Hu Yefo (1908-1980), whose real name was Guohua, was later renamed Wen Ding and Ruofo, and his name was Gu Hua, a native of Yuyao, Zhejiang. Graduated from Xinhua Fine Arts Department in Shanghai, and worked as editor of Shanghai Commercial Press and manager of national publishing house. Studying in Chou Shizhou, she is good at calligraphy and painting, and she is good at ladies. She occasionally writes landscapes in Song and Yuan Dynasties, which makes her an extraordinary person.
Chinese name: Hu Yefo.
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Alias: Wen Ding, Ruofo, the word is big and empty,no. Gu Hua.
Nationality: China.
Ethnic group: Han nationality
Place of birth: Kandun, Yuyao, Zhejiang
Date of birth: 1908
Date of death: 1980
Occupation: painter, editor
Graduation school: Shanghai Xinhua Art College
Masterpieces: Jin Ping Mei's Painting Collection, Women in Hu Yefo, Still Pictures of Clouds and Smoke.
biography
Hu Yefo, 1908 (now Cixi) was born in Kandun, Yuyao, Zhejiang. 10 years old, he gave birth to his uncle, but not long after, his uncle died. My aunt is a well-read and polite woman with great vision and charm. She sold her land, set up a free school with her house facing the street 17, and became the principal herself. When Hu Yefo 14 years old, his aunt personally sent him to a middle school in Ningbo. Two years later, my aunt died of illness. /kloc-Hu Yefo, 0/8 years old, entered Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts to study painting after graduating from high school, and then transferred to the Western Painting Department of Shanghai Xinhua Art Institute. In order to learn painting, he sold a little property left by his uncle and parents to supplement his life by painting murals for Belarusian teachers in France, but he still made ends meet. He had to drop out of school last semester and was issued a diploma by the school, which is a fresh graduate.
1927, 19-year-old Hu Yefo was admitted to the General Political Department of Nanjing National Government as a captain propagandist. The following year, he served as Cai Gongshi's main adjutant. He resigned from public office on 1929 because he felt that he liked art and was not suitable for politics. Later, he joined the Art Editorial Department of Shanghai Commercial Press as a senior staff member, and co-edited Children's Pictorial with Pan Sitong and Zhang. At this time, Hu Ruofo's pen name began. 1933 at the age of 25, he joined the Commercial Press to paint. Before the Anti-Japanese War (25-29 years old), the Commercial Press closed Children's Pictorial and was dismissed together with Zhang. Since then, I have embarked on a bumpy road of life, and have successively operated photo studios, candy food stores, children's book bookstores and comic book publishing houses. Less than a year after opening, they all closed down at a loss. At the beginning of the Anti-Japanese War, Hu Yefo also drew a wall chart in the World Geographic Society. At the same time, he began to create Chinese paintings in his "Dakongtang" under the pen name of Hu Yefo. 1939 (3 1 year old), her paintings of ladies and figures are very famous in the field of Chinese painting. On the eve of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War (37 years old), she tried to draw beautiful ladies and lines. Practice circles, ellipses and arcs.
After liberation (after 4 1 year old), he collaborated with Zhang to create a large number of comic books. 195 1 year, Hu Yefo entered Shanghai lighthouse publishing house and drew cartoons there. 1952 After public-private partnership, it was transferred to Art Nouveau Picture Bookstore. 1956, joined Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House, engaged in editing Chinese paintings. It was renamed Hu. 1958 (50 years old) later participated in the preparation of Duoyunxuan and was responsible for the overall design of woodcut watermark. Join Duoyunxuan Watermark Woodcut Society as the team leader. Since then, I have come into contact with a large number of primitive ancient paintings, and painting has entered a new realm. In the creation, the idea of "eyes are superior and eyes are inferior" runs through. Be meticulous about one mountain, one stone, one grass and one tree, especially when painting characters. Calligraphy practice never stopped, mainly copying Song Huizong's "Shoujinti" and "Huai Su's Self-Narrative Post" in the Tang Dynasty. 1968 (60 years old) still insists on the habit of drawing and practicing calligraphy every day after retiring from Duoyunxuan. Mainly in the landscape near Shitao. During the Cultural Revolution (58-68 years old), he was classified as a "landlord" and belonged to the "Black Five Category".
