Shi Lu's Realistic Paintings And Freehand Paintings

The article discusses the author's study on "Shi Lu's realistic paintings and freehand paintings".Shi Lu is one of the most innovative artists in Chinese art history in20th Century. The current serious lack of liberal spirit in Chinese paintings makes the study on the influence of Shi Lu's painting to the development of Chinese painting a significant one.The article outlines the development of Shi Lu's art life. Shi Lu experienced several important historical conjunctures including the foundation and development of the New China and the Cultural Revolutionary. In a chronological order, the article studies Shi Lu's artwork at three different stages; the early "expressing the spirit through form " realistic stage, the middle "spirit creates form" liberal stage and the later "To get dizzy with success" mass freehand stage. After carefully sorting out Shi Lu's mass freehand brush works, it comes to the Author's conclusions that, firstly, Shi Lu's core idea on the mass freehand brushworks is " to firstly sort out the thought or meaning that the painting will later deliver", secondly, Shi Lu's individualized "freehand painting language" becomes a new model and style in the Chinese art history.From the perspective of painting function and aesthetic, the article conducts in-depth and multi-aspect discussions on the theory and connotation of Shi Lu's mass freehand brush works, aiming to promote the spirit of Chinese freehand painting and enlighten a healthy development of Chinese painting. Shi Lu is a talented artist with a great spirit of innovation and creation. He is an artist of the mass freehand painting in real. The study on Shi Lu and his paintings is not only a sort-out of the liberal spirit shown on the Chinese paintings but also a review on the lack of spirit of the Chinese paintings in contemporary and modern times.