Zhang Linong's creations have always adhered to the spirit of realism. He has always taken the life of the northern countryside and the labor of the peasants as the subject of his paintings. In the ordinary and simple life scenes, look for painting and find beauty. He is always able to sensitively grasp a momentary mood in the painting, and express it in an extremely vivid way of writing. The rhyme is vivid, the rhythm is smooth, the feeling is bit, the shape and color are accurate, and it expresses a joyful and dripping painting feeling. It also fully shows Zhang Linong's painting perception and ability to express accurately. Zhang Linong's large number of scenographic figures demonstrate his concern for nature and life, especially his care for the industrious and simple nature of farmers, and can constantly stimulate his enthusiasm for painting expression and his desire to truly observe reality. Over the years, Zhang Linong's works have continued to appear in academic exhibitions at different levels across the country, attracting the attention of the academic community. It can be said that Zhang Linong's academic characteristics have had a great impact on society. Now that Zhang Linong is in the prime of life, I believe that he will have a broader academic future.
Zhang Linong is a warm, enthusiastic, decent and down-to-earth person, and his continuous efforts in creation have been recognized by the society and academic circles. Zhang Linong's extensive academic activities and the administrative and cumbersome administrative energy of the director of Hebei Art Museum have made a lot of creative academic promotion for the development of Hebei painting art, and at the same time, it has also enhanced his own academic vision, broadened his cultural feelings, and made his art more thick and patterned.
(Text/Yang Feiyun, Honorary President of the Oil Painting Institute of the Chinese Academy of Arts)
Wandering Clouds, 180cmx150cm, Oil on canvas, 2009
In 2009, he was selected for the 11th National Art Exhibition
Unforgettable Golden Autumn Persimmon Red 180cmx150cm Oil on canvas 2008 (Collaboration)
In 2009, he was nominated for the 11th National Art Exhibition
Ten months on the dam 180cmX180cm Oil on canvas 2019
In 2019, he was selected for the 13th National Art Exhibition Jinjing works
Look at the East, 50x60cm, oil on canvas, 2010
In 2010, he participated in the "Research and Transcendence" National Small Oil Painting Exhibition
Won the Outstanding Work Award and was collected by the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Summer Coast, 150cmx150cm, Oil on canvas, 2012
Won the gold medal of the "100 Jinling Painting Exhibition of the Style of the Times".
It is collected by Nanjing Art Museum
The Wounded Big Bird, 150x180cm, Oil on canvas, 2012
He won the "First China Artists Association Member Oil Painting Exhibition".
It is collected by the Guangzhou Museum of Art
One Hundred Miles to the East, 180cmx150 cm, oil on canvas, 2015
Selected for the "10th China Art Festival, National Excellent Art Exhibition"
Left at Sunset, 180cm×160cm, Oil on canvas, 2017
In 2016, he was approved by the National Arts Fund
The painter's choice of subject matter and materials is another choice of his own life. Once you choose it, you may be inseparable from him, and over time, this choice becomes a part of the painter's life.
Linong's choice of oil painting has clearly become a part of his life.
The reason why painters are painters and their works are concerned by the society is based on the following two points: one is their tenacious adherence to their choice of subject matter, and the other is their "management" spirit of art. (Of course, styling ability comes first.) )
And I found that when Linong stood in front of the oil painting and breathed in the smell of oil paint and turpentine, at that time, it was a real painter Zhang Linong. Because he honestly and rigorously "manages" the position of a painter.
"Management" is not a little false, and the business mentioned here has nothing to do with business, but is the input of an artist's wisdom and character. The word "management" originally came from the mouth of the Sheikh of the Six Dynasties. In his "Six Laws" on painting, does the "business position" only talk about the composition of the painting? Perhaps it is the establishment of the "position" of an artist.
I like to call myself a craftsman, and I don't think anyone thinks of a craftsman as a derogatory term. On the contrary, in Russian, the craftsman and the master are the same word (MacMep), and the craftsman knows how to manage his place best.
Linong and I are both "fellow villagers" who grew up on the land of Yanzhao, so the land of Yanzhao has become a place of "foothold". Only on the foothold can you possess the subject matter, because you know the living conditions of the people here best. Only when there is a nation's living state in the work will you understand the harmony between man and nature. As a result, the poetry and warmth of the work, as well as the ancient philosopher's "correspondence between man and nature", can be presented. As a result, the value of your "work", art, will emerge.
