Qian Jiajun

Qian Jiajun

Qian Jiajun (1916-august 15, 2011), formerly known as Qian Yunlin, was born in Wujiang District, Suzhou City, Jiangsu Province. He is an animation director, art designer and action special effects Engineer in mainland China and graduated from Suzhou Academy of fine arts.

In 1940, he directed his first animation short film "Happy Farmhouse", which opened his career as an animation director. In 1946, he was the director and art designer of the short cartoon "bee country". In 1948, he was the art designer of the animated short film ploughing. In 1955, he and Li Keqiang co directed China's first color animation short film why crows are black, which won the prize of the 8th Venice International Children's Film Festival and the third prize of excellent film from 1949 to 1955 of the Ministry of culture of China. In 1957, Qian Jiajun won the individual award of excellent film from 1949 to 1955 of the Ministry of culture of China. In 1959, he directed the animated short film "a little boy", which won the honorary award of the 12th Karlovy Farley International Film Festival. In 1963, he and Tewei co directed the ink animated film "the flute", which won the gold medal of the 3rd Danish international fairy tale Film Festival. In 1966, during the "Cultural Revolution", Qian Jiajun was persecuted. In 1978, he was the background designer of the animated short film little pigeon. In 1981, he and Dai Tielang co directed the animated short film nine color deer. In 1983, he directed the animated short film happy numbers. In 1987, Qian Jiajun won the second prize of national scientific and technological achievements.

On August 15, 2011, Qian Jiajun died of pulmonary infection in the Sixth People's Hospital of Shanghai at the age of 95; on September 19, the 6th Paris China Film Festival held a special cartoon activity in memory of Qian Jiajun.

