Wang Jiujiang

In this Chinese name, the family name is Wang.
Wang Jiujiang
王久江
Wang in 1983, in Tibet.
Born1957 (age 66–67)
Santai, Mianyang, Sichuan
NationalityChinese
Known forPainting
StyleShan shui
MovementNeo-shan shui
AwardsExcellence Award of China Artists Association

Wang Jiujiang (Chinese: 王久江; pinyin: Wáng Jiǔjiāng; Wade–Giles: Wang2 Chiu3-chiang1; Zhuyin Fuhao: ㄨㄤˊ ㄐㄧㄡˇ ㄐㄧㄤ; Sichuanese romanization: Uang Chiu-chiang; pronounced /ˈwæŋ tʃiuˈtʃæŋ/) is a Sichuanese painter whose work is mostly based on the landscapes of Sichuan and Tibet, by reinterpreting the traditional shan shui style. He is classified as a member of national first-class artists.[1]

Career

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An illustration for The Swan, a picture book in Tibetan published in 1982.

Wang lived in Tibet in the 1980s, where he worked as an art director for the military district of Tibet. In 1982, he created the illustrations for two picture books recounting the Tibetan folklores, The Story of Akhu Tönpa and The Swan. The latter won a second prize in the Exhibition of Fine Arts of the Tibet Autonomous Region.[1] In 1986, with The Eternity, a wood carving painting, he was awarded the Creative Excellence Award in the fifth Exhibition of Fine Arts of Tibet;[2] and several of his sketches were published in the Tibetan newspaper Lhasa Evening, in the same year.[3]

His work The Celestial Burial won the Prize of Honour in the National Competition of Genre Painting in 1988; and Autumn Melody in the Mountains of Ngawa won a third prize in the Great Contest of Chinese Paintings held in Shenzhen, in 1989. His work High Autumn, for which he received an award of excellence in 1993, has been accepted and accessioned into the collection of the Sichuan Academy of Poetry, Calligraphy, and Painting.[1] In 2002, The Golden Plateau, a shan shui style painting, was exhibited at the National Exhibition of Chinese Paintings.[4]

In 2003, he was awarded for the work Sutra-chanting (aka Praying, 220 cm × 126 cm)—a 'neo-shan shui' style painting—with the Excellence Award from China Artists Association, while on display in the National Exhibition of Chinese Paintings on West China Scenery.[5][6]

In 2018, Cloud-wrapped Mountains over the Diexi Lake, a painting made in a relatively more traditional shan-shui style, was presented in the first Exhibition of Fine Arts of Mianyang.[7] He also participates each year in the Ink and Wash Fucheng Invitational Art Exhibition, an annual exhibition held in Fucheng District, Mianyang.[8][9][10]

In addition to shan shui paintings, he also created gouaches, oil paintings, and some abstract expressionist works during his years as a young adult. And he is also an antique collector.

Critique

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Zhang Shiying, a professional painter from Guangzhou, when speaking of the artworks of Wang, stating: 'A sensation of freshness, due to the spacious view and free spirit; a sensation of brightness, due to the absence of desolation and melancholy'.[11]

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  • The Eternity
    The Eternity
  • Sutra-chanting
    Sutra-chanting
  • Great River Canyon
    Great River Canyon
  • Mountains in Longnan
    Mountains in Longnan
  • Homeland of the Hawks
    Homeland of the Hawks
  • Tibetan Landscape No. 3
    Tibetan Landscape No. 3
  • Tibetan Landscape No. 4
    Tibetan Landscape No. 4
  • Echoes of the Han-dynasty Melody
    Echoes of the Han-dynasty Melody
  • Ancient Totem
    Ancient Totem
  • Replica of a fresco of a Buddhist figure of the Mogao Caves
    Replica of a fresco of a Buddhist figure of the Mogao Caves
  • Birth of the Buddha, oil on paper, photograph
    Birth of the Buddha, oil on paper, photograph
  • Moonlit Night, gouache, black-and-white photo
    Moonlit Night, gouache, black-and-white photo

References

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  1. ^ a b c "王久江 · 国家一级美术师" [Wang Jiujiang, the National First-class Artist]. news.tianyancha.com (in Simplified Chinese). 24 October 2019. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  2. ^ Han, Shuli (1 October 1986). "全区五届美展获奖作品目录" [List of Award-winning Works of Art at the Fifth Exhibition of Fine Arts of Tibet]. Lhasa Evening (in Simplified Chinese). Lhasa. p. 4.
  3. ^ Han, Shuli (8 February 1986). "逻娑画廊" [Lo-so Gallery]. Lhasa Evening (in Simplified Chinese). Lhasa. p. 4.
  4. ^ Yang, Jiayong, ed. (2002). 2002年全国中国画作品展 [2002 National Exhibition of Chinese Paintings] (in Simplified Chinese). Hefei: Anhui Fine Arts Publishing House. p. 250. ISBN 9787539810270.
  5. ^ Zou, Yue (13 April 2003). "有花自然香 不用大风扬——记全国美协"中国画大展"获奖者王久江" [Wang Jiujiang, the Award-winning artist in the 'Great Exhibition of Chinese Paintings' organised by China Artists Association]. Mianyang Daily (in Simplified Chinese). Mianyang. p. 3.
  6. ^ Liu, Dawei, ed. (2003). 中国西部大地情中国画大展作品集 [Collection of the National Chinese Painting Exhibition on West China Scenery] (in Simplified Chinese). Peking: China Artists Association. p. 66.
  7. ^ "首届绵阳市美术作品展于2018年2月27日在四川文化艺术学院王蒙文学艺术馆开幕". sohu.com (in Simplified Chinese). 20 December 2017. Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  8. ^ Zhang, Dengjun; Guo, Ruoxue (15 January 2019). "本周，到绵阳美术馆免费看名家书画作品". sohu.com (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  9. ^ Tang, Yu (12 January 2017). "68幅精品助力绵阳"水墨涪城"名家书画作品邀请展". jyzzxxx.com (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  10. ^ Zhang, Dengjun (14 January 2016). ""水墨涪城"今起看名家作品展". su-long.com (in Simplified Chinese). Retrieved 7 May 2020.
  11. ^ Zhang, Shiying (1994). "观《'93四川中国画系列展》" [Review of the Artworks Exhibited at the 1993 Sichuan Exhibition of Chinese Paintings]. In Dai, Wei (ed.). 书画家：'94四川省诗书画院 [Calligraphers and Painters: Sichuan Academy of Poetry, Calligraphy, and Painting] (in Simplified Chinese). Chengdu: Sichuan Fine Arts Publishing House. p. 34. ISBN 9787541009402.
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