the Way of Zhanghongnian’s Nostalgic Realism
...und people’s attic and out of fields. He created a dramatic series of lives of ordinary people in Tibet with his dramatic compositions and superb technique. ”Tibet Madonna? “Pulling the yak? ?From the Roof of the World"? the 10 lithographs reflect the love of Zhang for Chinese rural life. Both Zhang and his icon Wyeth know country life. They match up in rural attitudes and in their awareness of a rural world under stress from outside. They kept a detailed record of movement with full of the rhythms of walking, of perspectives changing with approach and withdrawal. “I search for the realness, the real feeling of a subject, all the textures around it ... I always want to see the third dimension of something ... I want to come alive with the object.?as Wyeth points out. Nature conditions in a very detailed way stimulate the ardor of creation. “I think one's art goes as far and as deep as one's love goes.? In zhang’s “echo? “calling?and “pulling the yak? we can easily catch the love for nature and for life. and this is the love that you can draw a detailed thing thousands of times with ardors. Especially in “calling? a long-haired girl with flowers in her right hand, at the moment, she devotes her mind to the far distance. Her facial expression suggests a voice calling there; “echo?is also the painting which can express a voice of Zhang. In one side, I think all these obtained from Andre Wyeth go further than Andrew himself. In Andrew’s both”thunder?and “Christina’s world? we are more like watching an illustration than a film. But with Zhang, the thing around us and even the girls(models) left enough hints to think over. In the other side, the sounds called from the shells (models) are too high to enable us to hear the sound from the most important spirits. Things have two sides. No matter which side the painter prefer, we can appreciate all the subtle joy and emotion we felt from the paintings flying out our heart. Zhang and Wyeth communicate with audience with an ease and fluency that amounts to a kind of genius. Conclusion Hongnian Zhang conveys the American’s nostalgic realism which is the sparkle in american’s art history with his paintings. From Zhang or from Andrew Wyeth, we can understand well the American native culture which helps to build the unique style of their huge fashion...