China Art Gallery Promotes Masterpieces by Painter Jia Pingxi

Author: Jia Pingxi, Editor-in-Chief
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Publish Date: 2005-11-01
Features: In the history of flower-and-bird painting, Jia Pingxi should be a milestone and a unique artistic master for all eternity. When summarizing his five principles of creation, he said:
1. Artistic conception commands everything;
2. I would rather drink the millet porridge made from my own labor than beg for leftover bread from ancient, modern, or foreign people;
3. If something has been overdrawn by predecessors, I will draw it too, but I must break out of the cliché;
4. Objects that have never been depicted by others, I will capture them with my emotions, life experiences, insights, and philosophical wisdom from the vast world;
5. I will strive to avoid repeating myself. He spoke like this and acted like this. This book is one of the "China Art Gallery Promoted Artists' Masterpieces" series, selecting the dedicated works of painter Jia Pingxi, as well as endorsements from art critics about his person and his paintings. It is believed to serve as a guiding role for readers to understand Chinese painting.