What is the story of a famous painter in China?

1, Qi Baishi (1864- 1957), a native of Xiangtan, Hunan Province, is one of the top ten painters in the 20th century and a world cultural celebrity. Qi Baishi 1 864 65438+1October1(22nd of the third year of Qing Tongzhi) was born in Xingziwu, Baishipu, Xiangtan County, and1September 1957 16 (August 23rd of Ding You) died in Beijing at the age of 93. The imperial clan sent Chunzhi, posthumous title, Huang, Zi, Lanting, alias Baishishan, and died in the name of Qi Baishi; There are a large number of pen names and self-names, such as Da Qi, Mu Ren, Mujushi, Hongdousheng, descendants of the former residence in the Tang Dynasty, borrowing Shan Weng, borrowing the owner of Yin Shan Pavilion, sending Garden, Pingweng, sending Pingtang Owner, President of Longshan, the rich man of three hundred lithographs, and the owner of Bai Shu Pear Flower.

Qi Baishi was a child.

Grandpa Baishi was poor when he was a child. At the age of eight, he started herding cattle and chopping wood. The cow is eating grass, so he draws on the ground with a stick (Gê n). Later, I became a carpenter, working during the day and studying painting under dim oil lamps at night. Regardless of mosquito bites in summer, he was on pins and needles in winter until the lamp oil burned out. In this way, his paintings get better and better.

Grandpa Baishi planted many flowers and plants at home, which attracted many small insects. There are fish and shrimp in the water tank. He observes them carefully every day. He wanted to draw a grasshopper, so he ran around the yard after a grasshopper until he could see the movement of the grasshopper's legs when it jumped. Others advised him to tie the grasshopper (shuān). He said that the grasshopper tied to the rope was uncomfortable and unnatural, so it was not allowed to draw.

Diligent observation and hard practice have made Grandpa Qi Baishi a great success, and his paintings are deeply loved by people all over the world.

2. "Gu Kaizhi's theory of eating sugar cane.

Gu Kaizhi was the most famous painter in Jin Dynasty. Gu Kaizhi loves sugar cane. Every time he eats sugarcane, he starts from the end of the sugarcane and slowly eats the head of the sugarcane. This is the opposite of what most people eat. Someone asked him why he ate like this, and Gu Kaizhi replied, "Only by eating like this can he get better!" "Better" here means "more and more delicious".

Nowadays, "eating sugarcane upside down" is often used to describe things "gradually entering a beautiful state", which started with an interesting story of Gu Kaizhi.

3. The story of Wang Mian

There was a great painter named Wang Mian in ancient times. He is best at drawing lotus flowers, and many people take pains to ask him to draw lotus flowers from far away. Wang Mian's family was poor when he was a child. He herded cattle for others during the day and studied by himself at night. One day, Wang Mian was herding cattle by the lake when it suddenly began to rain. After the rain cleared, the lotus and lotus leaves in the lake were washed clean by the rain. In the sun, the rolling water drops on the lotus leaf twinkle, which is very beautiful. Wang Mian liked it very much and thought, "If I draw it, I can see this beautiful scenery every day. How nice! " So he quickly bought paper and pens with pocket money and began to draw lotus flowers. At first, of course, the painting was not very good. When someone saw it, they mocked him and said, "Don't waste paper and pens, your painting is terrible!" " But Wang Mian was not discouraged, and continued to draw. Finally, he painted better and better, just like the real thing. Wang Mian sold the lotus paintings and took the money home to honor his mother. Wang Mian's family gradually improved because he painted lotus flowers very well. Many people rushed to buy them, so he stopped herding cattle for others. At the same time, his fame gradually increased and he eventually became a famous national painter.

4. Huangzhou, the donkey dealer who loves donkeys.

During the Cultural Revolution, many masters of Chinese painting were persecuted, and Huangzhou, which is famous for painting donkeys, was not spared and was labeled as a donkey dealer. So, Huangzhou drove the donkey for three years and lived alone with the donkey. Huang Zhou, who is very philosophical, regards this meeting as an opportunity to get along with the donkey. He treats his little donkey like his own child. Besides feeding grass to the donkey, he often buys steamed bread for it with his meal ticket, and sometimes even feeds sugar to the donkey. In this situation, Huangzhou not only did not lose his passion for creation, but spent a long time with the donkey. In the future, the donkey he wrote will be as famous as Qi Baishi's horse and Xu Beihong's cow in Li Keran and become a well-known master. Hundred Donkeys Map is one of Mr. Huang Zhou's outstanding representative works. The hundred little donkeys in the picture are furry, black or gray, and made from natural Mo Yun. The white mouth, white eyes and white belly contrast with the rest of the body in black and white. 1978, when Comrade Deng Xiaoping visited Japan, he presented the first picture of a hundred donkeys to the Japanese Emperor as a national gift, which became a witness that the Chinese and Japanese people expected friendship from generation to generation.

When Zheng Banqiao painted bamboo and Zheng Banqiao were still county heads, local rich people often invited him to dinner to curry favor with him. Zheng Banqiao disdained to associate with them and rejected them one by one. Once, I really couldn't refuse. To cope, he came to a rich man's house for dinner. During the dinner, the rich people frequently toasted Zheng Banqiao, and in a short time, Zheng Banqiao was drunk. Rich people have long heard that painting skills are superb, so they take this opportunity to ask him for paintings. Zheng Banqiao readily agreed to the demolition. The family brought pen and ink, and without looking, they took ink and splashed it on the wall. Suddenly, ink dripped from the snow-white wall, which was a mess. Zheng Banqiao stepped forward, picked up a pen and scribbled it a few times, then threw it away and went home. The rich man was so angry that he couldn't speak, and the beautiful screen was ruined. At night, thunder rumbled and the rain poured down. The next morning, the rain stopped. The rich man came to the living room and looked at the wall, stunned. I saw that the messy ink turned into a vivid bamboo painting. Looking down, I saw some dead sparrows lying under the wall. Originally, the sparrow thought it was a real bamboo forest, so it flew to hide from the rain and killed it.