传统笔墨挥写中外神韵

盛元富

王庆明绘画创作深怀母爱情愫，偏爱儿童、少女，善于发现平凡人生活和精神世界中富有趣味的美丽瞬间。

中国美术学院国画系意笔人物画家王庆明是一位创作精妙、教学认真且为人诚恳低调、德艺双馨的老教授。她曾与人合著出版过书籍《结构素描》，还分别在1993年和1998年出版过两册由中央美术学院老院长吴作人先生题写书名的八开画集《王庆明画集》。

王庆明于1955年考入中央美术学院华东分院（今中国美术学院）中国画系，受教于潘天寿、吴茀之、诸乐三、陆维钊等老先生。中华人民共和国成立初期，强调美术应反映社会现实，在国内享有盛誉的“新浙派人物画”应运诞生，李震坚、周昌谷、方增先这3位意笔人物画老师的代表作《妈妈的新课题》《两个羊羔》和《粒粒皆辛苦》等代表作名扬四海。作为第一届学生的王庆明，她的艺术思想、艺术风格和笔墨造型等方面自然而然地留有李震坚老师作品的“厚实”、周昌谷老师作品人物动作“巧妙”与方增先老师作品“灵动”的影子。

“行万里路，读万卷书”的信条与新浙派人物画推崇的深入生活与强调写生的理念，一直为王庆明所铭记。她先后去过新疆伊犁、甘肃甘南、云南西双版纳、山东泰山采风写生，寻觅创作素材。她每次去绝非走马观花，而是花很长时间沉下去深入生活，光在新疆就呆了数月时间。

王庆明绘画创作深怀母爱情愫，偏爱画儿童、少女，善于发现平凡人生活和精神世界中富有趣味的美丽瞬间。因此，她的作品有许多表现这类题材，如她出版的第一册画集中的《迎春》《小羊羔》《塔吉克人》《月光曲》《妈妈的小宝贝》《傣家姑娘》等等。其中，《盛装的苗女》是画家的得意之作。银头饰、银挂件和深色布衣上的明丽绣花与健美、富有立体感的脸庞，一双劳动的手与指头微翘的细节刻画，让一位自信、幸福与腼腆的苗女神态跃然纸上。画面中墨色的面傩挂件与可爱的姑娘形象形成强烈的对比，画作构图简洁，吸人眼球，因此被选作画集的封面画。

王庆明的作品在艺术处理上很多着意于人物的面部和手脚的刻画。她讲究结构，巧施渲染，让人物有血有肉有立体感，注重笔意，干湿浓淡兼用，故画面墨色氤氲、灵气满纸，意韵无限。

王慶明第二册画集的出版，除了重印了第一本画集中特别落单的几幅外，绝大多数是后来的新作。第二册画集更全面地反映了她的艺术观点和绘画成就。无论是在天山脚下的牧民毡房里，还是在西双版纳的傣家竹楼上或是在水乡江南的街巷中与河道上，她对男孩女童、少女、母亲都怀着深深的爱，他们的许多生活细节、情趣都成为她的绘画题材。作品《从雪山走来》《水乡寄情》《少女》《维族老祖母》等都是这种情结的表露。艺术处理上笔墨大胆泼辣、苍劲写意有力度，画面给人以或亮丽或深沉、妙趣横生的感受，韵味十足。

王庆明的创作中不乏分量颇重的作品，如《秋瑾》《鲁迅先生》《宋庆龄》《梅坞春早》《西泠五友》《冰心》等，这些作品造型严谨、落笔灵动、形神兼备。

若干年前，王庆明赴欧洲艺术考察，在巴黎举办个人画展后，还到德国特里尔市瞻仰马克思故居。她惊喜地发现自己1983年为纪念马克思逝世一百周年创作的《马克思一家读莎士比亚著作》被挂在陈列大厅中，而且这幅作品还编入《马克思画传》。后来她才想起，这幅画是她当年重画后奉赠给德国的。

王庆明的作品中还有一个亮点，就是以中国画笔墨抒写异域风情，这些作品除《马克思一家读莎士比亚著作》外，还有《缅甸舞蹈》《小猫咪》《留学生爱莎》《林中漫步》《白桦林中》《蓬皮杜女孩》《唐宁街即景》《绿草地》《蒙马特画家》《莎翁故里》等。这些作品中，人物脸部结构准确，用色雅丽不乏立体感，衣着背景用笔放逸，个别还用拓印效果、黑白布局、破墨积墨等，呈现出独特的艺术效果。

Specializing in freehand brushwork figure painting， Wang Qingming （born in 1933） has served her teaching duties at the Department of Traditional Chinese Painting of the Hangzhou-based China Academy of Art for decades. Her published works include  and two editions of ， released respectively in 1993 and 1998.

Wang Qingming started her advanced art study at the Eastern China Campus of Central Academy of Fine Arts （present-day China Academy of Art in Hangzhou） in 1955， learning from such masters as Pan Tianshou （1897-1971）， Wu Fuzhi （1900-1977）， Zhu Lesan （1902-1984） and Lu Weizhao （1899-1980）. At a time when realism was underlined as a goal of the mainstream art circle， the 1950s saw the rise of a new figure painting artist group representing Zhejiang Province， with the works of Li Zhenjian， Zhou Changgu and Fang Zengxian garnering the attention of the national media. Wangs artistic style and thoughts are strongly influenced by the styles of the three masters， combining the solidity of Li Zhenjian and the ingenuity and flexibility of Zhou Changgu and Fang Zengxian.

Taking art from the reality of life has always been the most important pursuit in the artistic creation of Wang Qingming. To draw inspiration from real life， she traveled a lot， exploring the countrys remotest places such as the south of Gansu in the northwest， Xishuangbanna in Yunnan in the southwest， Mount Tai in eastern Chinas Shandong， and Yili in Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region， where she stayed months to observe local lifestyles.

Girls and children are two of the artists favorite themes， as can be easily noticed in most of her creations depicting the beautiful moments of ordinary peoples homely life. Many of her works included in her first published art book， such as ，， ， ， and ， extract blessings from daily life routines. The viewer can sense the happiness and content from the face and hair decorations of the girl with a shy smile.

Wang Qingming spares no effort in the depiction of faces， hands and feet. She is a structure master， as can be seen in all her figure works that are full of flesh and blood and freehand flexibility brought to the max.

Most of the works included in the second edition of Wangs brushwork collection are her newer creations that demonstrate a more mature artistic attitude. The new edition is also a better summary of the artists achievements and progresses. Her love for children and motherhood is fully expressed in the paintings selected from her newer works， many of which show a bolder use of brushstrokes and a higher level of power and precision.

Whether it is the familiar pleasures of the life of ordinary people or more solemn topics， Wang expresses with noticeable ease. Her newer works include a “heavyweight” series that deals with cultural and political notables including Lu Xun， Soong Ching-ling， and Bing Xin， each demonstrating the artists high attainment in achieving unity of form and spirit.

One of Wang Qingmings solo exhibitions found its way into Paris. During her visit in Europe many years ago， she took the chance to go to Trier （in the west of Germany）， to see the former residence of Karl Marx， and found one of her works she created for the celebration of the 100th birthday of Karl Marx displayed in the residence， much to her surprise.

Titled ， the painting is just one of the artists “exotic” creations， in which she uses Chinese-style brushwork to bring out striking “foreign” details and proves herself a master of facial structures and colors. Layers of ink seem to have worked magic in her works， opening a world full of artistic possibilities.