Lu's personal experience

Lu is an outstanding and famous oil painter who is self-taught and now lives in Canada. 1930 August 15 was born in Enqin Village, Laoshe Township, Xiangshui County. When I was a child, Lu (whose real name was Xiao San Chang) liked painting. In his words, "I can't walk when I see the painting." When I was in primary school, my mistress always had a lot of chalk, pencils and knives in her pocket, and she could draw on the floor, paper and door panels at any time. The door panel of his house was painted black. He painted and painted. After a long time, the door panel turned white. At that time, the paintings in cigarette cases and the illustrations in textbooks were his favorite copying paintings, and painting almost became Xiao Sanchang's whole life.

When Xiao San was studying painting, he painted whatever he saw. Birds in the sky, animals on the ground, trees and crops in nature drew the most portraits. On one occasion, he saw two woodcut portraits of Huang Kecheng, the commander of the Third Division of the New Fourth Army, and Zhang Aiping, the deputy commander, in Yanfu Popular Newspaper. With reverence for the two generals, Xiao San copied the portrait and posted it on the wall. This is the first time that Xiao San painted a portrait of a hero. Since then, he has greatly admired heroes and is more interested in painting portraits of heroes. The road always starts from the first step, which shows that the painter's brush is connected with the changing times from the beginning, and is painted to pour out his repressed feelings for the motherland and the people. Lu was influenced by revolutionary thought since he was a child. His father, Lu Hanchi, was a well-known enlightened gentry with progressive ideas and actively supported War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression. The officers and men of the New Fourth Army and county, district and township cadres lived in his house for a long time. They found that Xiao San was good at drawing, and gradually took him to the road of revolution.

1942, Lu 12 years old, became the head of the rural children's league and led the children to stand guard. Taking part in anti-Japanese activities has added more fighting content to his paintings. The county leader asked him to draw some anti-Japanese posters and stick them in enemy-occupied areas, which had certain propaganda influence. At that time, Yanfu Popular Newspaper also reported his deeds. At the beginning of 1945, Lu, who was only 15 years old, joined the Binhai County Cultural and Art Troupe, not only specializing in painting and designing stage scenery, but also carrying iron drums filled with lime everywhere to wash slogans, draw cartoons and publicize anti-Japanese. This summer, he gloriously joined the China Production Party, and soon joined the New Fourth Army, which was later reorganized into the China People's Liberation Army. During the three-year war of liberation, Lu stood the test of blood and fire, and used a paintbrush as a weapon. As the great ship of the times rolled forward, she ushered in the dawn of the new China.

1950, Lu was transferred to the editor of the newly established naval pictorial newspaper of the naval political department of the East China Military Region. 195 1 was transferred to Beijing as a professional artist in the Cultural Department of the Political Department of the Navy. Since then, his artistic creation has been even more powerful, providing him with a stage to display his talents and realize his ambitions. To his particular delight, he never dreamed that he could engage in photo editing under the leadership of General Zhang Aiping, whom he admired since childhood.

General Zhang Aiping is not only a strategist, but also a photographer and calligrapher with a special interest in literature and art. He attaches great importance to the editing and publishing of Pictorial, and often gives instructions to make Pictorial colorful. Lu learned a lot of valuable knowledge and excellent moral character from this general in his daily editing work. Under the general's care and education, he often goes deep into coastal islands and frontier positions, follows ships, bumps in stormy waves and captures creative inspiration. 1950 created a long cartoon "Hero Ship in Toumenshan Naval Battle", which was published by the Political Department of the Navy and People's Fine Arts Publishing House. Although this work was the first attempt, it was unexpectedly praised by President Mao Zedong, which greatly encouraged Lu.

After Lu Yu arrived in Beijing in 195 1, he often came into contact with many artists. He felt that his basic skills were not enough, so he tried to practice them. So whenever he was free, he went to the Central Academy of Fine Arts to observe famous Chinese and foreign paintings, and took Wu Zuoren as his teacher. He often follows Wu Zuoren and his wife, Ms. Xiao Shufang, sketching and drawing models, and listening to the master's careful guidance is like an awakening. His oil painting skills have been improved rapidly.

With the improvement of artistic skills and the enrichment of real life, Lu's works quickly became famous in the national art world. He calls himself a realist and firmly believes that life is an inexhaustible source of art. He has always been "observing silently" in his life, highly generalizing and creating works with his own characteristics.