Character experience

In 1932, Qian Jiajun was admitted to the art Normal School of Suzhou Academy of fine arts to study oil painting and the theory of Chinese and Western painting. After that, the name "Qian Jiajun" was officially used. In 1933, he, together with his classmates Du Xueli, Feng Xuehun and Xu Gongyin, initiated and organized the "scientific research society" of Suzhou Art College. In 1935, he graduated from Suzhou Academy of fine arts. Recommended by President Yan Wenliang, he was admitted to the art unit of inspirational society and engaged in fine arts work. His office is located in Nanjing. In 1937, when the Anti Japanese war broke out, Qian Jiajun moved to the rear with his office. He and his colleagues made a series of pictures in Hankou and distributed them to various places to publicize the significance of the Anti Japanese war. At the end of 1938, Qian Jiajun came to Chongqing with his colleagues from the inspirational society. Together with Xu Jiulin, Fei Yifu and Li zongjin, he painted a 30 foot wide and 25 foot high oil painting "the real record of atrocities". In 1940, he directed the animated short film "Happy Farmhouse", which showed the moving stories in the countryside during the Anti Japanese War, so he began his career as an animation director. In August 1941, the Chinese educational film and painting society was founded, and Qian Jiajun served as the leader of its drawing group. In January 1942, the Chinese educational film society opened an animation training class to recruit students from the society. Qian Jiajun and others took part in the teaching work. In October 1943, he joined the audio-visual education specialty of the National Institute of social education and engaged in the education of animated films. In 1944, he was employed as a professor by the National Institute of social education. In May 1945, the Chinese educational film and painting society was dissolved, and Qian Jiajun and some students of the drawing group returned to the art unit of Chongqing inspirational society. In July, China's first animation academic group, China Animation society, was established in Chongqing, with Qian Jiajun as its president. At the end of August, the inspirational society moved to Nanjing to set up the cartoon unit, with Qian Jiajun as its head. In 1946, he was the director and art designer of the short cartoon "bee country"; on December 20, he published an article "about animation and its learning methods" in the first issue of Volume 4 of Yilang, the Journal of Suzhou Academy of fine arts. In 1947, he was transferred to the China Film Studio and served as the director and director of the fine arts unit. In January, Hong Kong businessman Luo Yiwei founded the "Southern Animation Academy" in Guangzhou and Hong Kong. Qian Jiajun served as the director of the academy and taught for one semester. The Academy was forced to close due to the current situation. In 1948, he was the art designer of the animation short film plough. In 1950, Qian Jiajun taught animation course in Suzhou Academy of fine arts. The course he taught was "basic lecture on animation", and he compiled animation enlightenment teaching materials "animation principle" and "animation line drawing". In October, Suzhou Academy of fine arts held the inaugural meeting of animation department, and Qian Jiajun was the director of animation department. In July 1952, Suzhou Academy of fine arts was incorporated into the film school of the film Bureau of the Ministry of culture of the Central People's Republic of China. In 1953, he was the director and deputy chief technician of the art film group of Shanghai Film Studio. In 1954, he was the art designer of the animated short film "good friends"; in March, the comic strip "green arrow" signed by "Tian Ding" was published; in August, the comic strip "three little fish" signed by "Tian Ding" was published. In 1955, he and Li Keqiang co directed China's first color animation short film why crows are black, which won the prize of the 8th Venice International Children's Film Festival and the third prize of excellent film from 1949 to 1955 of the Ministry of culture. In 1956, he was the chief art designer of the animated short film proud general. In 1957, he was the chief technician of Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio; in the same year, he directed the animated short film "plucking Radish"; on April 11, Qian Jiajun won the individual award for excellent film from 1949 to 1955 of the Ministry of culture of China; in July, the children's comic "chicken arrived at Grandma's" was published, which was signed by Tian Ding; on December 23, the Shanghai Film Association was established, and Qian Jiajun served as the director. In 1958, he directed the animated short film Dr. Gu's new discovery. In 1959, he directed the animated short film "cuckoo calls late"; in the same year, he directed the animated short film "a boy brocade", which won the honorary award of the 12th Karlovy Farley International Film Festival; in May, Shanghai Film Academy was established, and an animation class was set up. Qian Jiajun was the director and professor of the animation department. In 1961, he co directed the animated short film "tadpole looking for his mother" with Tewei and Tang Cheng, which won the best art film award of the 1st popular film Hundred Flowers Award and the honor award of the 17th Cannes Film Festival. In 1963, he and Tewei co directed the ink and wash cartoon "Mu Di", which won the gold medal of the 3rd Danish international fairy tale Film Festival. In 1966, during the "Cultural Revolution", Qian Jiajun was persecuted. In 1973, he was put into the first detention house in Shanghai and lost his freedom completely. In 1976, he was released from Shanghai No.1 detention center without rehabilitation; in the same year, he was arranged to work in the general affairs department of Shanghai Fine Arts Film Studio; later, he was appointed as a documenter. in 1978, he was the background designer of the animated short film little white dove. In December 1979, the Alumni Association of Suzhou Academy of fine arts was established. Qian Jiajun served as the Council member and business secretary of the Alumni Association. In 1981, he and Dai Tielang co directed the animated short film nine color deer. In October 1982, the article "Yan Wenliang's educational thought and educational cause" written by Qian Yankang was published in the 15th issue of Shanghai fine arts news. On March 1, 1983, Qian Jiajun officially vindicated himself; in the same year, he directed the animated short film happy numbers. In 1984, the article "Yan Wenliang's educational thought and educational cause" written by Qian Yankang was published in the second issue of art education. In 1985, Qian Jiajun won the first prize of science and technology achievements of the Ministry of culture of China for his contribution to ink animation; in November, China Animation society was established in Shanghai art film studio, with Qian Jiajun as one of the sponsors. In February 1987, Qian Jiajun officially retired and enjoyed the fourth grade treatment of literature and art; in the same year, Qian Jiajun won the second prize of national science and technology achievements. In July 2011, the 8th issue of film supplement published by China Film Art Research Center (China Film Archive) introduced Qian Jiajun's life and artistic contribution in detail.

Personal life

family

Qian Jiajun's father is Qian Tongsheng, who came from the official family in Suzhou, and his mother is Zhou Xiumin.

feeling

He married Zhu Ziying in 1965. In 1966, her daughter Qian Shanzhu was born. In 1977, the family address was moved to No. 850, Caoxi North Road, Shanghai. In 1989, the family address was moved to Xietu Road, Shanghai.

Death

On August 15, 2011, Qian Jiajun died of pulmonary infection in Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital at the age of 95; at 10:58 on August 19, Qian Jiajun's body was cremated, and no public farewell ceremony was held to comply with the deceased's instructions; on August 25, Shanghai Art and film studio held a "memorial meeting for Qian Jiajun, founder of Chinese animation teaching and outstanding animation artist".

Main works

Director's work

Art design

Action effects

Paintings

Background design

literary works

Lectures

Award winning record

Character evaluation

Qian Jiajun is willing and good at studying all kinds of techniques to explore how to make the painted image dynamic in real life, or meet the requirements of the story in the form of expression. In his early animation practice, what he solved was the fidelity of action. His works have a lot of ideas on the subtle expression of the action, the dynamic design of the foreground and background, and the performance of the "empty lens" without characters in the animation. Even these seemingly unimportant parts are also important "parts" of the "world in painting" he created. He intended to create an unrestrained natural state on the screen. His animation, also not only focus on

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