Many people know that the old man Baishi was really famous in his later years. How did the life path of the old man come over decades ago? From "rough wood" to master, the difficulty is beyond ordinary people's imagination. In fact, every success is not accidental.
Born in a "poor nest", he was weak and studied "rough wood"
1863, a boy named Qi Chunzhi was born in Xiangtan, Hunan Province, and his relatives called him "A Zhi". This child is Qi Baishi, a famous painter at home and abroad.
Because of poverty, A Zhi, the eldest grandson, went home to help work after less than a year of schooling. Farmers' families need strong labor most. But little A Zhi was in poor health and was ill, so his parents asked him to learn carpentry.
/kloc-A Zhi, 0/6 years old, witnessed the master's respect for other carpenters after learning the craft for one year. Originally, I studied "rough carpentry", and my grades and salary were lower than "joinery".
A Zhi has an indomitable character. "I can also do joinery!" "After bidding farewell to the rough wood as a master, Archie soon learned joinery from the teacher. Actually, he's a sculptor.
A Zhi, who pursues perfection in everything, has become more and more exquisite in carving. His skill soon surpassed that of the master. A Zhi was often asked to carve flowers locally, and he became a famous "cheese carpenter".
The master who copied Mustard Seed Garden is about to set off.
It is also a coincidence that the "smart carpenter" found a book "Mustard Garden" at his employer's house. This is an atlas that teaches scribes to draw. A Zhi was so happy that he borrowed the atlas and copied it every night.
For the work at that time, copying the atlas improved his "carving" skill level. However, A Zhi is not satisfied with this. He has a vague idea in his mind that he must do better.
The famous "intelligent carpenter" began to paint for others. Mainly painting idols, a painting is worth nearly one silver dollar. More valuable than carving, and relatively easy.
Teacher Hu Qinyuan changed the course of his life.
When A Zhi was twenty-seven years old, he met Hu Qinyuan, the first nobleman in his life. This man is a famous local gentry with profound cultural background and is good at painting. He took the initiative to accept a poor boy to learn painting, which is to cherish talents.
My teacher gave me the name "Baishi", which later became famous at home and abroad, and now it is beginning to enter the historical stage. Under the arrangement of the teacher, Mr. Baishi began to learn culture. He has excellent understanding and is willing to work hard. In a few months, he wrote 300 Tang poems. Let the invited teachers gasp in admiration.
Next to the teacher, Qi Baishi opened his eyes wide. He saw the works of ancient painters and copied the paintings of Badashanren, Xu Wei and others. Draw a lot of nutrition from it.
With the encouragement and help of his teacher, he began to learn painting and made a living by selling it. Finally, his paintings were gradually recognized and his life improved a little.
Qi Baishi's lifelong teacher changed him from a painter to a painter. He has said many times that without a teacher, there would be no later Qi Baishi.
"Five to Five" painting art rose northward, drifting and meeting Chen Shiceng.
When Qi Baishi was forty years old, an old friend wrote to him and invited him to Xi 'an to be the concubine of a local official and a family painting teacher. Qi Baishi hesitated, never traveled far, and did not dare to step out of the house easily.
Fortunately, he overcame his cowardice and went to Xi 'an by boat and sea for three months. Appreciating the mountains and rivers of the motherland all the way, his works have a different understanding. In this way, in the past ten years, he has traveled five times, traveled half a country and returned to China five times.
This "five out of five returns" makes Qi Baishi's paintings more realistic. It is true that the ancients said that "ten thousand miles is not as good as Wan Li Road".
In the early years of the Republic of China, bandits were serious in Hunan. Qi Baishi has some fame in the local area and is always worried about being robbed. Finally, I heard that they were going to kidnap the carpenter, and Qi Baishi fled in a hurry.
I thought I could go to my old friend, but in the chaos of the war, everyone had fled. As a last resort, Qi Baishi had to temporarily live in Fayuan Temple. Here, Qi Baishi's life is in trouble.
His painting style is not suitable for Beijing people's taste. His cold painting style of Badashan people was met with a cold reception here. He had to rely on seal cutting to support himself.
It is these unique styles of sculpture that attract a person's attention. The second nobleman in Qi Baishi's life appeared. His name is Chen Shiceng. He studied abroad, and he has a broad vision and superb painting skills.
Chen Shiceng not only gives advice to Qi Baishi, but also sells paintings for him personally. He took several paintings of Qi Baishi to Japan for exhibition, and they were quickly snapped up. The price of the painting is also more than one or two hundred yuan.
Qi Baishi, who was overjoyed, saw a glimmer of light in the predicament. His wife and children are still looking forward to using his salary to buy food.
Qi Baishi began another road of painting style reform, which he jokingly called "the decline of the year." Imitating innovation, Mr. Baishi gradually regained his confidence. The paintings of a generation of masters began to be recognized by the industry. It was Chen Shiceng who pushed the painter status of the old man Baishi to the master.
Appreciate each other. A professor forgets to make friends when he is old.
When Mr. Qi Baishi was in his sixties, young people in their early thirties came to visit him. This man is Xu Beihong, a young painter. He is the new president of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. The third noble man in Baishi's life appeared. The purpose of this visit is to invite Mr. Qi Baishi to become a professor.
Xu Beihong, who just returned from studying abroad, was attracted by the painting of the old man Baishi. Let such a "self-taught" person become a professor, which caused quite a stir in the field of professors and culture at that time. The voice of opposition has never stopped.
In the second year, Xu Beihong resigned, and the old man Baishi also left the post of professor. Until 1946, nearly 20 years later, with Xu Beihong re-appointed as the president of the Academy of Fine Arts, Baishi, an old man in his eighties, became a professor again.
Qi Baishi and Xu Beihong, two painters, have forgotten each other. Xu Beihong is also a Bole, pushing the old man Baishi to a higher peak in the academic circle of painters.
Until now, the old Baishi people in their eighties have lived a quiet old age. Don't worry about your livelihood, your career is booming. The painting style tends to be mature, and it is still growing every day.
The "poor nest" pastoral life of the old man Baishi's childhood has become inexhaustible material in his paintings. Any bug can draw. The creature between "paradox" and "absurdity" is extremely vivid. Some need a magnifying glass to see clearly, cicada wings, bee hair.
The case of the old man Qi Baishi tells us that success is not afraid of being late, as long as you are willing to persist. God will not be unkind to those who have been working hard and persevering. Unremitting pursuit, there will be good luck waiting for him. Three nobles were attracted by his "light" at different times.