From 65438 to 0954, the 24-year-old was accepted as the first member of China Artists Association. His watercolor paintings "Aerial Shooting Practice" and "Helmsman" were selected for the second national art exhibition and published by People's Fine Arts Publishing House. What makes him most proud is that in 1956, he accepted the task of creating portraits of the top ten marshals assigned by the Ministry of Culture of the General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army, which is a test of his profound artistic concept and portrait painting skills. After the painter's efforts and meticulous creation, ten portraits of marshals were completed for the second time, and the People's Liberation Army Pictorial was serialized 10 month. The ten founding fathers described by the painter are full of heroism and vivid expressions, which have reached a high artistic level and aroused great repercussions in the national painting world, which can be said to be a milestone in Lu's oil painting creation. 1957, Lu was labeled as a "rightist" because of his remarks about canceling the establishment of military arts, expelled from the party, and even dropped four grades (from the eighth grade of literature and art to the sixth grade of 12) for probation and reeducation through labor. In an extremely difficult living environment, the only spiritual pillar is painting. He regards artistic life as more valuable than other people's lives, endures great mental pressure and all kinds of interference, picks up a brush and insists on painting. His client bought paper and pens, painted silently, kept painting, and secretly drew a few pictures, which were given to Zhong Zhao, a playwright and literary and art section chief. He was deeply moved and affirmed Lu's practice. Many naval leaders and friends in the art world encouraged him to continue painting. During this transition period, he painted a large number of works, such as Lei Feng Group Painting, Happy Flying, Kind Teaching, Xisha Self-Defense Strike Back, Dawn of the East, and published them in national newspapers such as People's Daily, People's Liberation Army Daily, People's Pictorial and People's Liberation Army Pictorial.

The east wind turns into rain, and everything has spirit. After the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee, all the wrongs of Lu were rehabilitated, and a cross that had suffered for many years was completely smashed. After rehabilitation, he was promoted to deputy director of the workshop of the Political Department of the Navy, and was elected as a director of the China Artists Association and a senior judge of the Naval Academic Degree Committee. He doesn't agree with all this. Fortunately, the bright spring in which artists can fly freely has finally arrived. The early 1980s was the peak of Lu's oil painting creation, and it was also the heyday of his creation. He often says, "I want to make up for lost time." So, he raced against time and devoted himself to creation. In 1980s, he published more than 65,438+000 oil paintings, many of which became the treasures of readers. These works have also been praised by old generals and old painters. The art world calls him a prolific painter and a strange man in painting. 1984 During the Spring Festival, General Zhang Aiping sent an inscription: "Ocean of Art, Romantic Breath"; 1988, Mr. Wu Zuoren, a master of Chinese painting, gave Lu an inscription: "Art is endless". During this period, he not only presided over and participated in six national and military exhibitions, but also went to the navy three times to experience life and collect information. With keen observation ability and skillful washing skills, he created a series of oil paintings of banyan tree, Great Wall and sea of people, which reflected the painter's true feelings, pursued vicissitudes and eternity, and the harmonious beauty of life and nature. He used deep and smooth brushwork to show the vast and magnificent landscape and the whole painter. From 65438 to 0990, the exhibition of Lu paintings was held in Beijing National Culture Palace, which marked a historic new milestone in the painter's creation. General Zhang Aiping sent someone to write an inscription: "Lu Art Exhibition". Mr. Tong Lijun, manager of Beijing Zhenhua High-tech Development Company, paid a booth fee of 3000 yuan. More than 50 masterpieces were exhibited, which are well-known in Beijing. His representative works, The Banyan Tree, The Great Wall and The Sea, are three wonders. A famous Hong Kong painter saw Lu's exhibition and said, "Lu is an outstanding contemporary oil painter. His landscape is magnificent, vivid and vivid, and grasps the modeling characteristics; The characters in the pen are full of energy, with different mental outlook and different personality characteristics ... they are really masters of figure painting. " Looking at dusk, the sunset is red in the old country. Lu was discharged from the army from 1989 to 12. Although he is old, he has never stopped painting and is still engaged in China's oil painting creation and theoretical research. He is full of confidence and continues to walk along the road he has walked. His daughter Lv Jia is engaged in oil painting in Canada and the United States. Lv Jia said, "I want to combine the characteristics of my father's oil painting with western oil painting and create works that combine Chinese and western." In recent years, my daughter's oil paintings have been exhibited abroad for many times, making her famous. Every time I talk about it, I feel very gratified and happy. He said: "China's oil painting art has many descendants, and it will further develop." .