The imformation of Zxart.cn(by Hu Ying): “The plum blooms on the red rock, the snow embrace the foot,it is not fear for the cold, the heart of pure loyalty blooms towards the sun.”The plum has a tough character, it can bloom alone in the snow, and the fragrance overflows various places. The plum is glorified by the people for his pure temperament and tenacious character. The quality of the plum is also a symbol of the persevering spirit of Chinese nation.
Xu Yuanying work, Pure As The Snow, 138 x 68cm
Painting as a person, if you paint to the deep area, you will get more knowledge. And the person such as painting, the disposition reveals the high conjunction of the person and the painting.However, it is rare than the painting as a person. In the beautiful land of Fujian, there is a painter, he loves plum and likes to drawing the plum. And his life is more like a line blossomy plum in thousands of postures. It blossoms in the snow,and it has a indifferent character. It puts its spirits into the earth. And it gives infinite vitality. He just like a plum, and the spirit of the plum is full of his blood, his life, he makes his life get together with the plum. He is the contemporary painter Xu Yuanying.
Xu Yuanying work, Balmy Plum Bamboo
“The incense of plum blossom grows from the cold weather.” The plum blossom doesn’t fear the cold and the heavy snow in the snow, it doesn’t fear the alone and overcome a variety of diffculties. What’s more, it blossoms with perseverance in the cold weather. The life of Xu Yuanying is similar to the plum, he finishes the works with perseverance.
Xu Yuanying work, A Riot of Colour on the Ridge, 138 x 68cm
Mr. Xu Yuanying was born in a poor environment, his father died when he was a child. In the age of turbulence, the father was assassinated before he was born. The family was very poor after he was born, and grandfather died at the age of 39 due to illness, his mother became the main labor at home, grandma made a living by picking up pig manure and raised poultry, one family kept each other alive, and they often did not have enough to eat only eating gruel and sweet potato for living.
In his boyhood, Xu Yuanying still lived a poor life, he often cut wood on the mountain, went to the fields for working. In primary school, he recommended for admission to junior high school, he often barefoot walked more than ten li with sweet potatoes and other rations to the city school, always ate his meal and unable to pay the money for the fresh dishes in school canteen. In his middle school, he named “three-good” student in Putian county because his excellent study work. He served as the member of the student council, deputy secretary of the Youth League Committee. In 1965, he was admitted to the Renmin University of China, and he was assigned to the Ministry of aviation industry Chinese after graduation, He had worked as a carpenter, bricklayer, turner, kettleman, and he also had worked as the chief, deputy director of the Political Department and the secretary of the party committee, the task of work was very arduous and it is also heavy, what’s more, in the old factory, there were many people for surviving. And there needed more fund because the children needed more knowledge, what’s more, from the start to construct the pig farm to hospital, it also needed more fund. Mr. Xu Yuanying was the main leader of the factory, he had a heavy burden and responsibility, he always worked during the day and often went to the workshop in the evening. He held a party committee and organize the middle-level cadres learning and so on. whatever it is work or life, Mr. Xu Yuanying not only had a nervous and orderly life, but also busy and hard.
Xu Yuanying work, The Spring of being Full of Color in the world
Because of the poor birth, poor life, poor learning and hard work, Xu Yuanying had a deep understanding about the persevering plum in the "four bitter" that he experienced the trek process. What’s more, he had a admiring heart and the hope for inheriting towards the spirit of the plum. He thought the plum mainly had three kinds: one is proud character of the plum, it is a symbol of the firm spirit of the Chinese nation, two is as the first flowers, and it is a symbol for dare to be the first of the spirit. Three is also a symbol of the selfless spirit. Xu Yuanying is fond of plum, he combined his life, his perception of life, artistic creation and plum spirit into the painting creation. What’s more, it is throughout his life.
Xu Yuanying Work, Circular Fan, Bead
"People don't boast that it is a good color, and leaving only the air to cover heaven and earth", Xu Yuanying used the ink to paint the backbone for foiling its landscape. Its appearance was not beautiful, but it had a noble character. Xu Yuanying did not want to use bright color to attract people for a praise. He only hoped it could emission its fragrance and stayed in between heaven and earth. The plum was proud and had a unique charm under the pen of Xu Yuanying. The red plum was untrammelled, white was elegant, green plum was fresh and clear, and the purple plum was pretty charming, such as purple Didan and purple plum, they were the most noble treasures and unique beauty. the quiet lonely and beautiful could move people’s heart. And it also made the painting more charming. Drawing works had a certain difficulty, Xu Yuanying wrote the ziyu three years ago, and it was more outstanding.
