Liu Deqian, born in 1945, is a native of Weishan County, Shandong Province. Graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Jining Education College, he is good at calligraphy and painting and seal engraving, especially flowers, birds and landscapes. He studied under Liu Yuanzhi and Ding Hongyan. Landscape painting is calm and calm, beautiful and vast; Flower and bird paintings are fresh and relaxed, and the rhyme is profound. He is a director of the China Academy of Fine Arts, a director of the Chinese Calligraphers and Painters Association, an academician and painter of the China Academy of Calligraphy and Painting for the Elderly Education, and the vice president of the Qufu Hongru Calligraphy and Painting Institute. His works have won the gold medal of the National Calligraphy and Painting Competition to commemorate the 15th anniversary of Deng Xiaoping's speech in the south, the gold medal of the Beijing Invitation Exhibition of Calligraphy and Painting for the Middle-aged and Elderly Who Celebrated the 60th Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China, the "Jiangshan Duojiao Large-scale Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition" to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Long March on the 85th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, the second prize of the Second Shengshi Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Competition, and the Excellence Award of the First Huabiao Award Calligraphy and Painting Competition, which are mostly cherished by domestic calligraphy and painting academies and Chinese and foreign friends.
Appreciation of Liu Deqian's works
Life, quietly dazzling
——Liu Deqian's Appreciation of Chinese Paintings
Wu Shurong
Life is a walking gesture, but why is life not a form of writing?
Wang Xizhi, polyester pen dyeing pool, decadent pen into a tomb, Ren wrote "floating clouds, correct like a frightening dragon", casting the crown of "a generation of book saints"; Cao Xueqin, in the mourning of Hongxuan, has been reading for ten years, adding and deleting five times, eating porridge for the whole family, relying on writing, standing at the peak of the Chinese literary world of "not seeing the ancients before, not seeing the comers later".
Liu Deqian, full of pen and ink, with books into painting, set off from the vast and flat Lu southwest plain, all the way, all the way to the beautiful, with writing, to the magnificent Chinese painting kingdom in traditional Chinese art.
This writing posture he maintained for decades. Just like his lotus, quietly displayed.
What a bunch of lotus! Flowers - quietly What a bunch of lotus this is! Flowers – bloom quietly, bloom dazzlingly. The main body of the two branches of pink lotus, fine strokes, careful coloring, elegant condensation, graceful and quiet blooming, see the ice clear jade clean, delicate and unstained temperament. After examining it for a long time, if there is a trace of fragrance, it will refresh the heart. Ye Er - freehand splash ink, thick and light. Or stretch the embrace, green soaked in the pool; Or high in the air, like a canopy. The casual "broken pen" painting method, dripping with ink, gives people a harmonious and hazy, cool and comfortable feeling. A little farther away, there are three small lotus branches, with different shapes, each with its own charm - or sharp and protruding, or shy, or gradually plump, rich and moving, and loving and pitiful. The picture is loose and rigorous, and the atmosphere is quiet and warm, which is quite the stroke of a thousand lotus flowers. The inscription "Cool World Dreams and Fragrances" can be described as the finishing touch.
The lotus flower works can be described as a representative of Mr. Liu's flower and bird paintings. The shape is simple and orderly, clear and relaxed. Often a large area of dark and light wet ink is laid in the whole picture, which is in contrast to the small area of brush strokes, which is endlessly interesting. The painting style is uninhibited and lawless, and the qi bone and style posture are both.
The author asked, "Why do you like to paint lotus flowers the most?" Mr. Liu replied with a smile: "As the saying goes, write your life with a pen. Painting pays more attention to the connotation of thought and expresses spiritual interest. I have loved elegance and tranquility since I was a child, so I have a special love for lotus flowers when painting. ”
Liu Deqian grew up in the hometown of Fuxi, on the shore of Weishan Lake. The water waves are vast, the lotus leaves are fielded, the sky is clear, and the lotus fragrance is overflowing. The quiet and peaceful liantian lake will always be the spiritual wilderness for Mr. Liu to wander. In particular, he was born in a family of scholars, and his great-grandfather and grandfather were all private schoolmen in the village, sowing the seeds of civilization and gaining the respect of their neighbors. Especially his great-grandfather, in his memory, is always a long-sleeved coat, such as snow fluttering hair, talking manners, falling off extraordinary. That elegant, calm and comfortable temperament has gradually stained Mr. Liu with invisible influence. Due to the dual influence of the natural environment and social environment, it is no wonder that Mr. Liu's paintings have a strong literati character.
Write about life, paint in the spirit. The origin of all art is the same, only because of each person's environmental influence, temperament, ideological experience, value judgment, aesthetic taste, cultivation realm, different opportunities to participate in art, there are different choices for specific art forms, just like Zheng Banqiao to bamboo, Xu Beihong to Ma, Wang Xi to Xingshu, Zhang Xu to wild grass.
In addition to liking to paint lotuses, Mr. Liu Deqian is also good at shallow landscapes. His landscape paintings are calm and calm, and the scenery is beautiful. Specifically, the lofty mountains, the dangerous peaks of the boulders, the majestic and majestic, the staggered; Flying down, the air rhyme flows; The smoke clouds are light and warm. The whole picture is elegant, feminine and harmonious, interesting and ancient, and has reached an artistic realm of "not made of pen and ink, and can get its gorgeous state".
The process of writing and painting is two-way, not only so that their emotions get a beautiful catharsis, but also make the work become an integral part of the vitality of life, so that life is rich. Mr. Liu Deqian's Chinese painting works have won the gold medal of the National Calligraphy and Painting Competition to commemorate the 15th anniversary of Deng Xiaoping's speech in the south, the gold medal of the Beijing Invitation Exhibition of Calligraphy and Painting for the Middle-aged and Elderly to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the participation in the "Jiangshan Duojiao Large-scale Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition" to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Long March on the 85th anniversary of the founding of the Communist Party of China, the second prize of the Second Prosperous Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Competition, and the excellence award of the First Huabiao Award Calligraphy and Painting Competition, which are mostly cherished by domestic calligraphy and painting academies and Chinese and foreign friends.
The ancients said: "The success of an art should be done with all your life." "To our surprise, Mr. Liu is not only good at painting, but also has a deep knowledge of calligraphy and seal engraving. This is not to mention, Mr. Liu's painting inscriptions can often be improvised and exported into chapters. Poetry, calligraphy and painting are reflected in each other. In the world of art, Liu Deqian exudes his talents and learning with great pleasure, showing the style and charm of scholar-type calligraphers and painters.
"Xiao Xiao grass worm, fierce sound." The sunlight projected by the window, wandering and drifting, floating in the dust and shadow of a tall and thin elder, white paper light ink writing Ah dye ah, within a room, Yixing strolling, time and yin and Chang.
I always feel that Mr. Liu Deqian is gradually stepping into his own rational and free kingdom, filtering out the hustle and bustle, eliminating impetuosity, focusing on painting to create his own deep and distant art world, and lighting a quiet and dazzling candle of life.
I am glad that we can share this beauty and ease.