Feng Zhen

Feng Zhen

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Feng Zhen, born in 1931, female, from Nanhai, Guangdong, born in Shanghai, is a professor of the Central Academy of fine arts. In his early years, he devoted himself to New Year pictures and comic strips, then turned to oil painting, and set foot in folk art teaching and research. He once served as the director of the New Year Painting Art Committee of the Chinese Artists Association, the president of the Chinese folk paper cutting Research Association, the vice president of the New Year Painting Art Committee of the Chinese Publishers Association, the executive director of the Chinese folk art society, and the member of the senior Title Evaluation Committee of the Ministry of culture. He has made great contributions to the prosperity of new China's art creation and the promotion of the inheritance and research of China's traditional folk art. Enjoy the State Council "outstanding contributions in art" allowance.

Personal resume

When Feng Zhen was a junior high school student in Shanghai in his early years, he was enlightened by the progressive student and his father Feng Naichao's revolutionary thought and took part in the anti Chiang Kai Shek and anti civil war movements. At the age of 15, he went to the Shanxi Chahar Hebei liberated area and studied in the Fine Arts Department of the school of politics and the school of literature and art of North China United University. In 1948, he created the doll play, which is an important work in the art history of new China. In the early days of the founding of the people's Republic of China, he created some new year pictures, comic strips and posters, which became a widely influential art work and won many national awards. In 1949, Feng Zhen entered Beiping as a member of the fine arts team of the cultural administration committee of the Beiping Military Administration Committee of the PLA. In 1950, he participated in the establishment of the Central Academy of fine arts, and then studied in the Academy's art cadre training class and Xu Beihong's research class. He began to teach in the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1951. In 1956, Feng Zhen was sent by the state to study in the oil painting department of Repin Academy of fine arts of the Soviet Union. He graduated with excellent grades in 1962. After returning to China, he taught in the oil painting department of the Central Academy of fine arts and created some oil paintings. In 1980, she went to teach in the newly established Department of New Year pictures and comic strips (later changed to the Department of folk art). During this period, she went to rural areas all over the country to investigate and collect various folk art works, wrote many investigation reports and research articles, and constantly tried new art creation with local characteristics. Her representative works include the New Year picture "baby opera", "PLA and children are good friends", "our old hero is back", "great meeting" (cooperation), "happy together", "baby joy", "auspicious snow harvest year", comic strip "fighting for the red flag", "biography of new children", oil painting "Bethune in Tang county", "hard years", "flowers", etc.

