Rsearch Of Artistic Features Of The Works Of Mr. Guan Gangzhi

It is through Mr. Guan Guangzhi with his inheretence, academicexperiences abroad, works and thinkings in fine-art, that this article is trying tounderstand the artistic personalities and techniques of watercolor and gouachepainting.Mr. Guan who pioneered academically in Britain in watercolor painting isamong the first generation of Chinese painters to introduce watercolor to China.His childhood had been rough, and hard work in school turned things around forhim at the end. While dedicating to fine-art education after returning to Chinafollowing a satisfactory academic result in Britain, he kept at painting, churningout marsterpieces in watercolor and gouache.Looking at Mr. Guan’s paintings, two features peculiar to his own artisticstyle in watercolor and gouache painting can be drawn out, viz,1. the artisticbeauty of traditional Chinese architecture and landscape gardening, and,2. thesentiments of Chinese painting expressive in western artistic languages. Mr.Guan’s works focus on themes of buildings and landscape gardens, prominentexpression being the representation of the beauty of tradional architecture.Saturated oriantal feel establishes the other feature of his paintings. Thewatercolor and gouache paintings of Mr. Guan are a combination of the easternand western styles, with the occasional striking color and oriantal touch andlayout. Here, the author is to explain the assertation that "dwell Chinese paintingin the western settings", by comparing composition, theme selections, anddrawing techniques.In drawing techniques of watercolor and gouache painting,"bland coloringmathod" is an innovation of Mr. Guan. This mathod requires works to be done atonce, with bright colors and well-arranged pencraft. His watercolor paintings aremostly on colored paper or linen, and the bold usage of Stone Hue of Chinese painting in between makes them more pronounced and into a league of theirown.As a pioneer in Chinese wathercolor painting, Mr. Guan advocates"dwelling Chinses painting in the western settings", exploring the nationality ofwatercolor painting through its composition, theme selections, and drawingtechniques. In so doing, he paved the road for Chinese watercolor painting toreach localization. Throughout his painting life, Mr. Guan had never abandonedsketching, instead improved and worked in it. Therefore, studying the artisticfeatures of the works of Mr. Guan, this article has come to a importantrevelation regarding the nationality of watercolor painting and the significanceof sketching to a artist.