Chen Yongle Painting Collection

Author: Shen Dekun
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Publish Date: 1994-09-01
Features: Chen Yongle, born in Sichuan in 1944, is a native of Zhejiang. He is currently serving as the Deputy Secretary-General and Standing Committee Member of the Yunnan Artists Association, a member of the China Artists Association, the China Printmaking Association, the President of the Yunnan Art Research Institute, and a member of the China Art Craft Society. His works have been exhibited multiple times in France, Germany, the United States, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, receiving acclaim and enjoying a reputation in the international art world. He began engaging in artistic creation in 1963. In 1978, his work "Battlefield" was selected for the China Military Printmaking Exhibition. In 1979, his work "Hymn to Heroes" was selected for the National Art Exhibition Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of the People's Liberation Army. In 1984, his printmaking work "Weaving" won the "6th National Art Exhibition," and "Song of the Peacock" was selected for the "6th National Outstanding Art Exhibition." In 1986, his works participated in the "Yunnan Printmaking Exhibition" held in Australia. In 1987, his works participated in the "Chinese Modern Printmaking Exhibition" and the "New Yunnan Printmaking Exhibition" held in Japan. In 1989, his work "Silver Fruit" won the "7th National Art Exhibition." In 1990, his works participated in the "12-person Yunnan Printmaking Exhibition" organized by the Japanese Housing Education Association, and the same year, he won the Gold Medal Award from the Japan China Printmaking Foundation. In 1992, his works participated in the "1992 EC Art and Art Exhibition," and the same year, he participated in the "Yunnan Heavy Color Painting Exhibition" organized by the South China Art Center of the China Artists Association and the "Yunnan Six-person Modern Heavy Color Painting Exhibition" in the Netherlands. In April 1993, he held an individual exhibition in Belgium, in June 1993, he held an individual exhibition in Germany, and in December 1993, his works participated in the "Exhibition of Outstanding Chinese Artists" held in Hong Kong. This art collection demonstrates that his persistent pursuit has achieved remarkable results. Compared to his peers in the Yunnan painting school, who have made a great name for themselves far from Yunnan on the other side of the ocean, Chen Yongle seems to possess a deeper rootedness in his local culture, placing greater emphasis on realistic, lifelike, and beautiful depictions rooted in Yunnan, and paying more attention to artistic methods that are easily accepted by the various ethnic groups of Yunnan.