Rongbaozhai Painting Spectrum: Modern Edition (30): Figures

Author: Fan Zenghui
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Publish Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Chinese painting, throughout its long history, has continuously enriched, transformed, and developed, expanding its vast and profound aesthetic realm while gradually reaching perfection in technique. There are no techniques that are divorced from the essence of art. The mission of art has always encompassed both the functions of "promoting social harmony and moral education" and "delighting and comforting the self." All techniques serve the needs of expression, and once they deviate from the artist's thoughts, they immediately lose their vitality. Therefore, I hope that readers, while reading or viewing my works, can glimpse my spiritual homeland through ink and brushwork: my joys, sorrows, frustrations, and quests. At the same time, when learning or approaching my style, they should constantly ask themselves, "Have I achieved what Jiufang Gao did in appraising horses—'focusing on the inner essence while forgetting the external details, grasping the essence while disregarding the trivialities.'"