The God of Flowers｜She has loved flowers, growing flowers, and painting flowers all her life, and has been an artist for nearly 80 years

In the Chinese art world, he is known as the "God of Flowers".

Having practiced art for nearly 80 years,

is a well-known Chinese painter and art educator at home and abroad.

She is an outstanding representative of modern and contemporary Chinese female painters.

Together with her husband Wu Zuoren,

In the nearly 40 years of art education career,

trained many painting talents for the country.

Xiao Shufang (1911-2005), born in Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, is a professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts and a famous contemporary Chinese painter. He once served as an associate professor and professor in the Department of Traditional Chinese Painting at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, and a member of the Chinese Artists Association. The fourth executive committee member of the All-China Women's Federation. Member of the China Democratic League. Director of Wu Zuoren Art Museum and president of Wu Zuoren International Art Foundation.

Learning to paint comes from nature

Xiao Shufang was born into a scholarly family.

Her uncle Xiao Youmei is one of the founders of modern music in my country

Her father Xiao Bolin devoted his life to China's railway construction,

Both aunts are outstanding musicians.

The elder sister Xiao Shuxian is a famous music theorist.

The younger sister Xiao Shuxi is an American biologist.

Xiao Shufang’s path to painting is inseparable from

her family environment.

Xiao Shufang is the fifth among seven sisters.

She has lived in a strong artistic atmosphere since she was a child.

Like her sisters, she loves music.

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Art, literature, and leisure time

Learn piano and music theory from his uncle.

In addition, he is also very keen on skating and cycling.

In the first North China Women's Figure Skating Competition,

Xiao Shufang won first place.

Xiao Shufang said:

"Due to nature,

I naturally like beautiful things in the world."

What has she drawn since she was a child? Like what,

Her father Xiao Bolin fully supported her,

and asked famous teachers to give guidance,

She also specially invited the art master Mr. Qi Baishi to make seals for her.

These all prompted her to finally embark on the road of painting.

When Xiao Shufang was 15 years old,

after returning from Germany, her uncle Xiao Youmei served as the director of the Music Department of

Peking National Art College,

< p> Lin Fengmian, who was only 26 years old at the time, served as the principal of the school.

Recommended to Lin Fengmian through Xiao Youmei,

Xiao Shufang entered the school's Western Painting Department to study.

The teachers who taught there were Li Chaoshi, Peng Peimin,

Crodo (French), etc.

Three years of systematic study of Western painting techniques and theories,

laid the foundation for her future career in art professional creation

and teaching.

A half-life relationship with Wu Zuoren

While studying at the Xu Beihong Studio of Nanjing Central University,

Wu Zuoren and Xiao Shufang were classmates.

Xiao Shufang recalled:

"Our relationship was very ordinary at that time.

Wu Zuoren was very shy at that time.

Every day At night, I spend all my time in the studio with high lights

just painting,

not paying attention to others,

giving people a sense of arrogance. ”

In 1930,

Wu Zuoren went to France and Belgium with the help of Xu Beihong to study.

Xiao Shufang went to study in France from 1937 to 1940. In 1998, he went to Switzerland, England, and France to study oil painting and sculpture.

They separated.

Until 1946,

On the opening day of the

painting exhibition held by the Shanghai Art Writers Association,

Wu Zuoren, Ding Cong and other organizers When welcoming the participating painters,

I met Xiao Shufang again, who was an art teacher at

the Shanghai Municipal Vocational College at the time.

Old classmates met each other after 17 years apart.

Naturally, they felt more cordial.

They talked very enthusiastically together.

Soon,

Xiao Shufang invited Wu Zuoren to

his home studio to see new works.

Their hearts had a strong passion. *Ming.

After this in-depth meeting,

Wu Zuoren soon revealed his admiration to Xiao Shufang

Then he wrote words and poems and presented them to Xiao Shufang to express his wishes.

Xiao Shufang read Wu Zuoren's poems,

deeply moved by his true feelings,

her eyes became wet unconsciously.

After a period of poetic

spiritual collision,

they finally reached the same boat in their forties

*** Du,

formed a marriage for half a century.

On June 5, 1948,

Wu Zuoren held a wedding ceremony for Xiao Shufang,

I sincerely invite Xu Beihong and Liao Jingwen to attend,

Xu Beihong also happily served as their witness.

From then on, the painter couple played the piano in harmony,

Together they created a half-life love story that has been praised by everyone.

The God of Flowers

Xiao Shufang’s flower paintings are very individual in their choice of subject matter.

There are about forty or fifty kinds of flowers that she likes to paint,

such as purple kite, hydrangea, orchid, narcissus,

rhododendron, poppy, hibiscus, Sunflowers,

lilacs, etc., almost all are wild flowers.

Critic Sun Meilan commented:

Looking at Professor Xiao Shufang’s considerable new works,

especially the flower sketches,

trance Follow the artist's peaceful and pure heart,

stroll in spring and encounter flowers.

Strive to see the bright flowers like brocade,

magically transformed into a series of ink paintings of "flowers are always there, leaves are evergreen".

Xiao Shufang's wonderful life is like

magnificent flowers blooming undefeated,

her artistic flowerbed

has been cultivated through hard work Colorful and brilliant.

On December 20, 2005,

Xiao Shufang passed away in Beijing at the age of 94.

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