On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of Feng Fasi's birth and the 5th anniversary of his death, National Art Museum of China holds this exhibition to commemorate Feng Fasi’s uncommon life of art by upholding the ideal of “art for life”.
Feng Fasi has learnt from Xu Beihong and his works, with high basic skill in shaping the essence of life and imprint of time. The exhibition, which focuses on two major periods of Feng Fasi’s artistic career-drama team of anti-Japanese war in 1940s and Maximoff oil painting training class in 1950s, themed by the rare works that show the rear area in the anti-Japanese war in 1940s and realism creation under Soviet Union’s teaching approach in 1950s. The show also presents around 100 pieces of precious rough sketch for his classic work Heroic Death of Liu Hulan as well as supporting historical documents, which highlights the strong artistic feelings of Feng Fasi as an older generation oil painting artist.
Feng Fasi, Yao People Eating Scones, 1943. sketch, oil on canvas, 44x65cm
Feng Fasi, Cooking and Washing in the Forest, 1942; charcoal on paper, 53.7x78.2cm
Feng Fasi, Liu Hulan died a martyr, 1957; oil on canvas (collection of the National Art Museum of China), 230x425cm
About the exhibition
Duration: 2014-06-27 To 2014-07-08
Venue: Hall 1,8,9,the National Art Museum of China
Courtesy of the artist and the National Art Museum of China.
