Liang Hao's commentary

Everything grows with the breath of spring —— Random thoughts on Liang Hao's paintings

Song Wenjing

One day, Ms. Liang Lingjuan, a creative painter, called me and said that she wanted to show me her nephew Liang Hao's paintings. So, I saw Liang Hao and his paintings in the temporary studio of Qingdao Painting Academy. Liang Hao himself is very elegant and quiet. But his paintings are full of passion.

To tell you the truth, it surprised me.

Mr. Liang Tianzhu is Liang Hao's grandfather, and Liang Hao is Mr. Liang Tianzhu's grandson. Family history, handed down from generation to generation, love painting, painting well, painting well, we must be reasonable; But the painting is so open and closed, the reality and the reality set each other off, the ink color is vivid and elegant, but it is greatly unexpected and very pleasant.

My first impression of Liang Hao's paintings is his unique expression of images and schemas. His works have amazing visual impact, strong and hazy colors, solid and illusory artistic conception, boundless and unforgettable. At first glance, it looks like a western painting, but it is actually pen and ink. At this point, the knower no longer needs to ask where the mountain is. Where is the water? Traditional law? Western law? Everything is based on the principle of beauty and harmony, and everything is aimed at revealing the true feelings and pleasing the eyes. I was fortunate enough to witness Liang Yusheng veteran Liu Xie's book Wen Xin Diao Long, describing the artistic conception and my emotional exchange at that time: "I am grateful for my past and my heart is full of enthusiasm;" Love is like a gift, and it is also like a gift. "Liang Hao also deeply immersed in this samadhi.

Good art is about not having to subdivide painting. Some people say that Huang Yongyu's colored ink is not Chinese painting. Huang Lao said, "I will sue anyone who dares to say that my painting is Chinese painting." Although it is a joke, it is an artistic theory.

Liang Hao's paintings also convey his thoughts and skills. "I know the truth in a subtle way." He was deeply influenced by his grandfather Liang Lao and many China painters. He pursues the beauty of calmness, conciseness, vastness, boldness and convergence with his pen. His boldness is sometimes not like a young man who has just passed the age of no doubt. In composition, it also won the charm of Liang men, set risks and break risks, put the overall situation first, do not haggle over every ounce, open and close vertically and horizontally, strive to save the world, form a dynamic trend, and thus achieve vivid charm. Liang Lao also explained this from an academic point of view. He said: "Rodin believes that movement is the truth of the universe, and moving images can express the spirit and the incredible things hidden behind nature." This is Rodin's world view and artistic view. He believes that art is dynamic beauty, and living in China's paintings is dynamic beauty. " Motion is absolute, and stillness is relative. The only constant in the world is change itself, and art strives for innovation and change in essence. Liang Hao also deeply understands this law. His paintings are not rigid or dogmatic, but lively and radiant. The predecessors once contacted that "everything that nurtures has the spirit of spring, and the bathing heart always holds the spirit of snow", which Liang Hao can encourage.

In the arrangement and grasp of color tones, Liang Hao is bolder and more exaggerated on the basis of Liang Lao's basic color style. Sheikh's six methods pay attention to "color matching" and follow physics. The color of Chinese painting seems to be the least important, nothing more than bright green and light crimson. In contemporary art, it is more necessary to "paint at will" and not stick to objects. Liang Hao's concept of color is very free, without any obstacles. He used the colors commonly used by Van Gogh and Gauguin, and mixed them with turquoise, yellow, black and white of Dunhuang frescoes, resulting in strange beauty. Liang Lao once said: "You can't have spiritual beauty because of the scenery, but you can embody spiritual beauty because of the scenery." This is also the method of coloring.

Liang Hao likes painting since he was a child. After being carefully taught by Liang Lao, he set an example and then studied at Shandong Art College. It can be said that it was Liang Lao's personality and artistic products that had a crucial influence on Liang Hao. In addition, his enlightenment, deep thinking, perseverance and hard work, as well as the reward for hard work, have made today's excellent works. Liang Hao recalled: "Grandpa always said that one had better not take his hobby as a career. Once he embarks on his career, he will obey other people's arrangements and lose a lot of personal nature and freedom. Grandpa was indifferent to fame and fortune all his life, honest and casual. He never paints to please others. "

According to Ms. Liang Lingjuan's memory, when Mr. Liang Tianzhu died, he said to his family, "Art is my hobby. I hope someone will take over, someone will take over, someone will take over ... "We can comfort Mr. Liang: Liang door art is full of melons and flowers.

