Before I haven’t seen teacher Wang Yun-xia, I often heard some old timers talk about her those whom in the circle of calligraphy and painting of Linyi. Teacher Wang Yun-xia gave me the impression is wearing simply, easy going and common touch, when she was talking, she is sincere and unconstraint, her enthusiasm and easy going make me very relaxed, suddenly closer to the distance between us. In the process of this interview, even though I’m a lay man for painting and calligraphy, but I have the sense of participation of inside man. Our topic is not professional discuss of painting and calligraphy, but always surrounded by painting and calligraphy, I was according to the sense of outsider for painting and calligraphy, exchanged lots of analysis of painting and calligraphy from teacher Wang Yun-xia, let me want to know more about painting and calligraphy, except was fond of painting and calligraphy.
Wang Yun-xia | 《Dai village in March》| 185×124cm | 2015
When I look it up in teacher Wang Yun-xia’s album, I was shocked deeply, the each one of painting as magnificent history, each one of life on the paper vividly, the artistic conception and interest and the language of brush and ink of elegant and free, blend into the life of each one, bring you into the conception of painting virtually, like a song, like a dream, make us lose mind, and gain the baptism and enjoyment of the spirit, maybe this it the charm of art, also is one of the reason why many painting and calligraphy painters pursuit of life with tireless.
Wang Yun-xia | 《Spring scenery》| 178×143cm | 2016
Wang Yun-xia, she was born on February 1956, she graduated from light industrial art school of Shandong province in 1975, she graduated from department of fine arts of normal college of Shandong province, currently she is a member of Chinese artists association, a member of Chinese arts and crafts association, a member of China building decoration association, senior artist and craftsman, a member of Shandong province artists association. Teacher Wang’s work is good at painting freehand figure ink painting, her stroke is concise, focus on big block surface and big stroke and big momentum, use ink or thin or thick or dry or wet, complement each other, intangible and graceful, copious and fluent, full of the sense of rhythm.
Wang Yun-xia |《Beautiful sun》| Chinese painting·freehand figure painting
Teacher Wang Yun-xia’s figure painting, both realistic and freehand brushwork, but in general is freehand brushwork, and it’s big freehand brushwork, big freehand brushwork, the mainly is extemporization, the painter with bold and unrestrained passion, painting it at will, the modeling is terse, each painting all comes from his inner feeling. The integration of mood and scene, the permeation of ink and color, changed like a dream, all contained the turmoil of the whole life, that is the explosion and vent of the feeling, so natural and vivid, very interesting, let us feel delightfully.
Wang Yun-xia | 《Silent promise》| Chinese painting ·freehand figure | soldier theme
Meanwhile, teacher wang referred various subjects, both have ancient hermit, and have soldier and childish children, but no matter what kinds of figure, always appeared a kind of dignified and magnificent style on paper. She is good at capturing the expression of people, and has great originality shape, blend in hazy scene, brought out the character of vivid and the grasp of the artistic conception, having original lasting appeal of brush and ink.
Wang Yun-xia | 《Four times crossed Chishui ·part》| Chinese painting·freehand figure | soldier theme
I think that, freehand brushwork figure painting, is the painter’s special inspiration for life and social experience, with the intelligent way of art to vent. Express emotion and freehand brushwork, convey feeling and ideas, brush feeling and ink interest, all in the temperament, make a general survey of Wang Yun-xia’s freehand figure painting, she use concise language of brush and ink, free color and rhythm, formed the moment moving of life and touching and deserving moment. Appreciate it, overflowing interest, naturally formed, taste it, full of poetic and illusion, rarely not easy.
Wang Yun-xia | 《Children 2》| Chinese painting·freehand figure | 2016
Teacher Wang Yun-xia’s freehand figure painting, look like take it easy, reflected she use brush and ink as well and forthright, crude with refined, control and release are freely, cause she insisted on sketching for years and having solid basic skill. In the accumulation of art of decades, formed distinct personal artistic style, nothing in common in the realm of the modern traditional figure painting, she is low profile in life, never display, but in painting she keep improving, created many refined works.
Wang Yun-xia | 《Pictures of westing》 | Chinese painting·ancient figure | 2016
Her work was included in 《Traditional painting album》 and 《Dictionary of contemporary painter and calligrapher and engraver》In 1989, she was included in 《Calligrapher and painter antique catalog of Qilu painting and calligraphy research institute》 in 1990, her work was included in 《1000 painters of contemporary youth traditional painting》in 1991, her work was included in 《a list of celebrities of Chinese folk》in 1992, her work was included in 《Shandong paintress works collection》in 1995. Since 1997s, she won the third prize of Shandong province fine arts exhibition, the second prize of Shandong province fine arts exhibition, honorable mention of Shandong wuyi culture award, the first prize of the first session Chinese “Bayi cup literature and art grand prix competition” , gold award of the first session Linyi city literature and art festival. She has published series of books of Shandong province paintress 《Wang Yun-xia album》, Linyi TV station “Art grand sight” programa has a special report, 《Qilu evening news》、《Painting and calligraphy newspaper of Xizhi》, 《China collection》、《Appreciation and collection of China contemporary famous calligraphy and painting》、《Linyi daily paper》 and so on, all published her works and have special introduction.
Wang Yun-xia |《The portrait of lady》| Chinese painting·ancient figure | album leaves | 2015
Teacher Wang Yun-xia for pursuit of painting, suffering painful grind, experience wind and rain, just for years of devotion and desire, except that, no more wild wishes, in the heart of move restlessly today, teacher Wang Yun-xia brought us the realm of elegant and extraordinary, that’s very rare and not easy, it may be said: for scenery without idle, for feeling is naive, for mind without weary!
Sketching in Changning in 2016
Sketching in Yuxi in 2015
Sketching in Gannan in 2015
Sketching in Qingyang in 2014
Sketching in Zhaoyuan in 2014
Figure sketching in 2012