----On 13rd July 1989, overseas newspaper reported on Ms. Kong Ji zhao
Text / Reporter Wang Ai lun
If it wasn't for her, no one would have seen her as a famous Chinese female painter, not knowing that she was Confucius's sixty-eighth generation descendant of Kong Jizhao.
Thin body, but there is a lovely smiling face, she said, you may not believe that I have an arts talent cultivation place, Xiamen Gulangyu Fujian arts and crafts school, there are more than 1 thousand students.
Studying fine brushwork heavy color painting of Kong Jizhao, she thinks that the fine brushwork heavy color painting is Chinese excellent traditional painting art, but also in the painting history holding the lead position long term. She said, unearthed from Changsha Chen Jia mountain Chu tomb and Han tomb in Mawangdui silk painting counted, also has two thousand years of history.
Unfortunately, since the "Literati painting" risehigh nearly a hundred years, the painting circles stress on "freehand brushwork", not important " fine brushwork" wind gradually, at the same time, as the ancient painting sort, in the aspect of reflecting the reality of life and explore the creation, develop slowly, there is no breakthrough, therefore the modern achievements painters are very few.
Kong Jizhao is a painter who can be thirty years such as one day, do not figure fame and fortune, concentrated on the creation of fine brushwork, the pursuit of a higher realm of art. Talk about her painting course, it is not difficult to find a brilliant page. Kong Jizhao was born in Beijing, since her childhood to study painting, from the Anti Japanese War period to the great southwestern, graduated from Chongqing national art college. It has also taught by the famous painter Chen Zhifo, Pan Tianshou, Li Keran, Liu Linglun and some professors, later with her painter husband Yang Xialin to Xiamen, co founded "Xiamen Luchao art school", which is the predecessor of Fujian arts and crafts school.
As a Chinese famous fine brushwork painter Kong Jizhao, one of her paintin "Magu offer longevity", one of the country's fair in Beijing, by the CPC leaders praise, and bought the painting, and famous moment.
There was a time when Kong Jizhao suddenly missed her relatives in Taiwan, when she went to Taiwan once the impression and feeling in 1949 February, drew the fine brushwork flower painting "Taiwan Butterfly Orchid", joined in "the Sixth National Art Exhibition" held in the summer of 1985, which hosted by China Artists Association held in Nanjing, quite well received.
This piece of Taiwan butterfly orchid work, in the painting parasitic orchids in the sand pendulum are rhythmic vitality, elegant natural color, if the butterflies fly, arousing the people affection of the Taiwan island, she said, Chinese love orchids, Phalaenopsis orchid is the treasure in Taiwan, well-known in the world, in the third session international flower exhibition, was named the Qunfang Breeding, a narrow strip of water between Fujian and Taiwan, close blood relationship, since the orchid introduction of Fujian, such as homecoming, full of life, blood is thicker than water, grass like love, why not compatriots reunion, her realm of Taiwan orchid, really intriguing.
In addition to painting, Kong Jizhao is good at absorbing nutrients from classical literature, folklore, her works theme, with more Fujian local flavor, her bird and flower painting as "Turkey White Stone" and "Bambusa Textilt and Red Leaves", figure painting “Chen San Wu Niang" and "Pick Tea Leaves and Snap Butterfly”, the themes from the life and folk, make the outside province audience feel fresh, viewers in the province feel warm, so her works received attention and welcome everywhere.
Carefully watch the works of Kong Jizhao, found that both figure painting and bird-and-flower painting, or her fine brushwork heavy color, not only mastered the traditional techniques, but also can observe the real life, collecting living material, by the ancients, study nature, homage to painting, by ancient reference today, to express the theme of painting, is broad and fresh flavor. She brought the pen, like a spring like silk, as floating clouds and running water, freely flowing style of writing, lively and bright, fresh and well, regardless of dye, cover color, lift line, can show the inherent decoration flavor, her accomplishments, it is not a short duration of time skill.
