"Cross the Pacific": Take you to appreciate the style of Cantonese artists who stayed in the United States a century ago

On September 9th, the "Cross -Pacific -Early Cantonese Artists Research Exhibition" kicked off at the Art Museum of the Academy of Fine Arts (Changgang Campus).

As the Ministry of Culture and Tourism in 2022 National Art Museum Collection Exhibition Season project, the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts Museum of Fine Arts Museum in depth research and sorting out, and with the support of the family and friends of the artists and friends at home and abroad, through the support of the family members and friends of the artist His works and many literatures use the three units of "asking arts in North America", "South China New Stream", and "between East and West" to outline this artistic path that is westward and seek new knowledge.

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In the mid -to -late 19th century, in the wave of gold rush fever and the large -scale recruitment of Chinese workers in the construction of the Pacific Railway, some young people with artistic talents have also moved to the opposite side of the Pacific Ocean, making a living or studying art in North America in Canada, the United States, Cuba and other North America. Countries or territories, including Li Tiefu, Feng Gangbai, Liang Zhuting, Wu Zeshi, Chen Xijun, Huang Chao Kuan, Li Xizhang, Guan Mo Garden, Guan Jin'ao, Xie Rongguang, Li Bing, Zhu Yuan, Wang Shaoling, Huang Qiyao, Zeng Jingwen, Li Hongde, Chen Yinzheng, etc. It can be said that early Cantonese artists opened the prelude to the "study abroad" of modern Chinese art, and became the "media of new civilizations and the mother of new civilization" that Liang Qichao said.

In the fierce transformation and change of society, and the academic experience in North America, it has prompted them to form a unique artistic style. After returning to China, early Cantonese artists participated in the creation of the first Western Painting Society "Red Society Art Research Society" (1921.10) in South China, participating in the "First Western Painting Exhibition" (1921) and the first Guangdong art in the history of Guangdong Art History The exhibition (1921.12) and the National Fine Art Exhibition Guangdong Exhibition (1929), as well as the "Guangzhou Municipal Fine Arts School" (1922.4), the first official art college participating in southern South China. The exchanges, discussions, and arguments between them and the local Lingnan school and the artists who later stayed in Japan and stayed in Guangdong have enriched the connotation of Chinese art history in the 20th century. The diverse appearance of modern Chinese art.

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At the exhibition hall site, the curatorial team adopted a large area of ​​blue walls, winding literature display desks, and detailed image and video creation fields allowing the audience to see the love of these young artists at the time. According to Li Tiejun, director of the exhibition of the exhibition and the exhibition department of the University of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, this exhibition has been from the project to present for half a year. The original artist list was only thirteen artists. The discussion with relevant agencies and researchers was finally presented to the audience.

"For example, Li Tiefu, praised by Sun Yat -sen as the" East Asian painting giant ", is the earliest Chinese who knows the earliest Chinese people who go to the West to learn oil paintings and have achieved profound accomplishments, but the research on their studies in Canada and the United States in the early years is still unknown and needs to be expanded. , China's first generation of sculptors, after returning to China, served as a professor at Guangzhou Municipal Fine Arts School and Guangdong Lizhen University. However, his artistic appearance was even more vague. Create the whole school, and gradually disappear in the field of art research after returning home; Zhu Yan, known as the "pioneer of Chinese modernism", is the earliest Chinese artist to explore European and American modern art, but its original work is very personal. Never appeared in mainland China ... In general, in the past research, on the one hand, their experience in seeking his hometown is far from clear, and on the other hand It is clear that the unique art creation formed between them has failed to attach enough attention. Even many artists have become dual absences in the writing of Chinese and Western art history. "

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During the exhibition, Li Tiefu's works collected in the Art Museum of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts include both "Black Girl" in the early days of studying abroad and "Three Rooster" created in their later years. The color of Mo Garden's oil painting "Cuba National Park" is fresh and full, and the details of the details are still sloppy; "Static" created in 1940 uses skillful oil painting techniques, but cleverly integrates Chinese seals and objects. The country's love is prolonged and easy to see ...

According to Li Tiejun, the works of Zhu Yan, Wu Zewan, Xie Rongguang, Huang Yuxue and others exhibited in this exhibition have not been exhibited in the Public Art Museum in Mainland China before, so it is worthy of attention. In addition, the original works such as Yu Ben's "Naked Girl", Liang Zhuting's "Ballet Actor" and Chen Yinzhang's "Children's Children's Children's Painting" rarely appeared in the public vision before, and it was also worthy of attention.

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It is worth mentioning that with the research of the exhibition, some unreasonable art history questions have new answers. "For example, through the recently discovered materials, Li Tiefu, who has been arguing for a long time, was determined to be in 1871; when visiting the Chikan Pass Library of Kaiping City, we found Guan Jin'ao's sketch manuscript. At the same time, we were looking for these 21 artists. I was also surprised when they were related to each other's contacts and exchanges. For example, in the display of literature, we can see that Yu Ben and Feng Gangbai have made portraits for each other. A photo of the activities and related exchanges between Wang Shaoling, Feng Gangbai and others. "Li Tiejun added. Chen Xiaoyang, executive deputy director of the Art Museum of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, said that in recent years, there have been many experts and scholars, academic research and exhibition institutions from the beginning of the 1960s to the early 1960s. The exhibition, and some Cantonese artists stayed with American artists in the second half of the 19th century, as overseas Chinese, instead of studying abroad as overseas, so they were intentionally or unintentionally covered in the description of modern art in China. This exhibition is focusing on this artist group that has not been comprehensively reviewed in history and its artistic traits brought about by its cross -cultural growth experience. Combined with the study of overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese and overseas Chinese townships, trying to try to study in a more overall social historical and cultural scene. Reappear their artistic achievements and art activities of the year, and explore their significance and value in China and even world art.

Li Tiefu's "Three Male" cloth oil paintings 63 × 78cm 1940 Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts Museum of Fine Arts

Feng Gangbai "Scenery" cloth oil painting 63 × 78cm 1940 Feng Gang Baijia Tibetan

Guan Mo Garden's "Cuban National Park" cardboard oil painting 43 × 28cm 1926 Guan Moyuan family collection

Wu Zeshu's "Static" on board 40.5 × 51cm private collection in 1940

【Text】 Ma Yuke

[Picture] The picture map is provided for the organizer

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