Research On Wu Guanzhong's Painting Artistry Of Point,Line,Flat,and Formative Beauty

Wu Guanzhong is a well-renowned Chinese painter,fine-art educator and essay writer,who has been exerting far-reaching influence on domestic painting career.Inspired by Lin Fengmian's artistic philosophy of "Integrating Chinese and Western Styles",while majoring in western painting during his study in Hangzhou National College of Art,he minored in Chinese painting tutored by Pan Tianshou.After graduation,he pursued further studies in France where he learned modern western painting and was greatly shaped by modernistic school of thought.Becoming a master of both Chinese and western painting,Wu Guanzhong returned to China after finishing his overseas studies and continued to explore the integration of Chinese and western artistic styles both in theory and practice.He witnessed and advanced the progression of oil-painting nationalization and wash-painting modernization,during which period he enthusiastically researched on expressive techniques of painting such as "representation" and "abstraction","form" and "conception".Valuing on formative styles,Wu Guanzhong composed oil painting bamsed on point,line and flat while infusing Chinese poetic imagery.In this way,he created Chinese-styled oil-painting works through seamlessly weaving traditional Chinese aesthetic prospect with oil-painting techniques.During the creation of wash painting,Wu Guanzhong masterly fused color and block typical in oil painting while building up the overall artistic conception.In that way,the wash painting looked more lifelike and full of modernistic energy.Wu Guanzhong's painting works manifested his outstanding mastery in handling the color allocation of black,white and gray,especially his series of "Yangtze River Delta" that featured in sharp comparison between bigger white blocks and smaller black ones,and overwhelming formative styles shaped by "leaving blank" techniques.Yangtze River Delta's elegant simplicity and poetic imagery have been thoroughly elaborated by his wash-painting works.Wu Guanzhong also cultivated his unique aesthetic philosophies during his exploration and practice of artistry.He has published many academic articles on art criticism,such as The Connected Kite String,Formative Beauty of Painting,Pen and Ink Mean Nothing,Does Content determine Form?,On Abstract Beauty and so forth,some of which inspired insightful discussions.Wu Guanzhong's painting featuring in initial realism and final abstraction,expressed invisible inner voice by means of visible colors and lines,on the basis of his unique creative principles of "The Connecting Kite Line".As vicissitudes and creativity made up his artistic career,Wu Guanzhong always related his artistic creation to real life.Through successful integration between wash-painting and oil-painting,Wu Guanzhong won outstanding fame in art circles home and abroad.