Author: Song Wenjing, director of the theoretical department of Qingdao Painting Academy, vice chairman of Qingdao Calligraphers Association, executive dean of Qingdao Branch of Central Painting Academy of Democratic National Construction Association, and Hao Painting-I am glad that Liang Tianzhu has a successor in painting art.

Zhang rongda

I have a soft spot for Mo Bao, the master of landscape painting Liang Tianzhu. Is he a mountain in China's contemporary landscape painting circle? Admirable.

Liang Tianzhu's lifelong career is a surgeon, and his occupation is painting art. 1993165438+1On the morning of October 3, nearly 100 painters and theorists from the capital gathered at China National Painting Academy (now China National Painting Academy) to participate in the "Liang Tianzhu Landscape Painting Exhibition" and "Liang Tianzhu Landscape Painting Theory Seminar" organized by China Painting Academy and China Art Museum, which received rave reviews. Zhang Ding, an artist, said that Liang Tianzhu is another great discovery of contemporary China landscape painting after Huang Qiuyuan and Chen Zizhuang.

200 1 17 In the early morning of June, Liang Tianzhu, a special painter of Chinese Painting Research Institute, died in Qingdao at the age of 86. What impressed his relatives most was Liang Tianzhu's sigh and expectation before he died: "Art is my hobby, and I hope someone will succeed me, someone, someone ..." He left in a hurry with regret and endless deep attachment to China's landscape paintings, so calmly and peacefully.

For the spread of Liang Tianzhu's artistic spirit and the admiration for his paintings? I tried my best. More and more people like Liang Tianzhu's magical landscape paintings? Its exquisite paintings are hard to find in Qingdao. At the same time, I have never forgotten Mr. Liang Tianzhu's heartfelt sigh and expectation: "Art is my hobby. Hope to have a successor, there must be someone, someone ... ". I very much hope that his descendants can inherit Liang Tianzhu's painting art and let the artists rest in Jiuquan.

A few days ago, Liang Hao, the grandson of Liang Lao, called and wanted to invite me to sit with him. I never met Liang Hao again. He used to be a reporter for a media company. Earlier, I learned from his grandfather Liang Tianzhu some of his experiences in learning painting. At that time, Liang Hao and his grandfather Liang Tianzhu lived in a small attic on Weixian Road, which was only 14 square meters. Climbing it must pass through rickety narrow wooden stairs, and the roof is inclined, so the shortest person can't stand up straight. In this small world, Liang Tianzhu is both a bedroom, a reception room and a studio. Liang Hao and his grandfather Liang Tianzhu lived in a small attic for many years. He kept his grandfather's words in mind: "When painting, you should truly express your feelings, even if you don't draw well." Therefore, he first inherited the style and temperament of his grandfather's painting, taking his time and being frank and casual. Liang Tianzhu wrote four words for Liang Hao before his death-"Heaven rewards diligence". Liang Hao said that this is a spur from his grandfather and an expectation for him.

Heard heard? Learning from childhood? Presumably, Liang Hao has acquired certain painting skills and artistic accomplishment. However, I have never seen his paintings. Maybe he thought it was premature or something.

I am the executive vice president of Qingdao Collectors Association, and I have a certain appreciation of calligraphy and painting. I have certain expectations for Liang Hao? I hope he can become the successor of Liang Tianzhu's painting art. This time, Liang Hao invited me to meet him, hoping that I could give some advice and guidance on his painting.

What do you mean, a blockbuster without singing? I was very surprised when I saw the first painting on display in Liang Hao. After reading all Liang Hao's paintings, I can't help feeling excited. Liang Tianzhu's painting art has been passed down by his grandchildren. It is gratifying that Liang Hao walked into the depths of Liang Tianzhu's painting art world and came out of the depths of the world with his own style. I use eight words to evaluate Liang Hao and his paintings: beautiful and promising.

Liang Hao said that he hasn't painted for many years, but since six months ago, his heart has been surging. He is eager to paint, and he can't help but pick up a brush. Whenever it is dead of night, he devotes himself to his creation, which is almost cathartic. One landscape painting is produced almost every day, and most of them are all paper works of four or six feet, with a large scale. Liang Hao dares to draw big pictures and rarely avoids "cloning" because he does not emphasize samples.

