Wang Yiting

Wang Yiting

Wang Yiting (1867-november 1938) was named juezhi by the name of Bailongshan, meihuaguan and Haiyun. He was born in Zhoupu, Shanghai. During the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, he was a famous calligrapher and painter, industrialist, outstanding philanthropist, social activist and religious celebrity.

He was the chairman of Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce twice. He joined the Chinese League, funded the revolution of 1911 and the second revolution, and served as Minister of the Shanghai Branch of the Chinese Kuomintang. After the restoration of Shanghai, he served successively as Minister of communications, chief of Commerce and director of the Bank of China of the military government. Later, he served as chairman of the disaster relief Reserve Protection Committee of the Central Committee of the Nanjing National Government. He once served as executive member and standing committee member of China Buddhist Association, chairman of Shanghai Buddhist book company, and devoted himself to charity. He made outstanding contributions to the prosperity of Shanghai style calligraphy and painting art and foreign exchanges.

Wang Yiting's works have modern humanism consciousness. In his early years, he learned painting from Xu xiaocang. Later, he learned from Ren Bonian and made great progress in painting art, inheriting the style of Ren school. In the evening, he was also a teacher and friend with Wu Changshuo, a master of Jinshi school. He tended to write freehand brushwork with broad brushwork, with rich colors and fluent brushwork. We should pay attention to composition, poetry, calligraphy, painting and printing. In the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, the influence of maritime painting school was second only to Wu Changshuo. Wu Changshuo presented a poem to Wang Yiting, saying: "heaven and earth are astonished to give birth to a pavilion

In 1932, he was the director of the National Artists Association. After the Japanese invaders occupied Shanghai in 1937, they insisted on resigning from their posts, showing noble strength and integrity. He died in November 1938. The national government of Chongqing clearly praised the public burial. Chiang Kai Shek wrote an elegiac couplet: "when the wind and rain are swaying, we should strive for strength and integrity, and then we should pay more attention to the people.".

brief account of the author's life

Wang Yiting worked as the manager of Tianyu in 1887. At the age of 30, he became the general agent of Riqing company. Later, he set foot in electrical appliances and insurance, and became one of the largest industrialists in Shanghai in the late Qing Dynasty.

In the 31st year of Guangxu, he joined the Chinese League Association and served as the chief of the finance section of the Shanghai Branch of the Chinese League Association. He supported the revolution of 1911 and the second revolution, and successively served as the commercial director of Shanghai military government, director of Huashang electric company and director of Bank of China. After the restoration of Shanghai, successive ministers of transportation and industry and Commerce raised 910000 yuan to support the revolutionary army.

In 1909, he participated in the Yu Garden painting and Calligraphy Association and participated in the activities of Jinshi calligraphy and painting.

In 1912, the Chinese League was reorganized into the Kuomintang, and the Shanghai Branch of the Chinese League was transformed into the Shanghai Branch of the Kuomintang, with Wang Yiting as minister.

In 1913, Song Jiaoren, an anti yuan faction of the Kuomintang, was assassinated. Wang generously supported yuan's second revolution. After his failure, he was wanted by Yuan Shikai. From then on, he quit politics, devoted himself to painting and calligraphy, and was keen on public welfare undertakings. He ran to collect as much as 100 million yuan for disaster relief.

In 1922, he was elected president of the Chinese Buddhist Association.

On the evening of November 13 of the same year, Wang Yiting hosted a banquet in Ziyuan for Einstein and his wife. Einstein delivered a speech at the banquet: "today we have a large audience of famous Chinese paintings. They are very pleasant. The one who admires them is Mr. Wang Yiting's personal work."

In 1923, he served as chairman of Shanghai Chamber of Commerce.

In September of the same year, a great Kanto earthquake occurred in Japan. Wang Yiting was very helpful in rescuing and was grateful for the government and the opposition of that country.

In November 1925, the maritime painting and calligraphy Federation was established, with Yu Youren, Wang Yiting, Zhao Yunhe, Wu Changshuo, Zhou Lianxia, Ma Qizhou, Zhang ShanMa, Zhang Daqian, ye Baigao, Liu Haisu, Qian huafo, Tao Lengyue, Xie gongzhan, Huang Binhong as its members, and cha yangu as its president. In order to study and develop the art of Chinese painting and calligraphy, we have held many exhibitions of members' works.

In April 1931, as the head of the visiting group of Chinese artists, he led young artists such as Zhang Daqian, Wang Gezhen, Zheng Manqing, Wu Zhongxiong, Qian qiantie to visit Japan and held an exhibition in Ueno, Tokyo, which caused a sensation.

After the September 18th Incident in the same year, he contacted the calligraphy and painting circles for a charity sale and donated to the Northeast Anti Japanese volunteers.

In 1932, he was the director of the National Artists Association.

In the winter of 1936, the local authorities in Shanghai, with their enthusiasm for public welfare, initiated the celebration of his 70th birthday. Mei Lanfang congratulated Wang Yiting on his birthday.

In 1937, after Japanese invaders occupied Shanghai, they resigned from Riqing company. The Japanese puppets advised him to take up the post of puppet. Wang Yiting, regardless of his old age and infirmity, took his family to Hong Kong to show his noble national integrity.

In November 1938, he returned to Shanghai Jueyuan because of illness and died on the 13th. The national government praised public burial.

