Huang Junbi: White Clouds and Waterfalls Across the Middle East and West

 "The cloud waterfall is ethereal, I look up to Huang Junbi".

         --Zhang Daqian

Reporter Wang Pu

Synopsis:

Huang Junbi (1889-1991), a famous modern painter. Formerly known as Yunxuan, No. Junweng, born in Guangzhou.1919After graduating from the Guangdong Public School, he studied Chinese painting under the master Li Yaoping.1922He joined the Chuting Fine Arts Academy to study Western painting.1923In 2007, he held his first solo exhibition in Guangzhou, and formed the Decapolis Cooperative Painting Society with his teachers and friends.1927He was appointed as the Director of Academic Affairs of Guangzhou Municipal Fine Arts College in 2007.1937He became a professor at the Department of Fine Arts of the National Central University after the year1941He was a member of the Fine Arts Education Committee of the Ministry of Education in 2007, and later went to Taiwan to become a professor and head of the Art Department of the Provincial Teachers' College. He was a master of landscape painting, and was honored as the "Master of Doshi" for having set up the Baiyun Hall to teach his students.

journalists By Wang Pu Hou Yaling Hangzhou

In the early years of Chinese painting, it was rumored that there were "Four Masters of Painting", i.e. Xu Beihong, Zhang Daqian, Huang Junbi and Pu Xin She. Later on, there were also the "Three Masters of the Crossing Sea"---1949Year four art masters three went to Taiwan, Huang Junbi first, Pu Xinshe second, Zhang Daqian after the trip. A few days ago(math.) genusMr. Huang Junbi, one of the three masters, returned to his hometown with the white clouds and waterfalls, and held an exhibition in the Zhejiang Museum of Art entitledlit. white clouds reflect FuchunMr. Huang Junbi's paintings are on display.110More than one piece of work, is the highest grade of exhibits over the years, the largest scale of a painting exhibitionTheAt this time, it has been a whole year since Mr. Huang Junbi's death.20Year!

Mr. Huang Junbi is20Century ChinatopOne of the masters of the art.surname YeIt's outstanding.artistsEducator, long respected in China and abroad.In the Western art world, he is said to have pioneered the "Chinese Neo-Classical School", and in the Taiwanese art world he is honored as the "Patriarch of Painting" and the "Master of Doshi".. He devoted himself to education70The year was filled with peaches and plums.Celebrities such as Song Meiling and Chen Xiangmei, and painters such as Lai Shaoqi and Huang Dewei all learned painting from him.As he nears the end of his life.travel around the world(math.) genusA Thousand Mountains and a Thousand Watersclassifier for paintings etcclassifier for rolled material (wad of paper money, movie reel etc)The paintings.Sweep the style of the ancients, layers of intersecting inverted "human" characters to create the grandeur of the torrent, and trembling with the roll of the horizontal strokes to strengthen the sense of flow of the waterfall at a glance, such as the ten thousand galloping horses!TheNo wonder the master Zhang Daqian sighed: "cloud waterfall ethereal, I look up to Huang Junbi"!

After learning the ancient and profound method, the flying clouds and waterfalls come into the picture.

Birth of Huang Junbiin the South China Sea, GuangdongA rich man.the Shang dynasty, 16th 11th century BCFamilies.His father likes to collect antiques and paintings, by his father's influence, since childhood, he "see the paper that painting". As the old saying goes: "Study a hundred times and you will see the meaning from there.", over the years, playing and viewing, coupled with copying the handwriting of the ancients ceaselessly, so that the Huang Junbi collarapprehenduntil (a time)The essence of Chinese painting, accumulated for future innovationflush with cashThe

Mr. Huang Junbi was a young man who attended a private school at home.1919He graduated from Guangdong Public School in 2007.17At the age of 18, he met a famous teacher, Mr. Li Yaoping, who was famous for his landscape paintings in Guangdong at that time. At that time, he was waiting for a breakthrough in copying ancient paintings.

Li Yaoping (1946-), Taiwanese writerMr. Open-mindedPromote absorptioncombine as oneWestern painting techniques, such as realism, perspective, and layers of color. For the traditional emphasis on realism accustomed to the closed door of the Chinese painting education to learn, theHis teachings can be described as a wash of stereotypes and a new style of teaching. Suchat that timeodd"hard-hitting education"(math.) genusenvoyWong Kwan Biklike a fish back in water (idiom); glad be back in one's proper surroundings, quickly moving away from the stereotypical painting of thetranscendget away from(after a verb, indicates coming out, completion of an action, or ability discern or detect), to develop his own style of painting. 

