Yunnan Modern Heavy Color Painting Selection

Author: Yunnan Fine Arts Publishing House
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Publish Date: 2000-12-01
Features: Chinese living color painting has a long history. The term "heavy color" first appeared in the Tang Dynasty in Zhang Xuanru's Records of Famous Paintings of Past Generations. In modern times, "gongbi heavy color painting" is the development of ancient living color painting. In recent decades, although gongbi color painting has made many innovations in themes, forms, and techniques, it has been completely replaced by low-end tin-tube chemical pigments in terms of materials. Many painters no longer understand or know how to use traditional heavy color pigments such as stone pigments and metallic pigments. Now, restoring the name "heavy color" is to restore the true use of color and techniques of traditional heavy color painting, allowing China's long-standing heavy color painting to develop a more distinctive national character in the trend of global cultural localization. Only in this way can Chinese painting stand independently in the world of art. The rise of modern heavy color painting not only brings new vitality to China's traditional heavy color painting but also presents a vibrant scene in the field we call "Yunnan painting." The tradition of Yunnan painting is diverse and rich, with literati ink painting being one of the important but not the only schools. The concept and practice of exclusive emphasis on ink painting are clearly worth reviewing and reflection. Exploring, innovating, and developing in the field of heavy color painting will undoubtedly make the creation of "Yunnan painting" even more colorful and diverse.