Author: HIUNKIN PANG 庞薰琹
Size: 50×46.5cm
Signed and dated: Painted by the end of the 1970s
Estimate:
Final Price: RMB 600,000
signed in Chinese
PROVENANCE
Acquired directly from the artist by the former owner.
From the Collection of Mr. Gao Yongzheng. He studied at Central Academy of Arts and Design,and was a student of Hiunkin Pang and Wu Guanzhong. In 1972,he teached at Qingdao Craftwork Art School,and kept a close relationship with Pang via written letters.
Attached with a written statement regarding the provenance from Mr. Gao Yongzheng,and photos of his letters with Pang.
REMARK
This painting were confirmed by the artist’s daughter.
《灌水渠》、《回忆磁器口》两幅作品所呈现出的和谐完美的形式美感,以及浓郁的音乐般的韵律感,正是庞熏琹典型的七八十年代风景画的特点,即绘画形式感极富原创性,又融合了中国画的精粹,在当时的中国西画家群中是首屈一指的,其“行和色的和谐,章法的构成,他们本身是一种趣味,是纯粹绘画(傅雷)”。早在1925年法国之行,并在回国后精心研究民间美术,进而转向工艺美术,以期在艺术上自成一派。从创办中国第一个现代艺术团体,到研究历代装饰纹样,到筹建中国第一所高等工艺美术学院,他以超前的理念执着投入艺术创作,都缘于他一生的艺术要求:“观夫今日中国艺术精神之颓废,与中国文化之日趋堕落,辄深自痛心……一,力求自我之进步,二,集数人之力或能有所贡献于世人……(摘自庞熏琹《决澜社小史》)”。
传统山水画是参照名山大川,而不拘于客观真实,强调神似而非形似,强调胸中逸气而非客观模拟,万里山河任意移动组合。庞熏琹画的是油画风景,但不拘于写生,根据个人观察体会,先作速写扼要记录,然后摆脱细枝末节,重新组合构图,抓住第一印象感觉,确定大色调后,运用油画的色彩表达语言,集中西艺术之长,树个人独特之风格。70年代远没有今天的条件,但他拿油画笔用中国方式画写意的油画风景,造型严谨、色彩淡雅、格调清新、用笔精炼、意味深远,体现了其在“决澜社”中所呼唤的“用新的技法表现新的时代精神”的中西融合的艺术风格。观者非但看不出画家历经生命浩劫时的怅怀,反而愈发感受到画家超凡脱俗、潇洒超脱的人生哲学。就此而论,古稀之年身处逆境仍未减当年“决澜”之勇,令人对画家始终如一的艺术“天真”感怀动容。