Chen Cusheng, deputy director of the National Museum of China and a famous art critic who has studied Mr. Huang Junbi for many years and has published a monograph on the study of Mr. Huang Junbi, has divided Mr. Huang's artistic career into four periods, using time as the main axis, he said:

1898years up to1936surname NianMr. Huang Junbi has been sharpening his sword for ten years, imitating the works of his predecessors and relying on his profound painting skills to work with theLi Yaoping (1946-), Taiwanese writerHe founded the "Decapolis Cooperative Painting Society" and then became the backbone of the "National Painting Research Society", and further enhanced his painting skills with painters such as Pan Zhizhong, Zhao Hao, Lu Zhenhuan, Lu Zishu, and other painters of the previous generation. He won the gold medal at the first Guangdong Art Exhibition and became famous for a while.1926In 2007, Huang Junbi traveled to Shanghai and became acquainted with Huang Binhong, Zheng Wuchang and other masters of the maritime traditional school, and later became close friends with Zhang Daqian, so that he could draw on the strengths of all, and his brushwork became more mature.

surname Cong1936surname Nianuntil1948surname NianMr. Wong Kwan Bikmainly active in Bashu and Jinling.He traveled thousands of miles, during the period of the East Mount Tai, west of Jiange, through the Three Gorges, explore the Yellow Mountains, traveled the size of the country's famous mountains and rivers. He even lingered on the banks of the Jialing River, and the beauty of the mountains and rocks of Bashu was put into the picture scroll. He searched for clouds and smoke changes in the spirit of the wonders, in the landscape between the enlightenment digested the meaning of the ancients, "not a sign of high" as his "teacher of the ancient not mud ancient" of the high realm.He captioned the painting "Rocky Jungle":"When I traveled to Emei Mountain in former times, I saw that the color of the trees varied from cloud to cloud, from morning to evening, and from cloud to sunshine, and the changes were endless, so I had a slight realization in my heart."Based on the study of ancient methods and the integration of natureHis works are "in line with the rules without being too thick and greasy", with fresh ink and brushwork and elegant layouts, creating a style of his own, which is a delight to hold in one's hands.

1949years up to1968Year.At the beginning of his residence in Taiwan, Mr. Huang Junbi was a professor and chairman of the Art Department of the Taiwan Normal College (now Normal University). In his continuous traveling as well as in taking his students to sketch, he endeavored to combine traditional brushwork and ink with the landscapes of Taiwan.In addition to teaching withplayWhite Cloud as a creative featureHuang has changed the old view of Lingnan painting in Taiwan's ink painting industry, and famous places such as Sun Moon Lake, Alishan, and Taroko have entered his scrolls. His works have also been frequently exhibited in Taipei, Canada, the United States, Singapore, South Korea, etc. He has published Huang Junbi Paintings, Huang Junbi Calligraphy and Painting, Huang Junbi Selected Works, and Baiyuntang Collection of Paintings, etc., and has been honored as a member of the Taiwan Ink Painting Society.1968Received the Medal of Academic Excellence from St. John's University, New York.

1969years up to1991Year.It was a fruitful period for Mr. Huang Junbi's artistic achievements. Taking the opportunity of painting exhibitions, lectures and study tours, he traveled to famous places all over the world. Especially after traveling to the world's three great waterfall wonders, his artistic journey entered the fourth historical stage, his works were more varied, more old-fashioned, and more vigorous.The waterfalls are opened by the paintings of Zhenyu.create a paintingEra's New (brand)qiElephant.

90age, he wrote in the preface of his book, White Cloud Hall Paintings on Painting Methods:"The matter of practicing art, not only teacher, teacher heart, teacher creation. Teachers to the ancients as a teacher, the teacher's heart to their own teacher, the teacher of the creation of nature as a teacher."This is a truth borne out by the painter's personal experience, extraordinarilyculinary delicacyExpensive.

I've left a piece of paper with the fragrance of ink, and I'm waving my hand for posterity to judge.

exist20In the history of Chinese painting in the century, Huang Junbi has a very special status, which can be described as "a collection of traditional masterpieces, opening up the atmosphere of the times". Most of his works are in the style of Western painting, adopting fixed-point perspective, with accurate proportions of near and far objects; the interplay of horizontality and depth of field gives the works excellent perspective. Although the expression of light and shadow is free, the sky and clouds are clearly defined through the changes in rendering intensity. The warm and cold tones are also properly arranged, and the use of ink and brushstrokes reaches the realm of clouds and forests, with a strict structure of the large-scale production, and the point of the painting is clear.

Mr. Zhang Daqian was in awe of Huang Junbi.1929Year he saw Huang Junbi in Japan, a landscape painting, marveled at, issued "clouds and waterfalls ethereal, I look up to Huang Junbi," the sentiment.1937During the preparation for the Second National Art Exhibition, Huang Junbi was already a member of the examination committee of the exhibition, together with Zhang Daqian, Yu Feiqiang and Xie Zhiliu.

Numerous Chinese and foreign scholars, calligraphy and painting celebrities as well as art critics have also been sparing in their comments on Mr. Huang Junbi.