Liang Hao's landscape paintings inherited the brush and ink of his grandfather Liang Tianzhu, and gained its essence. However, he did not always follow his grandfather's painting style and found another way in the form of expression. His works are mixed with his own feelings and passions, and his pen and ink skills are mixed with his nature and interest. He images according to his meaning and uses images to express his meaning. His works are rich in content and diverse in style. Some depict magnificent mountains and rivers, Yun Fei in Yun Qi, sunset in the west wind and bright moon in the cold river; Others show natural phenomena such as volcanic eruptions and tornado storms; Although Liang Hao is still a newcomer in the field of painting, he has emerged and matured day by day? Gradually become atmospheric? Commendable.

Liang Hao's heavy color paintings are full of rich artistic imagination, unique painting language and random dreams. The ink color is thick and moist, the artistic conception is ethereal and profound, the color is strong, the passion is like fire, and it has strong visual impact, which is pleasing to the eye. He absorbed the perspective principle and light means of western painting, and borrowed the visual pursuit of western impressionism and abstraction, forming a set of distinctive artistic language and creative techniques. Looking at his paintings, it is like a magnificent symphony with dotted lines, which is not only connected with western paintings, but also coincides with China's traditional aesthetic realm. At first glance, sparse and dense, open and close, the harmony between man and nature is wonderful.

Opportunities always favor those who are prepared and determined to make progress. Although Liang Hao is 40 years old, he has the ambition to pursue painting. One day? Mr. Liang Tianzhu will be proud that his successor, Liang Hao, was hired in the vast world of art.

About the author: Zhang Rongda, senior reporter of Xinhua News Agency, special researcher of the seventh and eighth sessions of Xinhua News Agency, former president of Qingdao Branch of Xinhua News Agency and executive vice president of Qingdao Collectors Association.

Searching for Self —— Thoughts on Reading Liang Hao's New Works

Xu xiuwu

Mr. Liang Tianzhu and I have been friends for many years. Every time I think of Mr. Tianzhu's artistic persistence, atmosphere and boldness, as well as his uniqueness in contemporary landscape painting, I am amazed. Has Mr. Tianzhu's art been passed down? The answer is yes. The works of Liang Hao, the grandson of Mr Tianzhu in front of us, have answered this question for us.

Liang Hao, a graduate of Shandong Art College, spent his childhood in the attic where his grandfather lived. Years of exposure, grandpa's hands-on, and the guidance of celebrities from North and South have left a deep imprint on Liang Hao's young mind. After graduating from Yi Shan, although Liang Hao was not in a professional position, his love for painting and years of artistic pursuit often overwhelmed him. Every time in the dead of night, it's almost catharsis, catharsis to the fullest, incisively and vividly, expressing one's mind, and colorful new works record Liang Hao's mental journey during this period.

China's landscape paintings are inherited. Modern Huang, Li Keran, Fu Baoshi, Zhang Daqian and Lin Fengmian, as well as contemporary,,, and so on. It can be said that the peaks are flashing. Liang Hao, who got the true biography of his grandfather, did not go all the way along the road initiated by his grandfather, but found his own way by exploring and innovating in another way. If Liang Hao's early works still have the shadow of his grandfather, we can see his efforts on the road of "finding himself" from his works.

Throughout the works of this exhibition, it is not difficult to see that impressionist techniques have been integrated into the works, drawing lessons from the richness of murals, and more works have been integrated with images and abstract factors, full of musical sense, reflecting the feelings of contemporary young painters for landscape painting, and confirming the "indefinite" creative concept pursued by Grandpa Liang Tianzhu. I will call these new works of Liang Hao "poems and paintings". I think that Liang Hao, who has passed the age of no doubt, has found himself and shaped himself by combining his own experience, cultivation and temperament. The future of Liang Hao has infinite spring scenery.

We look forward to it. ...

About the author: Xu Xiuwu, vice chairman of Qingdao Artists Association, vice chairman of Shandong Printmakers Association, national first-class artist and member of China Artists Association.

I am not a fish, but I also know the happiness of fish-written before the opening ceremony of my friend Liang Hao.

