Huang Binhong's Autobiography

Author: Huang Binhong
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Publish Date: 2006-01-01
Features: Huang Binhong (1865-1955), styled Zhi, courtesy name Puchun, also known as Puchen, alias Yu Xiang, Hong Souchou, Huangshan Shanzhongren, etc. He was a native of She County, Anhui Province. He once worked in journalism and art editing before becoming a teacher at Xinhua Art College, Changming Art College, and Shanghai Art College. He also served as a mentor at the Chinese Painting Research Society of Jinan University. In June 1937, he was invited to serve as a professor and calligraphy and painting appraiser at Beijing Art College and the Beijing Ancient Art Exhibition Hall. In 1948, he taught at Hangzhou National Art College. Later, he became the director of the National Art Research Institute (now the Art Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Arts). After the age of seventy, his works were full of passion, profound, rich, and vibrant. He often used techniques like accumulated ink, splashed ink, broken ink, and stored ink to create layered and majestic landscapes with powerful. His artistic style, known as "dark, dense, thick, and heavy," is a distinctive feature of his works. He authored works such as A Study of the Origins of Huangshan Painters, Discussions on Painting from Honglu, Glimpses of Ancient Paintings, Binhong on Painting, and Lectures on the General Theory of Painting, and co-edited A Series of Art Books with Deng Shi. Throughout his life, Huang Binhong spanned two centuries and two eras, ultimately becoming renowned as a master of Chinese painting. His paintings reflect his deep passion and insight into the tradition of art history, as well as his unique perspectives and creativity on the future development of Chinese painting. After the age of seventy, his works were full of passion, profound, rich, and vibrant; he often used techniques like accumulated ink, splashed ink, broken ink, and stored ink to create layered and majestic landscapes with powerful. This book collects some of Huang Binhong's unique insights into Chinese painting.