Kuo Wei-fan, the former Minister of Education of Taiwan, wrote an article entitled "Master Junbi's Lifelong Dedication to Art Education", in which he commented highly on Mr. Huang Junbi. He said that Mr. Huang Junbi "has been engaged in the creation of Chinese paintings on the one hand, and the nurturing of talents for his country on the other. He believed that the two were one and the same, and that they were the ideals and goals that he had been striving for all his life. His achievement in art is that he has blended the East and the West and created a new style of Chinese painting, while his achievement in education is that he has cultivated a lot of talents in art creation and art education for the country. Both contributions have long been admired by the nation."

Mr. Chen Cuisheng, deputy director of the Chinese Museum and a famous art critic, said that he was like Wang Shigu, one of the "Four Kings" in the Qing Dynasty, who "pursued the ancient method, and brewed up all the famous artists in Jing, Guan, Dong, and Ju in his chest", and that "a tree and a stone must have a bloody battle with the Song and Yuan masters". A tree and a stone must be a bloody battle with the Song and Yuan masters, and the force is thick and deep for a long time and with them. "Battle of Song and Yuan" until Shi squabbles, Shi Tao, Hua Xinluo; however, in "in the painting road to study in-depth micro, all the Tang, Song and Yuan masterpieces have been exhaustive of the essence of the collection to the great completion", he did not like the Wang Shigu and the history of those imitation of antiquity hesitant to move forward, but traveled all over the mountains and rivers, using the existing learning from the ancients, to learn from the ancients, to learn from the ancient people. Instead, he traveled all over the famous mountains and rivers, facing the mountains and rivers in front of him with the existing brush and ink learned from the ancients, and feeling the wind, rain and snow of the four seasons with ink and water.

Professor Huang Guangnan, president of the National Taiwan University of Arts, said, "Looking back on Chinese painting, since the Ming and Qing dynasties and the beginning of the People's Republic of China, at a time when Western civilization was advancing to the east and my cultural thinking was stirring, there were not many people who could grasp the spirit of the times and fully develop the traditional characteristics and unique insights, and among them, Professor Huang's outstanding achievements have been recognized by the history of painting in our country.

Former President of Taiwan Normal University, Prof. Liu Chen, interpreted Mr. Huang Junbi in terms of "broadmindedness" and "personality" respectively.

He said, "Mr. Junbi's mindset of 'accommodating all streams' was a major factor in the emergence of talented students from the Fine Arts Department of the Normal University, especially in the art world, where such a demeanor is very much to be admired."

"Junbi has always shown a selfless spirit in his life. Regardless of the old rain and new acquaintances, as long as his works are specially praised and slightly 'want to get' the intention, he will cut off his love and give them to each other. His generous character made him win the deep friendship of countless Chinese and foreigners."

The price of paper in Luoyang is not a misrepresentation, and the price of the pen is even higher.

Huang Junbi's works have a high market value very early, the past Guangdong big collector He Lifu, He Guanwu father and son to buy, collect many Huang Junbi works. Huang Junbi also has some paintings gifted to Zhang Daqian, Xu Beihong and other people, at the same time he himself also buy other people's paintings.

80Since the 1920s, Huang Junbi's works have been regularly sold in the Hong Kong and Taiwan painting and calligraphy markets at ever-increasing prices.1987In the year his work was published in1.5HK$10,000 right.1989The yearly rise doubled, and a painting of a pine tree walking under a tree reached3HK$ million.1990The price doubled again in 2007.3The Evening Colors of the Creek House, which was sold in January, was6.6HK$10,000,000, "Imitation of the Landscape of Xinluoshanren" was7.7HK$ million.11Sold in December1958The year's "Clear Autumn in the Wu Gorge" reaches8.25HK$10,000. Wong Kwan Pik is1991late,The price of his paintings rose dramatically after this.1992surname Nian5Christie's Hong Kong's Songyang Waterfalls, auctioned in January, rose to $4,000,000, up from $4,000,000 in February.28HK$10,000. New York, USA1992Auctioning one of his works, Autumn Colors of Yunyan, in 2007 for8800Dollars.

According to the Artist Auction Index statistics from Artron Art Network.2000The only works by Huang Junbi that were auctioned at large domestic art auctions in 2007 were the following11Pieces at an average price of1ten thousand dollars/less than a square foot. Up to.2010For the fall auction, there have been148Up for auction with a sell-through rate of95%The average price is7.3ten thousand dollars/Square footage. This year5At Sotheby's Hong Kong Spring Auction in January, a number of Huang Junbi's lots were sold at an average price of90HK$10,000,000 (in Hong Kong dollars)/square feet at an all-time high price.6At the Yonghe Auction in Zhengzhou, Henan Province, held in January of this year, the highest hammer price for one of Huang Junbi's lots was up to40ten thousand dollars/Square feet. Market participants said that the current highest auction price for Huang Junbi's works in Guangdong is just21ten thousand dollars/Square footage.

In recent years, due to the successive return of his works, bring popularity at the same time, the price also gradually started. But its price is still low compared with the works of famous artists of the same period, and even more unable to compare with Zhang Daqian and Pu Xinshe's works, who are also the "Three Famous Artists of the Crossing Sea".