Life of the characters

Born in Shanghai in July, 1931. The nickname is Feng Xiaoyun. His father Feng Naichao was a revolutionary writer and educator, and his mother Li Shengyun was the daughter of Li Shucheng, a pioneer of the 1911 Revolution. [1932] due to his mother's illness, he was sent to Wuhan waigongjia. In the winter of 1933, he went back to Gaocun, Dongxiu Township, Yanbu Town, Nanhai County, Guangdong Province. [1937] he was a freshman in the primary school of Gaocun ancestral hall, Dongxiu Township, Yanbu Town, Nanhai County, Guangdong Province. In autumn, the Japanese army will fight in Guangdong and flee to Macao with their families. In the winter of 1938, he went to Shanghai with his grandmother and lived with his uncle until the autumn of 1939. In the summer of 1939, he studied in the primary school of Guangzhao public school in Shanghai. In the autumn of 1942, he went to Shanghai Chongde women's middle school and used the scientific name "Feng Zhen" according to his father's orders. [autumn of 1944] without receiving the living expenses from his parents, he dropped out of school and worked in the Pharmaceutical Research Institute of Shanghai Xinya pharmaceutical factory until the summer of 1945. [1945] autumn, parents from Chongqing to Shanghai, in Chongde women's middle school to continue to study third year, during the anti civil war petition parade. [1946] summer vacation, in my parents live in Shanghai Qunyi Publishing House (underground party organ of the Communist Party of China) volunteer help. In autumn, he took a boat from Shanghai to Tianjin, then took a train to Peiping, got in touch with the underground Party of the Communist Party of China, went to Zhangjiakou, the liberated area of North China, and entered North China United University. March with the school to Jizhong liberated area. In winter, I studied in class 3 of Politics College of North China United University, listening to he Ganzhi and other teachers' lectures such as introduction to social sciences. In the early summer of 1947, he studied in the Fine Arts Department of the school of literature and art of North China United University (hereinafter referred to as "North China United University", later changed to North China University), and studied under Hu Yichuan, Yanhan, Wang Chaowen, etc. from Lu art in Yan'an. He participated in land reform, mass production, and artistic creation activities of "Jizhong New Year Painting Research Society" and "popular art society". Among them, the woodblock watermark New Year Painting "baby play" (also known as "catching Chiang Kai Shek alive") and "PLA and children are good friends" became the classic works of New Year Painting Creation in this period. In the winter of 1948, he entered Beiping as a member of the fine arts team of the cultural administration committee of the Beiping Military Administration Committee of the Chinese people's Liberation Army, preparing for the PLA's entry into Beiping. [1949] in February, after the PLA entered the city, the art team moved from Liangxiang to caoduo alley in beichizi, central Beijing, and established the "art supply society". In May, the woodblock watermark New Year picture "baby play" was re printed by rongbaozhai in Beiping and included in the New Year picture anthology compiled and printed by the new art society. In July, he joined the Communist Party of China. In 1953, Liu Hulan (in cooperation with Deng Shu) was first published by the popular picture publishing house, and then translated into Kazakh and other minority languages by the Ethnic Publishing House. At the beginning of 1950, he joined a group of art workers from the liberated areas in Beiping National Academy of art to participate in the establishment of the Central Academy of fine arts. On February 17, on the first day of the lunar new year, the "1950 National New Year pictures Exhibition" held by the China Artists Association and Xinhua Bookstore headquarters opened in the waterside pavilion of Zhongshan Park. His work "baby play" was exhibited and well received. He created the New Year picture "our old hero is back", which was included in the collection of New Year pictures in 1950 compiled by all China Artists Association and published by the engraving watermark of "rongbaozhai Xinji" in August 1950. Painting the comic strip "fighting for the red flag" (Cao Tian CI), worker's publishing house, first edition, February 1950. On April 1, he participated in the establishment of the Central Academy of fine arts. He has successively studied in the art cadre training class of the Central Academy of fine arts and the research class directed by Xu Beihong. In April, the second issue of people's fine arts, the special issue of New Year pictures, was published, publishing Feng Zhen's article "how do I create" baby opera ". On April 16, the Ministry of culture of the Central People's Government awarded the "1950 New Year Painting Creation prize". Feng Zhen won the second prize for "our old hero is back", ranking third. In August, the comic book worker Zhang Feihu (in cooperation with Lin Gang and Hou Yimin) was first published by Dazhong picture publishing house and reprinted in April 1951. He began to draw the comic book biography of new heroes and heroines, with a total of four episodes. The first episode is painting: Gu Qun, Deng Shu and Wu Biduan; the second is painting: Feng Zhen, Li Qi, Lin Gang and Wu Biduan; the third is painting: Wu Biduan, Deng Shu and Gu Qun; the fourth is painting: Feng Zhen, Li Qi and Lin Gang. Together with Qi Baishi, Xu Beihong, Gu Yuan and other four artists, they were absorbed in the documentary "liberated China", which was shot in China by Soviet director C.A. In January, 1951, the comic book biography of new heroes and heroines was published by the popular picture Publishing House (later renamed "people's Fine Arts Publishing House"). He began to teach in the painting department of the Central Academy of fine arts as a creative course. In February, he cooperated with Li Qi on the new year's painting great meeting, which was first published by people's fine arts publishing house. On March 1, the national new year's painting exhibition was held in Beijing, and the work "great meeting" took part in the exhibition. In December, the new year's painting "national family" was first published by people's Fine Arts Publishing House in cooperation with Li Qi. In the spring of 1952, as a member of the "Chinese delegation" headed by Kang Keqing, he attended the "International Conference for the defense of children" in Vienna. On the way, I visited the Soviet Union. On September 5, the people's Daily published the list of winners of the second National New Year picture creation award of the central Ministry of culture from 1951 to 1952. Feng Zhen and Li Qi won the second prize for their new year picture great friendship (great meeting). In September, he created the poster "representative of peace welcome you" (cooperating with Yu Feng), which was first published by the people's fine arts publishing house and then reprinted several times. In 1955, Chaohua Fine Arts Publishing House published pictures and postcards. On October 1, she married Li Qi. In March, 1953, he illustrated the battle of shajiadian written by Liu Qing, which was published by people's Literature Publishing House. Xia, together with Li Qi, painted "Jinggangshan meeting" (Baihua). In November, she gave birth to her daughter Dandan. In may [1954], the National Committee for the defense of children of the Chinese people held the first national children's literary and Artistic Creation Award. The results of the award were announced in Beijing on the 31st. The representative of peace who cooperated with Yu Feng won the third prize (1949-1953). In the spring of 1956, he studied Russian in the Preparatory Department of Beijing Russian University. In autumn, he studied oil painting in the oil painting department of the Repin Academy of Fine Arts in the Soviet Union and entered the studio of moexie Yanke (ˊ. ˊ. ˊ. ˊ. ˊ. ˊ). He was famous for his expressive realism in the Soviet painting circle. At that time, moisheyanko's assistant professor, Dr. Fumin, later became an academician, people's artist and President of the Russian Academy of Arts and Sciences. [1961] during the summer vacation, he sketched with Shilu, he Haixia, Li Qi, etc. in Qinling and Yan'an. In the summer of 1962, he graduated from the Repin Academy of Fine Arts in the Soviet Union and won the title of "artist". In September, he began to teach in the oil painting department of the Central Academy of fine arts. In winter, I visited Tianjin Yangliu youth painting agency with Li Qi. In 1963, I worked in bangezhuang village, Fangshan County, Beijing suburb during the holiday. At night, I watched farmers make window decorations. [1964] cooperated with Pang Tao in painting Ding Youjun, which was published by China Youth Publishing House

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