation.
He is Le Maoshun, an associate professor in the Art Department of Jingdezhen University and a senior arts and crafts artist in China. Member of China Arts and Crafts Society, member of Jiangxi Artists Association, member of Jingdezhen Artists Association, and senior painter of Jingdezhen Porcelain Capital Painting and Calligraphy Institute.
Professor Le in life is an easy-going and modest person. He has many friends and is very popular. He smiled at everyone. But in the pursuit of art, he likes plum blossoms in full bloom, galloping horses, thin and hard landscapes, and he likes those gorgeous and dynamic things. Shrimp is one of his favorite animals. When it comes to shrimp, he has a soft spot. He said: "Shrimp is actually full of masculinity." If you pay attention, you will find that all the shrimps he painted are opened with double pliers. This may not be in line with the reality of life, but it is in line with the reality of art, because this slightly exaggerated and deformed shrimp with an open mouth is full of a sense of strength, which shows the shrimp painter's pursuit of masculine beauty.
Art is allowed to exaggerate and deform. For example, the proportion of characters in baby play pictures is obviously unbalanced, but only in this way can the innocence of children be shown. Mr. Qi Baishi's shrimp is also a combination of the beauty of river shrimp and the fullness of shrimp. Professor Le's shrimp is a combination of female affinity and male aesthetic feeling. The art of life and artistic life are actually complementary.
Mr. Qi Baishi once said: Those who learn from me live like I die. Professor Le seems to know this well. He learned from Mr. Baishi's shrimp painting, but he was unique. He skillfully used pen and ink to express the structure and texture of shrimp, and used stone-like brushwork to describe shrimp whiskers and long-arm pliers, making the pure ink structure meaningful. Moreover, he also integrated his personal aesthetic concept and life ideal into his shrimp. His works love to be named after things like "Enjoy it", "Map of Xiami Music", "Enjoy it" and "Happy Meeting", which is really: Xiami Music, fun and fun.
For more than 20 years, Professor Le has made unremitting pursuit and achieved great success. He is good at new colors, blue and white and comprehensive decoration, and his ceramic works have long been unique in Jingdezhen ceramic industry. On June 65438+February 65438+February 09, 2005, in the lobby of Changjiang Hotel 10, at the first nomination exhibition of advanced arts and crafts in China, he was packed with people, and everyone was full of praise. The reporters' flashlights flashed and he was splashing ink. He painted a picture of a group of shrimps playing, named Yue.
Published in the 30th issue on July 28th, 2006.
On the afternoon of March 20th, 2009, the director, assistant director, cameraman Wang and assistant Zhang of Japan Yomiuri TV went to Jingdezhen for a special interview.