Xiao Fei

"In addition to liking the small fish written by Gu Long, I have a special feeling for fish. I like fish farming and fishing, including eating. The posture of fish is the most beautiful in nature and a symbol of freedom. With a little water, it can survive, and with a little oxygen, it can survive. I think, if the soul really exists, I hope my soul is a fish ... "

The above passage comes from my friend Liang Hao's blog. It's interesting to say that neither my friends nor I are used to calling him by his real name. On the contrary, the net name "Little Fish" came from my mouth, and it also showed my heartfelt intimacy and appreciation at will.

Just as the "little fish" in Gu Long's novels is loved by everyone, Liang Hao is also the most popular among our friends, not only because of his brilliant and charming manners, but also because of his true temperament, true knowledge, low-key, calm, happy and transparent, which makes people unconvincing.

When I first met Liang Hao, it was because everyone liked table tennis. They met by chance in a ball game organized by netizens. They are about the same age and have the same interests. Naturally, many people speak the same language. Liang Hao's gentleness and good manners add some charm to this elegant and flexible stadium. My intuition tells me that this is a man with stories and connotations.

Sure enough, after the game, Liang Hao's summary post on the Internet surprised me. On that day, I looked around at those witty articles full of fantastic ideas and brilliant talents, and suddenly my eyes lit up, such as fragrant teas and enlightenment. There was almost no pore in my body that was not carefree and extraordinary, which I enjoyed only when I read famous ancient heroes. The golfers and I feel the same way, half joking and half serious, and they all offer a "laurel": those who play ball write best, and those who write best can play ball!

However, Liang Hao brought us more surprises than that. After we became familiar with each other, I was able to see his paintings in the WeChat circle of friends. "Going to Baoshan, lingering" is the most appropriate description of the feeling at that time. The landscape paintings in front of us are full of strange bones, bold and strange colors, and bookish. Although I am a layman in painting and calligraphy, I can't tell their beauty, but I can also feel the shock they bring, which is beyond the reach of famous craftsmen in the market.

Liang Hao once told me that painting is something that needs to endure loneliness. Indeed, "painting is lonely". Only a lonely painter can restrain greed, concentrate on art, fully display his personality, and create works beyond time and space. The world is often greedy for gregarious happiness, and loneliness has become a patent for transcendence.

This kind of self-indulgent loneliness is not caused by Liang Hao's pretense of being lofty, but by his philosophical thoughts that have permeated Taoist culture for a long time. See through the fact that life is impermanent and years are short. Never listen to other people's advice and repeat others. What he has been pursuing is to walk out of his own unique road, even if he repeats himself, he can't tolerate it. Because of this, he once preferred to persist in writing for fifteen years when he found it difficult to break through the existing creative mode, calm down and slowly accumulate precipitation and then seek a breakthrough.

His early painting style was deeply influenced by his grandfather, Mr. Liang Tianzhu, which can be said to be vivid and confusing. There seems to be a shortcut ahead, so it's probably quick and easy. However, in the face of the praise and expectation of many famous painters, artists and market speculators who admire Liang Lao, he is not only unmoved, but also devoted to digesting and absorbing the essence of Liang Lao's "there is no fixed method" and his painting method is detached.

There have also been many special commemorative exhibitions behind Liang Lao. Because of the recognition of his paintings and the more attractive consideration of the joint exhibition between grandparents and grandchildren, the organizers often invite him to choose some works to participate in the exhibition, but he politely refuses. I understand that he didn't want to "shine" on Liang Lao, relying on fame to mix "familiarity" with popularity, but wanted to express his true feelings between pen and ink and open up a new world. If you don't understand this, you won't understand his seclusion and low profile over the years.

In fact, it is not easy to engage in art, eat fireworks and pin your heart on the sky. However, Liang Hao gave his studio a name of "self-satisfaction". He said: "Painting is self-satisfaction and self-enjoyment. People who like painting always want to paint. If they don't draw, they will be miserable. If they draw pictures, they will be very happy. Why bother? "

As long as there is a little water, you can live, as long as there is a little oxygen. There is a fish that swims freely in your soul forever. It is undoubtedly a very happy thing to swim in the artistic sea of Wang Yang. Even a shore person like me can feel the happiness of fish. As a friend of fish, please allow me to send my heartfelt blessing here: only its simplicity and innocence, only its persistence, no future; After ten years of breaking the wall, the fish returned to the sea and regained their freedom!

