Yang Zhiguang's Research On Historical Figure Painting

Since the founding of the People's Republic of China,the change of Chinese painting should be the most significant and violent change of figure painting.As an important Chinese figure painter since the founding of the People's Republic of China,Yang Zhiguang(1930-2016)has an unavoidable influence on Chinese painting.For a long time,Chinese figure painting is not good at expressing grand scenes,revealing deep themes and deeply shaping characters.Starting from the development and changes of Yang Zhiguang's figure paintings with historical themes,this paper introduces the development of Chinese figure paintings since the founding of the People's Republic of China,and probes into the aesthetic consciousness,historical view and expression techniques of Chinese figure painters with historical themes In addition,it analyzes the influencing factors of the development and evolution of the historical theme figure painting.First of all,this paper will elaborate the development process of Yang Zhiguang's figure painting with historical theme,so as to obtain the overall cognition of the historical subject matter figure painting.Secondly,this paper makes a special study on the artistic problems of Yang Zhiguang's figure paintings with historical themes,and probes into the specific issues such as the conception and refinement of the theme of the figure paintings with historical themes,the compatibility of ink and shape,and composition of pictures.Finally,the paper focuses on the influence and reference significance of Yang Zhiguang's figure paintings with historical themes.In the conclusion part,the author combines with his own thinking on the creation of historical subject matter figure painting in the contemporary context,and explains the importance of restoring the way of image recording history and reshaping the concept of history in today's cultural context.Through the research,Yang Zhiguang's historical figure paintings show the lofty significance of heroes in the process of history.This kind of historical thought of heroism is the main feature of Mao Zedong era,and it is also actively advocated by the main melody of literature and art after the reform and opening up.Yang Zhiguang's figure painting with historical themes integrates three different types of themes:Western historical painting,portrait painting and genre painting.It not only pays attention to the reproduction of historical scenes to stimulate the audience's feelings and emotions on historical events,but also pays attention to the detailed description of historical figures,which highlights the impact of historical events on human destiny and causes the audience to think about historical logic.In terms of form,Yang Zhiguang's historical figure paintings have made bold attempts in the compatibility of ink and ink with modeling,the compatibility of pen and ink writing and the design sense of composition,which enriches the modeling language of pen and ink,expands the picture composition,and promotes the diversified style and appearance of Chinese figure painting.Since the founding of the People's Republic of China,Yang Zhiguang's figure painting with historical themes has become the representative of new Chinese painting.He organically combines Marx's dialectical materialism with national style and traditional characteristics,breaks through the"escapism" and "free brushwork" of traditional Chinese painting,breaks through the simple imitation of Western formalism,embodies the connection between historical theme creation and the fate of the country and society,and highlights the historical theme The important practical value of creation.