Alias: Also known as Zhao Qing and Zhang Gong.
Nationality: People's Republic of China (PRC).
Ethnic group: Han nationality
Place of birth: Funing, Jiangsu
Date of birth:191June 05 17.
Date of death: May 2000 19.
Occupation: China famous cartoonist.
Faith: * * materialism
Main achievements: One of the "Four Famous Paintings" in Shanghai has contributed greatly to the development of new chinese comic, and Monkey King Thrice Defeats the Skeleton Demon is the pinnacle.
Representative works: Monkey King Thrice Defeats the Skeleton Demon, The Outlaws of the Marsh, and Elvis Presley.
(lishixinzhi.com in History) Zhao Hongben's Character
Zhao Hongben (19 15—2000), Zhao Qing, originally from Funing, Jiangsu, was born in Shanghai; When I was young, I copied Biography of Mustard Garden and taught myself to draw.
1932 went to Shanghai People's Bookstore to study comics. At first, it imitated the style of Zhu Runzhai, a comic predecessor, and later gradually formed its own face. His early masterpieces include Seascape Wave, The Greatest Show on Earth and Elvis Presley.
1937, he entered Ri Zhang amateur night school and was influenced by progressive thoughts. After the August 13th Sino-Japanese War broke out in Shanghai, he attached great importance to the selection of comic books' ideological content, and successively created works praising national heroes, martyrdom of Qi Jiguang and Zhang Xun, Thunderstorm and Thunderstorm. 1939, he left school and made a living independently. In the 1940s, he published a political cartoon under the pseudonym of Zhang Gong in the semi-monthly Life Knowledge, exposing the Japanese royal family's atrocities against China and supporting the anti-civil war and anti-hunger movement. 1940, Zhao Hongben organized a cartoon association to draw cartoons such as "Three Slaughters in Jiading" to publicize anti-tyranny and anti-aggression. Later, he painted the True Story of Ah Q, The Table, A Scene in Shanghai, Heaven and Hell, Edison, Young Pen Geng (from the Italian masterpiece The Education of Love), Shi Kefa, Plum Blossom Ridge, Yangzhou Ten Days and other progressive works. 1943 cooperated with Zhou, insisting on painting Little Scissors, Begonia, Robbery of Peach and Plum, Wake up the Lion, Roaring Xu Jiatun, etc. Besides, I also showed some real life.
The phenomenon has been adapted into costume stories that satirize reality, such as Endless, Karma Comes, Wuwen God of Wealth and so on. His works are healthy and artistic, deeply loved by readers, and have gained a high reputation among comic peers, and are called one of the four famous comics. After 1945, Shanghai established the Comic Book and Novel Industry Improvement Research Association, and Zhao Hongben was elected as one of the leaders. He also participated in the struggle to protect the factory with the workers in the cotton mill, and compiled the cartoon "The Struggle to Protect the Factory".
After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he created a large number of comic works such as Zhao Yiman, Revenge of Blood and Tears, Disaster Relief, Hero Tree, Song Wu Drunken Jiang Menshen, General Peace, Legend of the White Snake and Peach Blossom Fan. 1In May, 949, he served as the president of Shanghai Xinsheng Publishing House, organized the creation and publication of new comics, participated in the establishment of Shanghai Comic Writers Association, and was elected as the chairman. 1950 transferred to the editorial department of East China General Branch of Xinhua Bookstore and served as the deputy head of the comic group; 195 1 was transferred to the position of Deputy Chief of Comics Department of East China People's Publishing House. 1952 transferred to deputy director of editorial department of New Fine Arts Publishing House. 1956, director of comic studio in Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House.
1962, the comic "Monkey King Thrice Defeats the Skeleton Demon" jointly created by him and Qian Xiaodai reached a high artistic level. He won the first prize in the first national cartoon award held the following year, and was published in English, Japanese, German and French. 1980 won the third prize of the outdoor children's painting and illustration competition organized by the Asian Cultural Center of UNESCO, and 1985 retired. He died in 2000 at the age of 85.
Mr. Zhao Hongben was a member of China Artists Association, executive director of Shanghai Branch of China Artists Association, vice president of China Comic Book Research Association and director of Shanghai Branch of China Publishers Association. He has been engaged in comic creation for more than 50 years and has created and published more than 350 kinds of comics.
Zhao Hongben's Artistic Experience
During the apprenticeship of the Republic of China, Zhao Hongben lived at the bottom of society and lived by labor every day. When I was six years old, I found it difficult to make a living in the rural areas of northern Jiangsu and went to Tianjin with my parents. Tianjin is rich in local culture. During the Spring Festival, the lanterns on the street were painted with Yangliuqing opera characters, which fascinated Zhao Hongben. Go home and copy into a painting, from interest to hobby, and devote yourself tirelessly. After living in Tianjin for two or three years, I dropped out of school and followed my parents to the beach of Shili Sheep Farm. Relying on the pie stall of Big Brother, Zhao Hongben took a basket to the streets every morning to sell "pie fritters". In his spare time, Zhao Hongben never gave up the habit of painting and distributed it to his neighbors on holidays. To encourage him, his neighbor gave him 20 cents for paper and pencil. Later, Mr. Wang led him to Fuzhou Road, set up a word stand, and drew reference study materials "Mustard Garden" and "Atlas of 100 Celebrities in Qing Dynasty". Teacher Wang taught him landscape painting and flower-and-bird painting, and the painter painted the nose first. Zhao Hongben also went to the "Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts" in Tangjiawan, southern Shanghai, to consult and enroll in an American school. He gave up because the entrance threshold was too high.
193 1 year, Zhao Hongben went to Zhabei to learn painting from a senior in wang xing. When the two sides met, Mr. Wang interviewed on the spot and decided to stay. Zhao Hongben took a pen and drew a picture of Yue Fei Xiu Xiang, which stunned Mr. Wang, made a decision and made a "contract". Three months after "training", Zhao Hongben officially performed on stage. I drew the teacher's script, but it was also bought by the bookstore and sold for 20 cents. In the days to come, I will draw one book after another for my teacher. Zhao Hongben's creative skills are constantly improving, and the prices of draft books sold by artists are also rising. However, Zhao Hongben suffered exploitation for four years.