Author: Xiao Fei, freelance writer.

The ink relationship between me and my grandfather Liang Tianzhu

Liang Hao

In this world, some people seem to be born for art, and so does my grandfather Liang Tianzhu. "Born" means not a so-called "genius", but that he really wants to do it, and nothing can stop him. So do it all the way and become the kind of person he wants to be. ...

My painting experience is inseparable from my grandfather. I remember when I was in the first grade of primary school, I once took advantage of my grandfather's lunch break. I squatted on his painting case and drew the first landscape painting in my life with reference to his usual painting style. In my impression, that painting is a bit like Elephant Trunk Mountain on the Lijiang River in Guilin, with green mountains and green waters and a sail shadow on the river waves. Very beautiful. My grandfather became the first audience of my first novel. He was surprised when he woke up after a nap, and then praised and encouraged me, which made me enthusiastic about painting. At that time, I often described picture books borrowed from my classmates, such as Yang Jiajiang and Yue Fei Biography by The Journey to the West ... As long as I like them, I will cover them with sulfuric acid paper. Sometimes, I copy Mustard Garden. Grandpa doesn't seem to care whether I draw or not. He never cultivated me deliberately, but always let my nature develop freely. It's good to think about it carefully, which keeps me relaxed and free in painting.

At that time, my grandfather and I lived in a small attic on Weixian Road. The attic covers an area of about 14 square meter, with a couch, a box and a dining table, surrounded by a honeycomb stove, and the rest are picture frames covered with walls. The pictures in the photo frame are always updated ... Although the room is small and the life is poor, it is warm. Especially, it is a great visual enjoyment for me to watch grandpa brush off the dragon and snake on the painting case.

Grandfather has a wide range of hobbies. Besides painting and writing poems, he also likes Beijing opera. As a fan, he often plays cross-dressing in Tsing Yi. Every time a friend visits, he always sings two paragraphs, so the family has been very lively. Grandfather believed that his paintings benefited from the singing of Peking Opera, and he transformed the singing rhythm of Cheng School, which he admired, into a visual "line" to express it, which made his brushwork as penetrating as flowing water.

When it comes to painting, my grandfather never interferes with me. He said that everything I painted was very good, especially when I first started painting. All my confidence comes from grandpa's encouragement. He said: "When painting, you should truly express your feelings, even if you don't draw well." So when I draw, I will write without hesitation. Painting has always been a relaxing and enjoyable thing for me. The pleasure brought by this kind of painting was passed on to me by my grandfather in his subtle way of teaching. This seemingly casual cultivation has gradually created me invisibly. He was indifferent to fame and fortune all his life, frank and casual, and never painted to please others.

Grandpa especially liked to change pictures for others before his death. Sometimes my abandoned works are often used by him for re-creation, sketching and dyeing, which seems to be random and neat, but the wet and dry shades, the density and the virtual reality, the distance and the distance, the pen and ink are out of the statutes, and the artistic conception is all in the statutes. It's really turning decay into magic. It's amazing. Grandpa said that there is no fixed rule in painting, and no fixed rule is actually the best rule. As the saying goes: "There is no law in the law, and then you know the law and break the law." Grandpa's painting theories and ideas have benefited me a lot in my later painting creation.

Grandfather was ill in his later years, often suffering from angina pectoris and stomach trouble, so he lived in seclusion and refused to socialize. However, as long as his body allows, he always insists on writing, even on his deathbed. I think his passion for painting can not be described simply by "hard work", but by his heart. It seems more appropriate to use "diligence" instead of "hard work". Grandpa wrote me four words before his death-"Heaven rewards diligence". I know this is his spur to me and his expectation to me.

