Rongbaozhai Painting Spectrum (117) Modern Edition Splashing Ink Landscape: Splashing Ink Landscape

Author: He Haixia
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Publish Date: 1998-09-01
Features: His [reform] is not [lawlessness], but rather stricter laws and updated regulations. There is always something greater beyond the sky. His novelty and grandeur increasingly manifest not through brush and ink or color, but through heart, intention, and emotion in painting. Splashing ink and laying color create boundless scenes, while vertical and horizontal strokes all become magnificent works, grand and exquisite, full of charm. No matter how [he reforms], when we see his captivating new works, we are not only surprised by their fresh appearance and enchanting allure but also heartily realize that they remain traditional, He Haixia’s, and quintessentially Chinese paintings. The contemporary Chinese landscape painting master, Mr. He Haixia, is nearing his nineties, and his art has reached a state of perfection, widely recognized worldwide. One would think that at this stage, a painter should enjoy his later years and refrain from further artistic ambitions. However, Haixia is different. He carved a stone seal with the words [In one’s twilight years, there is still great potential]. These resounding eight characters are filled with the old man’s passion and confidence, demonstrating that if an artist’s life does not cease, their struggle should not stop either. They should roam the artistic sea and tirelessly climb the peaks of art. Haixia is a very humble and pragmatic person. He never claims what he cannot achieve, but once he says something, he definitely does it. Don’t believe me? Look at Haixia’s recent works— he has already stood at a new artistic starting point and taken bold steps toward a new realm. The history of painting is not short of examples of [reform in one’s later years]. Qi Baishi’s [reform in his later years] created a brand-new world of flower-and-bird painting that had never been seen before, establishing his position in modern art history.