The sound of spring Painting

Brief introduction of Laowan: Laowan (real name: Yesheng Wu) who is a master instructor was born in county She, Anhui Province, China that is well known by two Chinese intangible cultural heritages: Hui ink-stick and She ink stone. When he was young, he was inspired by the local painters. After working, he insisted studying from the folk artists. Artists Tao Shi, Changshuo Wu, and Tianshou Pan are all his teachers. After practicing and learning for more than 40 years, he formed his own style gradually. In the year 2005, as an outstanding talent, he was adopted by Huangshan Municipality, and settled down in Huangshan. Due to his fantastic artistic achievement, he was interviewed by the media of Anhui Dairy in the early of eighties century. He was invited to many important art exhibitions. He successfully launched his solo art exhibitions themed as “Return Home” and “Paint Tour of Huizhou”. He published many academic papers and monographs such as , . His artwork was specially reported by social media, such as People’s Daily. He is now one of the inheritors of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Traditional Art and the chief painter of Art Salon of Huangshan Art Association. 作者简介：老湾，本名吴叶生，硕士生导师。他出生于中国著名的徽墨和歙砚的故乡歙县。从小受山野画匠启蒙，工作后坚持从民间艺术中汲取营养，远学先贤石涛、吴昌硕、潘天寿，师化黄山，40年笔耕不辍，初步形成了质朴、古拙、刚劲的艺术风格，山水花鸟均有涉猎。2005年作为黄山市政府人才引进落户黄山。其艺术成就早在上世纪八十年代就接受过《安徽日报》专访。作品屡次参加国内各地大展，成功举办了“回家”、“图游徽州”为主题的个展，发表诸多学术论文，出版《徽州墙头壁画》，《图游徽州》等专著，《人民日报》等媒体曾专题报道。现为传统美术非物质文化遗产传承人、黄山市美协艺术沙龙首席画家。