| As continuous blood within Chinese traditional culture,Chinese flower and bird painting occupies a very important position with its unique brushstroke techniques and artistic style in traditional painting.Flower and bird painting became an independent painting subject in Tang Dynasty,and meticulous flowers-and-birds painting was booming in the Five Dynasties and Song Dynasty.Both riches and honor of academy and the free style of non-academy artists took on their own appealing.Since Yuan,Ming and Qing Dynasties,flower and bird painting were gradually faded,and almost disappeared during the Republic of China.Chen Zhifo brought a new dawn on the development of flower and bird painting.He turned from the origin of arts and crafts to flower and bird painting,purely inheriting skills of Song and Yuan dynasty,exploring the skills of calligraphy and painting regardless of formalism,which enriches the traditional flower and bird painting techniques.He also combined the exotic art style and relative fields of arts to the creation of fine brush flowers and birds painting,making his flowers and birds painting reflects both elegant and creativit,forming the fresh and elegant style.Chen Zhifo took the responsibility of the successor of flowers and birds painting,and created a handicraft flower and bird style in Jiangsu.It can be said that Chen Zhifo plays a decisive and revolutionary role for descendants.This essay themed on the flower and birds painting of Chen Zhifo,mainly includes four parts.The first part reveals the artistic experience of Chen Zhifo to show the evolution of his art of flower and bird painting.The second part explores and analyses the beauty of arts in Chen Zhifo’s flowers and birds painting in the historical background.This parts includes the combination of tradition and artistic mentality,absorbing exotic arts and his creation view of flower and bird painting.The next part discusses the mentor-disciple relationship between Chen Zhifo and Jiangsu brushwork flower and birds painting.It also introduces the Jiangsu brushwork flower and birds painting style’s cultural inheritance from Chen’s art style and creative spirit.The last part elaborates the artistic contribution of Chen’s flower and bird painting,inspiration to contemporary flower and bird painting,and the influence and enlightenment to the author in artistic creation.Chen Zhifo’s creative thinking and artistic practice established an effective case for the future regarding the continuation of tradition.Based on tradition,Chen Zhifo promotes the development of flowers and birds painting with pioneering and innovative spirit.The study of Chen Zhifo’s flower and bird painting further aims to explore the significance on the development of contemporary art of inherit and innovate.Along with the constantly reflecting the aesthetic of times,we should adhere to the traditional culture,balance the relationship between inheritance and innovation,so that the art of flowers and birds continuesly developing. |
