Realism adapted to classical painting
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A retrospective of the works of Ye Yuliang, a traditional Chinese realist painter, is open free to the public at the Songjiang Cheng Shifa Art Museum through the middle of next month. Most of the works on display were created after 1976.
Ye, 86, continues to paint every day.
“Practice makes perfect,” he cheerfully told Shanghai Daily.
At age 13, he became a student of famous painter Zhang Zhuocheng, learning from the master how to paint mountains, water, people and animals. He copied hundreds of famous paintings dating back to more than 1,500 years ago.
He developed a realist genre using free-hand brush strokes. Each painting can be done as quickly as half an hour. The works are meticulous in reproducing objects in delicate shades of colors and lines as fine as silk thread. In Ye’s paintings, each leaf vein is crystal clear to the eye. In a bird’s wing, you can see every single vane of a feather.
While advocating traditional Chinese art skills, he never refuses modern influences. His works reflect many Western and Japanese artistic elements. Most of his topics originate in Chinese classic art and literature.
“An overflowing bookshelf, a painting desk and a newspaper are my whole world,” he said.
Ye said he has been sad to see many old features of Songjiang disappear over the decades.
“But I also see its development, which I’m so proud of,” he said.
In 1995, Ye set up the Songjiang Chinese Painting Association to foster young local artists.
“That’s what I wanted to do for my hometown,” he said.
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