Two painters are as affectionate -Ding Zhengxian's Dan Qingyuan with my father Jiang Mingqi

One day in the early autumn of 1979, in front of the Huai Building of Huai'an in the ancient city, there was a tall and simple old man who was sketching the scene with a brush. The old man was Mr. Ding Zhengxian, a well -known painter in my country and the emerging woodcut. At this time, there were two people beside him, one was a wife who came with him, and the other was a man who was younger than him. Different.

Mr. Ding graduated from the Department of Painting in Shanghai in 1937 and was engaged in the rescue of the Anti -Japanese Specialty. In 1938, he was engaged in the propaganda work of anti -Japanese art in the third hall of the Political Department of the National Military Commission led by Zhou Enlai and Guo Moruo. In 1941, the woodcut "School Farm Tragedy" he created in 1941 recorded the war crime of Japanese fascist slaughter of civilians, which was a great impact at the time. After the "Southern Anhui Incident", Zhou Enlai's famous sentence "Eternal grievances, one leaf of Jiangnan, the same room, how urgent!" In January 1945, Zhou Enlai met with woodcut artists such as Ding Zhengxian and Wang Qi in the interview department of Xinhua Daily, emphasizing that "woodcuts are another team of our team" and asked them to create more woodcut comic paintings. In the fifty years since then, Ding Zhengxian kept Zhou Enlai's instructions, devoted himself to the research of woodcut printing, and really recorded the times with a knife pen, inspired the people's fighting spirit, and promoted the spirit of the times. In addition to printmaking, Ding Zhengxian has also made unremitting efforts for the art of color painting in my country. From the mid -1970s, he has been a call for the spread of color pink paintings and devoted himself to the creation of color pink painting. It is one of them.

Zhenhuai Building is an iconic building of Huai'an. It is located in the center of the urban area. More than 800 years ago, the locals have been called the Drum Tower. Because of the flood of Huai Shui, the Qing Dynasty suppressed its water. Essence The painting of "Zhenhuai Tower" is Ding Zhengxian in early 1979 at the invitation of my father to find a sketching painting made by a generation of great men Zhou Enlai. The main body of the picture is Zhenhuai Building under the sun, surrounded by the blue sky and white clouds and a large piece of green, and the painter adopted the trending method to deal with it. Zhenhuai Tower seemed extraordinarily magnificent. Several tourists with different clothes in different clothes added to the picture to add a breath of life. The painter's control of light and shadow and color tones is purely familiar, and the picture has a thick and far -reaching farming. The shadow of the building trees is projected on the lawn of the wall, as if it is moving with the clouds. Crown green. Several pagodas were lush and upright nearby, adding unlimited vitality and vitality to the vicissitudes of Zhenhuai Building. Today, this affectionate sketch powder painting has become a collection of treasures of Zhejiang Art Museum.

He Ding Zhengxian would be invited by my father to Huai? It is long, because my father was the leader of the Jiangsu Middle School Middle School Art Center. In order to promote the art education of Chinese teachers in the province, he successively went to Shanghai, Zhejiang and other places. At the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, he met Ding Zhengxian, who was older through the old classmate's then printmaking department, at the time. When he has been engaged in the creation of woodcut prints, Ding Lao was particularly happy for such an alumni. At that time, they talked about Zhou Enlai from Huai'an, from the history of woodcuts to the development of prints from the history of woodcuts. From art teaching to the construction of teachers, they were omnipotent, and they had a feeling of meeting each other. Although Ding Zhengxian is more than ten years old than my father, they have similar interests and similar temperaments. After Hangzhou, my father and his letter continued. Because my father knew that Ding Lao had a special feelings for Zhou Enlai, he had invited him many times to come to Zhou Enlai's hometown of Huai'an as a guest. Ding Lao always wanted to come to Huai'an. Due to his work, he did not realize it until he retired.

Huai'an is a historical and cultural city. That day, Ding Lao came to Huai'an. My father arranged for board and lodging for their couple that night. The next day, they took them to visit the famous attractions such as Zhou Enlai's former residence, Guan Tianpei Temple, and Weitong Tower. In Huai for several days, Ding Lao waved his brush in his hand, and made real -time sketches in Zhenhuai Building and other places. He created multiple color pink paintings, which can be described as a lot of harvest. What also made Ding Lao very happy is that the couple were warmly received by my father in Huai. In order to make him live well, my father would take out the specialties of Huaiyang cuisine, prepared excellent ingredients in advance, and personally cook for the guests. On the day of the old couple, my father washed the wind for the guests and arranged a rich dinner at home. When Ding Lao saw the dishes full of colorful and fragrant flavors, he praised the famous dishes. Among them, Huaiyang famous dishes such as soft pockets, Pingqiao tofu, steamed catfish, and Hui Yang Yam and other Hui Yan My father was born in Huizhou) and left a deep and beautiful impression on Ding Lao.

Ding Lao came to Huai'an that time and also visited the Huaian Normal School of my father's work unit. During this period, I visited the Student Studio of Zhonglou, carefully watched the student's art work display room, asked the construction of the teacher team, and put forward some good teaching suggestions. The art "lecture, when he was away from Huai, he also gave my father a few woodcut works and another sketching pink painting in" Zhenhuai Tower ". The text of sketching in Huai'an Dingzheng in 1997, hoping that my father would play a role in the future teaching. My father lived up to high hopes. In the future, he not only regards Professor Ding's paintings as a treasure, but also should be used as an excellent exhibits for students to learn to appreciate copying. Under the unremitting efforts and careful cultivation of my father, a large number of art backbones stood out. They either became a well -known painter inside and outside the province, the backbone of the teaching system, or became a high -end design talent in the arts ... Due to outstanding performance, my father was educated successively. The commendation of the ministry and the Jiangsu Provincial Government is inseparable from the support and support of Ding Lao. Of course, my father did not forget to vote for Tao. I heard that after Ding Lao retired, he would complete the artistic monograph of "History of Chinese Printmaking". In order to help him fulfill his wish, my father took the lead and mobilized the student to help Ding Laozhang write the school's document, so that the book was published as soon as possible. My father is also engaged in printmaking. It is a member of the Chinese printmaker association. The publication of the book is also great encouragement to my father. However, what Ding Lao couldn't think of is that Jiang Mingqi, who was more than ten years younger than him, died first, which made him sad: my father died during a personal painting exhibition in Huangshan City, Anhui in 1989, and Ding Lao Zezhi He died in 2000, which can be described as high life. After Ding Zhengxian died, his family members followed Ding Lao's last wishes to give him more than 500 prints, color powder paintings and precious literature he created to Zhejiang Art Museum for appreciation and research. (Jianghuai)

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