On January 23, 1939, Wang Yiting's memorial service was solemnly held at Chen Yingshi Memorial Hall on Guizhou Road. More than 100 teenagers in Shanghai orphanage played mournful music, and important figures from political, business, charity, education and art circles attended the memorial meeting. In the two upper corners of Wang Yiting's portrait, the national flag of the Kuomintang and the national flag of the Republic of China are respectively hoisted. Chiang Kai Shek, who was far away in Chongqing, wrote an elegiac couplet: "when the wind and rain are swaying, we should strive for strength and integrity, and then we should pay more attention to our people after rectifying the world.".

On December 22, 1948, the national government solemnly held a formal funeral for Wang Yiting in Hongkou cemetery, for which Chiang Kai Shek inscribed "Qingbiao Liangjie".

With Wu Changshuo

Wang Yiting played a key role in the overall development of Shanghai style calligraphy and painting art, especially in the establishment of art leaders. Wang Yiting is a talented person who has both artistic talent and commercial consciousness, creative ability and economic mind, aesthetic pursuit and social responsibility.

Wang Yiting has made historic contributions to the promotion of Wu Changshuo's Jinshi calligraphy and painting, the expansion of the influence of Shanghai style calligraphy and painting, and the great role played by Shanghai style calligraphers and painters in charity relief.

After Ren Bonian's death in 1895 and before Wu Changshuo settled in Shanghai in 1912, many of the well-known members of the Shanghai style calligraphy and painting group died, such as Wu Botao in 1895, Xugu in 1896, Wu Dacheng in 1902, Pu Hua and Qian Huian in 1911. Wang Yiting became the backbone.

In 1912, Wu Changshuo, nearly 70 years old, left Suzhou and formally settled in Shanghai. Wang Yiting vigorously promoted Wu Changshuo in the business and financial circles of Shanghai, which made him famous and set up an art leader for the maritime painting school.

In 1914, Wang Yiting held his first solo exhibition for Wu Changshuo in Shanghai's LiuSan garden. Liusanyuan was a banquet place for Japanese politicians and businessmen to receive distinguished guests at that time. Wu school art was first respected by all walks of life in Japan.

Influenced by his grandmother, Wang Yiting loved painting when he was a child. When he was 12 or 13 years old, the name of the painting had spread all over Zhoupu Town, and he was regarded as a young wizard. His later teacher, Ren Bonian, had a great influence on Wang Yiting's painting because of his creative ideas and popular art forms. The colors are bright and elegant, the figures are vivid, and the appropriate deformation and exaggeration make them more elegant. The depiction of happiness, anger, sadness and happiness is delicate and full of life flavor. Compared with the traditional figure painting, Wang Yiting's figure painting shows modern humanistic consciousness.

After Wu Changshuo settled in Shanghai, Wang Yiting was closely related to him. His later calligraphy and painting were deeply influenced by Wu Changshuo's style of gold and stone. His calligraphy was vigorous and vigorous, and his painting style tended to be broad brush and freehand. The pen is vigorous, magnificent and colorful, but it still maintains its own realistic characteristics. In the late Qing Dynasty and the early Republic of China, his position was second only to Wu Changshuo.

Wu Changshuo once presented a poem to Wang Yiting, saying: "heaven and earth are astonished, and a pavilion is born. The pen is made of iron and the ink is made of cold rain. The ancients were the guests and I were the main ones. "

Public welfare

Wang Yiting was born in a poor family. As a famous industrialist and social activist, he spared no effort to gain or lose. He became the most famous philanthropist and charity leader in Shanghai, showing a high degree of modern humanism.

He has successively participated in the planning and founding of more than ten most influential charitable organizations in Shanghai, such as Shanghai orphanage, China Relief women and children's Federation, Shanghai Charity group, Shanghai vagrant study center, shangfushan hall, etc., and served as the standing member of the Relief Committee of the national government, chairman of the central disaster relief fund protection committee, Shanghai Charity joint relief association, Shanghai International Relief Association, etc .

The Shanghai Longhua orphanage founded by Wang Yiting and Gao Fengchi got the support and response from all walks of life at that time. Song Qingling is the mother of the hospital, and Mr. Zhang Junkang is the president.

In his article Wang Yiting, a native of Ji Bailong mountain, CI Nan once wrote: "when you hold a meeting, you always say nothing. However, when you have a decision, if you can't make a decision, you can make a decision. All charities in Shanghai have the name of Mr. Gai Wu. If you can't make a call, you can do it. All charities are always in short supply of funds, but they try to run large businesses. As their revenues and expenditures are often insufficient, they turn to Mr. Yang, who can help them. Mr. Wang often said, "when you run a charity, you don't have to worry about money. If you do it well, people will send money.". Sometimes, when there is no way to raise money, Mr. Wang often gives his paintings and calligraphy to collect huge sums of money to benefit public welfare and charity. "

Wang Yiting is a philanthropist with the spirit of internationalism. On September 1, 1923, when the great Kanto earthquake occurred in Japan, he and Zhu Baosan published the notice of convening a meeting to relieve Japan's great disaster in Shenbao. They promptly raised 6000 taels of white rice, more than 2000 bags of flour, medicines, charcoal and other daily necessities, and quickly transported them to Japan. They were the first foreign rescue ship to arrive, and sent a Sanskrit bell to Japan's disaster area. The Japanese called it "Wang Pu" It's "Sa".

In 1983, he moved to the tomb of King MA in Zhongyi, Dongde county.

Wang Yiting also made outstanding contributions to the cause of art education in Shanghai. In 1912, Wang Yiting was the director of Shanghai Academy of fine arts at the beginning of its establishment. He contributed money to help and taught in person. Later, he founded Shanghai Changming art college to cultivate young talents and promote Shanghai style

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