After the "Cultural Revolution" (after the age of 68), the composition was changed to "freelancer". I can't personally sign many works because my arms are trembling because of lung cancer, so I only leave my seal as a record. 1980 (72 years old) died of lung cancer in Shanghai.
artistic creation
During his stay in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, Hu Yefo was forced to make a living by selling paintings. In the era of war, painting, like other craftsmen, can only barely maintain food and clothing for the whole family, which is already a luxury. At the beginning of Hu Yefo, copying was the main method, and people in landscapes, flowers, birds and cordyceps had paintings. However, due to lack of creativity, the market was deserted. Just when he was in a dilemma, a painter named Wang took a fancy to his landscape painting and booked his landscape main hall for a long time. Landscape Research in Hu Yefo
Learning the style of Ma Yuan and Xia Gui in the Southern Song Dynasty is a delicate work. Drawing a six-foot nave every day is basically completed from 4 am to 10 pm. He laughed at his life as "birds call ghosts", and the hardships of his work can be imagined. My wife got tuberculosis, which was considered to be terminal at that time, and the medical expenses and nutrition expenses were extremely high. Hu Yefo hates that he is not a doctor. He thinks that if he is a doctor, he can treat his family and never starve to death. The world, the best painting, is not worth much. So he forbade children to learn to draw, and it was useless to learn to draw. Only by studying medicine can he support his family.
Hu Yefo's landscape market was not popular, but his meticulous ladies quickly swept the beach. The characters in his works learned the brushwork of Chou Shizhou in Ming Dynasty, and finally took the lead with his "balance spring" stunt. It is said that Hu Yefo tried to draw beautiful women. His method of practicing thread is to draw all kinds of circles: perfect circles, ellipses and arcs, which require not only one stroke, but also a uniform and powerful pen. Therefore, Hu Yefo's kung fu is still the best in the world. In 2000, at Christie's auction in Hong Kong, Hu Yefo's octagonal "Jin Ping Mei Album" was sold for HK$ 270,000. Dong Qiao, a famous Hong Kong writer, immediately got a picture of Hu Yefo's "Jin Ping Mei", which was exquisitely painted, so he guessed that Hu Yefo "painted many spring paintings that sold money" in his prime of life, and then wrote the article "Women in Hu Yefo", saying that Hu Yefo "painted the most famous ladies in his life, saying that Chou Shizhou was the second, and Zhang Daqian thought that he could not draw the charm of Hu Yefo ladies". Others say "Clouds Still" is the most typical work of Hu Yefo. "The picture is elegant, colorful, meticulous in composition and description, which shows the painter's view of the universe and human nature and is also the most typical literati painting. As a neglected master of Shanghai painting, Hu Yefo's masterpiece will definitely be enthusiastically sought after by collectors. "
With the popularity of Hu Yefo's works, there are more and more fakes on the market. Christie's auction house in Hong Kong once auctioned 8 fakes, with a starting price of HK$ 654.38+5,000. According to Hu, there are few original works, and the national estimate is not more than 10. Long-term cooperation with Ningbo painter Zhang is called "golden partner". They occupy an important position in chinese comic's creative history with their skillful and fluent traditional techniques, meticulously portrayed characters, colorful pictures and unique painting styles. Zhang and I are old friends and live in the same building. They have cooperated for more than ten years and become a pair of versatile and prolific cartoonists. In particular, figure paintings in ancient costumes are handy and have both facial expressions. Kings and princes, gifted scholars and beautiful women, demons and gods, ordinary people, they can do anything. It's usually a draft with a hook. Looking through the classical series of books published by Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House during this period, almost all of them have their works: The Journey to the West's anger is a false embarrassment of the country, the romance of the Western Han Dynasty hides Chen Cang, pursues Han Xin, The Three Kingdoms returns to Jin, and the treasure of A Dream of Red Mansions meets Dai Yu, Wang Xifeng and Dai Yu. Among dozens of Strange Tales from a Lonely Studio published in Tianjin and the United States, Xin Siniang, Xiao Xie and Jiao Na by He Zhang are recognized as one of the best works. Their representative works include Two Lovers in a Dream of Red Mansions, Goddess of Mending Heaven, Two Ships by Jin Mei, Yang Jiajiang by Ren Mei (five volumes in total), and Ban Chao, Liang Hongyu and Xia Wanchun. Hu Yefo used a particularly free and easy pen to draw the American version of Pansi Cave and Cai Wenji. He also painted a large number of comic covers with classical themes, which became the best works in the lianzang circle.