Tiger's Selected Collection (1)

Author: Feng Da-Zhong
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: After extensive collection over a long period, Tianjin Yangliqing Painting Society has compiled and published this collection featuring the finest works of contemporary tiger-painting masters. The numerous masterpieces not only boast innovative concepts and create new techniques and artistic expressions, opening up new realms of painting, but also embody profound traditional cultural spirit. The tigers in this collection range from realistic to expressive, from meticulously detailed to freely executed, each showcasing its unique brilliance. The works included are by Feng Da-Zhong, Yin Yanjiang, Zhang Baogui, and Xu Xingye.
The tigers in this collection are diverse in style—some realistic, some expressive, some meticulously detailed, and some freely executed—all displaying their own brilliance. However, they all embody the spirit and essence of Chinese culture. Painting tigers involves capturing not only their form but also their bone structure, flesh, and spirit. It requires artists to convey not just the physical appearance of tigers but also their vigor, demeanor, emotion, and aura.
With the growing awareness of environmental ecology, modern painters have not only focused on tiger paintings but have also intentionally depicted the artistic representation of tigers' natural habitats, leading to a creative trend of combining tiger paintings with landscape art. This enriches the works' while enhancing their artistic atmosphere. Several prominent tiger-painting masters in this collection have deeply explored this direction. In their works, tigers are not depicted as isolated entities but as lively and free within various natural environments—whether in the vibrant autumn mountains with crimson maples, the misty dawn awakening spring mountains, the snow-covered landscapes bathed in moonlight, the swaying reeds and dew-laden withered grass, or the towering rocks and sprawling pine trees.