Xu Yuanying Work,The Fragrance of Mauve Jade
Xu Yuanying had a deep understanding about the character of the plum. He studyed and worked in Beijing, Guizhou, when he was on business, he liked to take photoes for the snow. And he would take a careful observation and think how to break through the snow in a paper as a "technology", and he had studied a way to paint that was different the traditional skills. That was namely to render strong material in ink separating paper, and started to create after drying. And he also made the snow got together absolutely for puting the space artistic conception into a unified entity. That action was admired by experts. so far in the snow snow mingled with artistic space by experts. He was teached from the famous painter and educator Zhu Minggang, and he learned widely from others'strong points, continued to do better than before. The secretary-general of China Artists Association Mr. Xu Li had commented: Xu Yuanying is a versatile painter, good character, not only had the good work, but also good crafts. The former dean of Chinese Painting Institute Huang Yan has praised Xu Yuanying: "learning support line for the soul, had good understanding towards calligraphy and painting." Xu YuanYing was a deep emotional injection in his writings, the style of plum blossom was very exact, and he was good at creating the 4 feet, 6 feet, 8 feet, two feet and 15 meters long scroll, works showed practice and skill of artist, His works plum played a leading role. The famous painter Lin Cen and other colleagues have called him "a plum of Xu". His works were collected by domestic lovers, and they were also collected as a national ceremony by foreign dignitaries. the collection volume about the stamps of the famous Chinese Xu Yuanying between China and America, and it had been exhibited on the Museum of Art in New York and he had been honored with the title ambassador of Sino-US cultural exchanges. And he also got the gold medal about the top 100 of influence about Chinese painting and calligraphy artist.
Xu Yuanying Work, Opening under fighting with Snow, 138 x 35cm
Mr. Xu Yuanying still had his own writting house which was inscribed by Mr. Zhu Minggang, it was called "Ningxiang Zhai", he wanted to combine the blood and life into the creation of plum, and cohesived the spirit of plum for spreading in the world. He spent almost decades of working hard to make the "natural person" into “the art life”. He said: "we form a puzzled love with plum, the plum blossom is my hope, the plum blossom is my life. Painting plum is a carrier of China cultural heritage, it can explain the person, and lt can also be said ourselves, what’s more, it is a symbol of the Chinese nation spirit. Painting plum is a kind of responsibility and mission, I must continue to explore, adhere to create, and try my best to inherit the spirit of the plum." He paid recently more attention to practice meditation, review and summarize the" four bitter ", bursting out of the" four flavor ", namely: the fragrance of ink, plum, ticket, mud.
Knowing the fragrance of ink--Self learned calligraphy when he was a child, known the style of Liu, learned to write Spring Festival scrolls, they helped him to painting, inscribe inscriptions and pay attention to the rule.
Reseaching the fragrance of plum--turned to the egret continent, he liked to paint birds and flowers, plum blossoms, orchid, bamboo and chrysanthemum in his free time. The main was the national flower, he had paint a lot about the tough and balmiest plum.
Turn to the fragrance--Sino-US diplomatic relations, the works entered into the stamp, it could smell the fragrance of the stamps in New York, the first exhibition, the report of all nets, and took an interview on America, it had a lot benefits.
Jade and the fragrance of mud--attempted to paint pottery, the famous ware in Dehua was very pure and translucent, and his skill was improved, that was popular for people.
The fragrance of ink, plum, ticket and mud, picturesque scene, it was a inebriate life.
Dehua Ceramic of Xu Yuanying, A Delicate Fragrance
Xu Yuanying said: "the creation of plum, first is to make people feel good to hear or see, feel the beautiful love; moreover, to search in deep level, not to enjoy by himself, but make the noble character spread in the world. The plum does not fear the heavy snow, not afraid of the fierce wind, the fragrance can cast the national spirit, and dare to the first is the universe. It is a symbol of our great nation, national spirit and temperament, it is like spring to convey hope and good into the world."
Dehua Ceramic, Pearls and Jades
"I can be called the plum, so does plum." Xu Yuanying was convinced that: it is worth for spending a life time and energy with plum, get along with it, make a dialogue with it and share the happiness with it. To create more beautiful plum for the world and the multitudinous audience!
Dehua Ceramic, Purple Rhymes