In Chinese painting, we often hear the word "artistic conception", this word usually appears in freehand painting, over time, the artistic conception has become the connotation of Chinese painting, some people feel that Chinese painting is not the embodiment of the artistic conception, in fact, The Chinese painting pays attention to the artistic conception, but does not emphasize the artistic conception at all, and pays attention to the embodiment of freehand painting, and does not pay attention to the many painting methods, such as gong pen and white painting.
Zhang Tong is a famous contemporary Chinese painter, calligrapher and art educator in the mainland, he created a lot of paintings on the theme of rural life in his lifetime, these paintings also made his artistic attainment reach a new height, and later many painters took him as a teacher and embarked on the independent innovation road of Chinese painting.
He painting Chinese painting does not emphasize the artistic conception, but the embodiment of the details of life, why there is such a big contrast, in the image of many people, the artistic conception in the Chinese painting must be reflected, but the painting is the painting, the same is true of the Chinese painting, such as the painting of the famous painter Li Keyan, he pays attention to the hope and yearning for life, Xu Beihong is the perfect interpretation of things, Qi Baishi is the perfect portrayal of the details of things, etc.
In oil painting, you will often see some paintings of masters painting the details of life, which are rarely seen in Chinese paintings, in fact, it is not rare, but it is too much contact. With the gradual improvement of living conditions, people are more and more exposed to more paintings, so the criteria for judging have changed, Zhang Tong's words will inevitably be compared with the paintings of other famous painters, but they all ended in failure, Zhang Tong once said in an interview, my painting is the bits and pieces of life, with a brush to record life, this is my dream, and has always insisted.
The bits and pieces of life became eternal in his pen, like the melancholy that carries a strong sense of homesickness but is difficult to return to his hometown, but Zhang Tong has done it. He let the world see that painting is painting, there is no distinction between East and West, there is no worldly prejudice, and some are just the yearning and pursuit of life.
Because Zhang Ling has been contributing to the cause of education all his life, he has also lost a lot, he was born in the countryside, spent his childhood in that turbulent era, so he was determined to change with a paintbrush from a young age, he relied on his talent to take the road of painting, and this walk is a lifetime. His works were once sold for a high price, but he donated the money from the sale of paintings to children in poor mountainous areas, and also led his art education team to volunteer teaching, and his paintings were also liked and appreciated by the vast number of people.
In today's view, Zhang Tong's paintings are extraordinary, under his brush, there is no charm of the artistic conception, he said that it is drunk and full of feelings, he has only a record of the details of life, the yearning and change of childhood life, his paintings, his paintings make people feel that there is little deep meaning, beware of walking into his paintings, in fact, there is no deep meaning, that is, simple words, simple words.
Use painting to record life, not only oil painting can do it, Chinese painting can also, see more Chinese painting artistic works, see Chinese paintings close to life, suddenly feel that the original Chinese painting can also be painted in this way, let people have a feeling after seeing Zhang Tong's paintings; life is art.