Study Of. Wang Shenglie Art

Mr.Wang Shenglie is an outstanding representative of the realistic ink-wash painting in the 20^th century.He is considered as another master-hand who integrates Chinese and Western techniques after Xu Beihong,Jiang Zhaohe and other precursors. He insists on the artistic claim of realism and invents a lot of excellent works which reflect the reality through the way of ingeniously combing Western rigorous molding with Eastern charm of brush and ink.Featured with distinctive style of epoch,his works are full of intense flavor of Guandong so that he forms his unique style and outstands among contemporary artists.Wang Shenglie's works cover abundant and various themes.In the earlier days of his career,he focuses on the figure painting while during his latter years,he extends to landscape painting and painting of flowers and birds in traditional Chinese style.Whether figure painting or landscape painting, both of them are branded with realistic factors which mark the major artistic feature of Mr.Wang.Among them,figure Painting has epitomized his artistic thoughts and achievements.According the subject matters of his works,they could be classified into two categories:one kind of themes is on the Anti-Japanese War which could be represented as Eight Female Soldiers Threw Themselves into the River and Rain of Autumn;the other is on native and local spirits which could be delegated as Cultivator, Children of the Hometown and so on.These works are full of sincere feelings and vivid figures which impressive others.Through the analysis on the works combined with background of his age,this thesis intends to explore the contributing factors in his inventions,the artistic features and their causes of formation in his works.Thus, the significance of his realistic ink-wash figure painting is well interpreted.