(Text/Tie Yang, Dean of Tieyang Art Research Institute, Hebei University of Science and Technology, Director of Tieyang Art Museum)
Sunrise East, 180cmx150cm, Oil on canvas, 2010
Participated in "Oil Painting Art and Contemporary Society - Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition"
New Scenery of Taoshuping, 180x150cm, Oil on canvas, 2016
Selected for the "Fifth National Academy of Painting Art Exhibition"
Warm Sun, 180x150cm, Oil on canvas, 2015
In 2016, he participated in the "Chinese Spirit" National Oil Painting Exhibition
Tirekti at sunset, 180cm×180cm, Oil on canvas, 2017
Selected for the 8th China Beijing International Art Biennale in 2019
Song in the Heart, 180cmx150cm, Oil on canvas, 2016
Selected for the "National Excellent Art Exhibition of the 11th China Art Festival"
Hometown is still the same, 150cmX150cm, oil on canvas, 2016
Participated in the 2017 "Academic Invitational Exhibition of China Oil Painting Academy"
Song to the Blue Sky 180cmX150cm Oil on canvas 2018
Selected for the "6th National Academy of Painting Art Exhibition"
Warm Land 180cm×150cm Oil on canvas 2019
Selected for "The Light of the Times - The Fifth Chinese Oil Painting Exhibition"
Zhang Linong follows the spirit of realist art, often sketches in life, often from a beautiful movement, a good-looking expression, a visually comfortable compositional relationship, triggering artistic inspiration. He believes that the key to painting is to be sincere and natural, and he once said: "A painter's heart should be as pure as a pool of clear water, and a small ripple is a beautiful and trembling picture." This is not only a true perception of his creation, but also an excellent interpretation of his artistic meaning.
(Text/Ma Hongzeng, Deputy Director of the Theory Committee of the China Artists Association, Researcher of Jiangsu Art Museum)
Spring Breeze Blows 150cmx150cm Oil on canvas, 2009
My wife just passed away one month 60×80cm Oil on canvas, 2012
Son working in Taiyuan, 50×60cm, oil on canvas, 2013
Old Cave by the Yellow River, 60×80cm, Oil on canvas, 2014
Taihang Old Farmer, 50cmx60cm, oil on canvas, 2015
Autumn Song, 180x150cm, Oil on canvas, 2016
Facing the Sun, 100x100cm, Oil on canvas, 2015
Xiangyang Avenue 100cmx100cm Oil on canvas 2015
The Sun of the Plateau, 180cmx150cm, Oil on canvas, 2014
Snow 180cmx150cm Oil on canvas, 2013
Winter in Zagana, 60cmx80cm, oil on canvas, 2015
Holy Road, 80cmX60cm, oil on canvas, 2017
Mother-in-law and grandson of Zhaibian, 80cm×60cm, oil on canvas, 2017
The Day of Ta County 60cm×80cm Oil on canvas 2019
Taxian Woman, 60cm×80cm, Oil on canvas, 2019
Mobei Wind Yin, 150×180cm, Oil on canvas, 2021
Good News 150cmx150cm Oil on canvas 2021
Spring Warms Up in the Distant Horizon 150×180cm Oil on canvas 2022
New Life in the Old District, 100×100cm, Oil on canvas, 2018
Fluttering Flower Feather Feathers, 60×80cm, Oil on canvas, 2018
Balinese Style No.2 100×80cm Oil on canvas 2020
Balinese Style No.3 100×80cm Oil on canvas 2020
Balinese Style No.4 100×80cm Oil on canvas 2020
Balinese Style No.5 100X80cm Oil on canvas 2020
Painting experience
In the world of life, like a guest who travels far away, wanders on the edge of the world in the form of an individual, the vast universe, a small and humble existence. When human beings are confronted with the philosophical question of the meaning of existence, they are confused and confused. Philosophers of all periods have tried to sort out this question and give a clear answer. From many philosophical theories about existence and the mode of existence, poetic dwelling is the common ideal of mankind and the hope of individual existence. Heidegger interprets this poetic dwelling, and he injects the poetic spiritual dimension into existence, annotates the poetic meaning of human labor, and interprets the connection between the existence of human life and natural existence in a certain spiritual dimension, which is the poetic spiritual existence. Through his own experience and perception of the most basic issues of human life, the painter presents this poetic spiritual pursuit in the form of works, which is the true experience and expression of this poetic life existence.
As a Chinese oil painter, it is my duty to assume the responsibility of artistic expression in the current global art context. Chinese national art is broad and profound, and the art forms are also colorful, I prefer to draw on the writing sense of Chinese calligraphy art in the category of realism, and apply this feeling of writing to the creation of oil painting, and experience the pleasure of writing in the medium of oil painting, which contrasts with the localized theme, and this very Chinese sense of form is a successful exploration under the poetic expression.
(Text/Zhang Linong)
Walking the Great Wall, 80cm×50cm, Oil on canvas, 2020
Sunset on the Great Wall 80cm×50cm Oil on canvas 2020
Canal Shore 180X150cm Oil on canvas 2020
The Ballad of the Great Wall, 150cm×180cm, Oil on canvas, 2020
Erlin and his comrades-in-arms 60×80cm Oil on canvas 2021
Harvesting Potatoes No. 1 60×80cm Oil on canvas 2021
Harvesting Potatoes No.2 60×80cm Oil on canvas 2021
Harvesting Potatoes No.3 60×80cm Oil on canvas 2021
Big Mountain, 60×80cm, Oil on canvas, 2021
(Source: Cloud Art Museum)
Artist Profile
Zhang Linong, a national first-class artist (Zhenggao second-class), former director (president) of Hebei Art Museum (Hebei Painting Institute), member of China Artists Association, director of China Oil Painting Society, researcher of the research group of the Oil Painting Institute of the Chinese Academy of Arts, deputy director of the Art Museum Working Committee of the China Culture and Art Promotion Association, outstanding expert of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and outstanding expert of Hebei Provincial Management. His works have participated in many important national exhibitions and won awards.