朱宣咸

 　 朱宣咸(1927年浙江--2002年重庆)，中国画画家，木刻版画家与美术教育家；二十世纪四十年代初起从事中国画与中国新兴木刻版画创作。重庆市美术家协会首任常务副主席兼秘书长。是成立重庆市美术家协会的筹备人，成立重庆国画院的发起人，重庆美专校的创始人。 www.18art.com

　 半个多世纪来朱宣咸先生创作了不少中国画、版画等作品，并被中国美术馆，大英博物馆，清华大学及各地美术馆博物馆等机构收藏；被《中国年鉴》，《二十世纪中国画》，《中国百年版画 1900--2000》，《寒凝大地--国统区木刻版画集 1930--1949》等大型文献收录；1946年起作品多次入选一系列国家级重要美展(1946年中华美展，1948年中华全国美展，1952年中国画展，1959年第三届全国美术作品展览，1959年第四届全国版画展览，1962年纪念延讲20年来全国优秀美术作品展览等等)；发表作品数千次；艺术风格被《美术》、《人民日报》等海内外多种主要与专业媒体多次专题评介；先后出版有《朱宣咸木刻版画集》(1996年)，《朱宣咸花鸟画选辑》(1998年)与《朱宣咸风景木刻版画选辑》(1998年)；受中国美术家协会委托编辑出版《第六届全国美展获奖作品集》(1985年)，也曾编辑出版《重庆中国画选集》(1989年)等大型画册；2000年由文化、新闻、出版等六单位曾联合主办“朱宣咸从艺五十五年画展”；生平被载入《中国美术辞典》、《世界美术家传》和《中国文艺家传记》等国家级辞书。 #3$$#%%%%%%%6$

　 年轻时就投身人民美术事业和进步学生运动的朱宣咸，早年在上海直接参与鲁迅先生的新文化运动与新兴木刻版画运动，1948年在《观察》杂志社事件中被捕。后与刘开渠、张乐平共同代表上海美术界在《大公报》发表迎接解放的联合宣言；在中华全国美术协会工作后，参加中国人民解放军，1949年进军到重庆；1951年任中华全国美协重庆执委；是中国美术家协会会员，中国版画家协会会员，四川省美术家协会常务理事，重庆市文联委员，重庆国画院艺术顾问，重庆美专校校长。 长期以来，朱宣咸也正直无私的先后担任重庆市新闻、文化、教育、出版系统的美术领导工作，作为1949年建国后重庆美术事业的重要开拓者之一，对于建立，推动和促进尤其是重庆在二十世纪中期与后期美术事业的繁荣与发展方面作出了重要的贡献。曾获党和政府颁发的“献给共和国创立者”勋章。2003年文化、美术、教育界与政府在重庆举行朱宣咸塑像落成仪式。2004年纪念画集《艺术常青--美术家朱宣咸》出版。2006年朱宣咸艺术网建成开通(http://www.zhuxuanxian.com/)，(http://zhuxuanxian.com/)。

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Mr. ZHU Xuanxian (Zhejiang, 1927----Chongqing, 2002), a prominent master of traditional Chinese paintings and woodcut paintings, also an educationalist in art. commenced the creation of traditional Chinese paintings and New Woodcut paintings in early 1940s. As the first standing vice-chair and secretary general of Chongqing Artists' Association, he was the founder of Chongqing Artists' Association, Chongqing Academy of Chinese Paintings, and Chongqing Art School.

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During his art career of more than a half-century, ZHU has created a lot of traditional Chinese paintings, and woodcuts paintings, many of which have been collected not only in the National Art Gallery of China, the British Museum, Tsinghua University and many other renowned art galleries as well as museums all over the place, but also in several notable publications, such as Chinese Almanac, Chinese Paintings of China's 20th Century, Woodcuts of China's 20th Century (from 1900 to 2000), The Ardent Spirit in Bitter Cold--Woodcuts Created in Kuomintang-ruled Areas (from 1930 to 1949), etc. Since 1946, his works have often been selected for a series of influential exhibitions home and abroad (China Art Exhibition in 1946, China National Art Exhibition in 1948, National Exhibition for Traditional Chinese Paintings in 1952, the Third National Art Exhibition in 1959, and National Excellent Works for Memorizing the 20th Anniversary of Yan'an Speech in 1962), and many of his works were published for several thousand times. Many national major and professional media, like Art and People's Daily, as well as overseas press, made special columns to comment his art style. ZHU had a series of collections published, including Collection of Woodcuts by ZHU Xuanxian in 1996, Selected Collection of Chinese Paintings of Flower and Bird by ZHU Xuanxian in 1998, Selected Collection of Landscape Woodcuts by ZHU Xuanxian in 1998, the Sixth National Art Exhibition Winners' Collection, commissioned by China Artists Association in 1985, and Selected Collection of Traditional Chinese Paintings of Chongqing in 1989. Six art, media and publishing organizations also co-sponsored an exhibition--Works in ZHU Xuanxian's 55-Year Art Career, in 2000. And his biography has been on several national dictionaries, including Chinese Art Dictionary, World Artists, and A Dictionary to Famous Contemporary Chinese Painters. #3$$#%%%%%%%6$

ZHU Xuanxian, plunging into the art cause of the Republic and the progressive student movement in his youth, joined the New Culture Campaign and the New Woodcut Culture Campaign in Shanghai initiated by LU Xun, and was arrested in the Watch magazine event in 1948. After that, representing artists in Shanghai , ZHU publicized a joint declaration on Communique to welcome the liberation, together with LIU Kaiqu and ZHANG Leping. After working in the National Art Association, he joined the People's Liberation Army, then went to Chongqing with the army in 1949, and was appointed as Chongqing 's Executive Committee Member of the National Art Association in 1951. He was also the member of China Artists Association as well as China Woodcut Artists Association. Executive director of Sichuan Artists' Association, Consultant of Chongqing Academy of Chinese Paintings, Principal of Chongqing Art School. For a long time, ZHU, with outstanding performance and integrity, had selflessly led the art work in various systems of press, culture, education and publication. Since the foundation of P. R. China in 1949, he had dedicated to be the great founder and contributor to Chongqing 's art cause, especially for the establishment, prosperity and development of Chongqing 's art cause in middle and late stages of the 20th century. ZHU was also once awarded the Medal for the Founder of the Republic by the government. In 2003, people from culture, art, education organizations and government held the Completion Ceremony of ZHU Xuanxian Statue in Chongqing . A commemoratory album, ZHU Xuanxian--A Master of Brush Evergreen, was published in 2004, and China Art by ZHU Xuanxian Web (http://www.zhuxuanxian.com/), (http://zhuxuanxian.com/), was established and open to public visit in 2006. China Art by ZHU Xuanxian in Baidu Web (http://hi.baidu.com/zhuxuanxain), was established in 2007.

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朱宣咸 ZHU Xuanxian