200 1 17 June, when my grandfather died, I was interviewing in other places. In order not to affect my work, my family did not tell me the bad news. I can't stay with his old man's house and accompany him through the last journey of life, which has become an irreparable regret in my life. Later, I heard from menstruation that on the third day before his death, she took him to the small garden in front of the hospital in a wheelchair. He said to menstruation, "Am I finished like this?" Can't I paint any more? Let me live for two more years, and I can draw many pictures. "He went on to say," 1998 to save me from being hospitalized, but God didn't let me go. I will paint after this discharge. "

Just three hours before his death, he asked his aunt to help him up and drew a big cock on a piece of paper with a pen trembling. This is his masterpiece. He wanted to draw a rooster in his heart, but he wrote a landscape painting. So, he drew a landscape-style rooster, shaped like a chicken, like a mountain, full of charm, which makes people unforgettable. My grandfather said to his family before he died, "Art is my hobby. I hope there will be successors, some people, some people ... "Grandpa left in a hurry with regret and deep attachment to China's landscape paintings, so hurried, so calm and so serene.

Today, although grandpa has been dead for more than ten years, I always feel that he is close to me. It seems that we have never been apart for a second, especially when I draw with a brush, I always feel that his kind eyes are staring at me silently. ...

Author, also known as Xiao, a landscape painter.

The landscape has a clear sound and turns into a seven-string song.

Xiao Fei

Wise people enjoy water, while benevolent people enjoy Leshan. Between mountains and rivers, there are many avenues. People who love mountains and rivers often rely on mountains and rivers to pin their feelings and values on life; People who are good at seeing mountains and rivers will appreciate the mystery of nature and the true meaning of life in the mountains and rivers.

Since ancient times, literati who pursue natural freedom have often fled from the hubbub and wandered among the mountains and rivers, looking for the clear sounds of mountains and rivers, the lofty and clever forests, and the various styles of pen and ink, melting in Danqing, melting in a mountain and a valley, and pinning them in a pavilion.

Few people do as the Romans do. Their nature is to love nature. The loose rhyme, the water and the clouds nourish the increasingly impetuous and rough soul under the influence of secular utility. The sound of birds and drums in the morning awakens the dusty heart that is increasingly tortured by materialistic delusion. Picking chrysanthemums under the east fence, leisurely see Nanshan; Concentrate on watching the bright moon shine all over the mountain, and then you can hear the clear spring flowing. The beauty of the scenery is silent, and only those who have a heart can see its beauty, smell its voice and get its meaning.

It is also thanks to such "people with a heart" that we can get a beautiful baptism from their poems, songs and paintings from time to time, and comfort our yearning for lofty ideals and return to pure intentions with their insights and Zen.

Liang Hao, a good friend, paints his landscapes in an informal way. The mountains and rivers in his paintings are rich in weather and unique. The artistic conception conveyed is elegant and free, and he stands quietly in front of the painting. It seems that there are not many academic stylized conventional painting methods, but the poetry of the scroll is vertical and horizontal. This is probably caused by the literati character and free nature rooted in his soul.

Su Dongpo praised Wang Wei's poems "with charm and pictures;" Looking at his paintings, there is poetry in the paintings "has become a classic comment on the achievements of literati's paintings and poems, and it is also a realm that scholars who have infiltrated a lot of traditional culture in past dynasties have widely admired and strived to achieve." "Liang Hao is also good at painting, but also good at poetry. Poetry and painting are good and complement each other. He dabbled in Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism, especially Laozi and Zhuangzi, which undoubtedly had a great influence on his creation. In his landscape paintings and his ancient poems, you can feel a kind of feeling of sage like type.

Landscape painting and poetry have a natural indissoluble bond. Landscape inspired literati's poetry, and poetry added the charm of landscape. Landscape makes poetry deeply rooted in people's hearts, and poetry makes landscape aura fly. Whenever you see a masterpiece of mountains and rivers that touches your heart, people who like to recite poems and write lyrics often have an impulse to write lyrics, and when you read a poem of the mind with thousands of images, a picture of dreams will naturally unfold before your eyes. The enjoyment of vision and the beauty of words, the pen and ink in front of us and the imagination in the brain make the enjoyment of taste art richer and better. What is particularly rare is that we have such an opportunity to appreciate Liang Hao's poems for his landscape paintings at the same time, and the artist's own chanting should be able to interpret and expand the charm of the paintings more accurately.

The landscape has a clear sound and turns into a seven-string song. Let's stay away from the noise for a while, let go of the hubbub, and feel the natural beauty of heaven and earth in the strange mountains and strange waters created by Liang Hao's pious heart. Perhaps, inadvertently, you will find that long-forgotten poetic and romantic life sentiment?

Author: Xiao Fei, freelance writer.