Exhibition recognizes versatility of artist Lu Shi
The Exhibition Center is LuShi's effort to build a bridge between Chinese and Western art.
Woman in Black by Lu Shi. [Photo provided to China Daily]
The modernization of Chinese fine art throughout the 20th century witnessed a great number of artists who were gifted, hardworking and maintained a low profile. Some of them became household names while others remained under the radar.
Late painter and educator Lu Shi is one such figure whose versatility was for long unrecognized by the public.
Infinite Art and Endless Sentiment, an exhibition now on at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing, introduces Lu's excellence in oil painting, classic Chinese ink art, print, calligraphy and the traditional Chinese-style seal cutting.
The exhibition through Aug 25 marks the centennial anniversary of Lu's birth and centers around his endeavor to bridge Chinese and Western art.
Niu Lang and Zhi Lyu by Lu Shi. [Photo provided to China Daily]
Lu was trained at Hangzhou Fine Art School, now China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, under the discipline of several modern masters such as Lin Fengmian and Pan Tianshou.
After he graduated in 1942, Lu joined with dozens of artists, archaeologists and scholars to journey to northwestern China, where they investigated relic sites and copied mural paintings of Mogao Caves.
And for decades Lu taught at Nanjing Normal University in Jiangsu province.
Lu's body of works shows a spirit to carry forward Chinese art and a concern for people which he inherited from his teachers, China's first-generation modern artists.
Self portrait by Lu Shi. [Photo provided to China Daily]
Landscape by Lu Shi. [Photo provided to China Daily]
Guanyin by Lu Shi. [Photo provided to China Daily]
Dance by Lu Shi. [Photo provided to China Daily]
