林锴画作

林锴(1924.01.01—2006)福建福州人，1924年1月1日生。书画家、篆刻家、诗人。林锴幼年丧父，自幼随母寄居于外祖父家中。童年时就酷爱美术。由临摹香烟片开始，继而临摹《芥子园画传》，有时到户外作水彩写生。那时代字画展览见不到，只好隔一两天就到附近裱褙店去看画。后来又购得《马骀自习画谱大全》一套，利用课馀和寒暑假时间着手临习，十分入迷。初中一年级暑假，开始向外祖父学作旧体诗，目的是要在自己画上自题诗，每天练习作一首山水绝句，配一小幅画，完成一百张册页。
1946年考入福建省立师专艺术科，接受谢投八、林子白诸老师指导，学画才算步入正轨。他对中西画都具有浓厚的兴趣，学习很认真，又时常去拜访福州老画家陈子奋先生，陈老诗书画印全能，颇受其教益。读完师专一年，到杭州考入国立艺专国画系。受黄宾虹、郑午昌、潘天寿、吴茀之、诸乐三等画家的当面指点，学业进步很快。
林锴主攻山水专业。开始临摹古法，以元四家、明四家、清四王为主攻方向，重在娴熟古人的笔墨变化；旁及四僧、八怪，旨在领会其奇情逸趣；也兼向近现代吴昌硕、齐白石、黄宾虹、潘天寿诸家的作品中汲取营养。感到传统方法太陈旧，要加以改进，就必须汲取其他画种的长处。因此课馀往往跟随西画教室的同学外出作西画写生。每周除专业技法外，还设有书法、篆刻、诗学、美术史及各门理论课。因自幼练过颜真卿、柳公权、苏东坡等人的字帖，书法有点基础。开始迷恋过赵之谦，继而学习魏碑。魏碑中方笔一种从《张猛龙》进而爱好《嵩高灵庙》、大小爨；圆笔则喜《石门铭》、《瘗鹤铭》，取其拙朴古厚之神味。对篆刻的兴趣也始于此。曾把积攒下的一百多首旧体诗送请潘天寿先生批改，受到赞扬和鼓励。有一首七古，他认为最好，批道：“此诗通首灵活，一气呵成，有大珠小珠落玉盘之妙，可喜、可喜!”
创作巅峰
1950年艺专毕业，分配到当时的辽西省康平县当中学美术教师，一年后到北京进人民美术出版社工作，以美术创作为主，也搞一部分编辑。先后工作达三十八年之久。创作了大量连环画、年画、插图、宣传画，重点是连环画。《济公巧断垂金扇》、《妇女主任》等被认为刻画人物性格比较成功的作品。《三岔口》则是以国画水墨来表现的连环画，博得好评。《甲午海战》于1963年获全国第一届连环画评奖二等奖。《牲口评价大会》于1956年获北京市青年美展国画一等奖。1957年为中国军事革命博物馆绘制抗日题材《鬼子的汽艇又来了》。1959年为中国革命博物馆绘制大型历史画《捻军大败僧格林沁》。1963年为配合纪念曹雪芹诞生200周年，与刘旦宅、贺友直共同绘制大型水墨组画《曹雪芹传》12帧，参加展览。
潜心篆刻
“文化大革命”中，林锴遭受迫害，1970年下放湖北咸宁“五七干校”劳动。1972年返回原单位，任原职。1975年他对旧体诗有了新的认识，认为旧体诗完全可以反映新时代。于是曾经荒废了二十多年的旧体诗又重新捡起，继续写作。中断了好多年的篆刻也逐渐拾起来，经过集中几段时间的探讨，他深感金石篆刻的功效，关键处不在刀与石上，而在于书法的根底及艺术的素养。他对篆刻，偏爱沉雄苍劲一路，追求奔放而复整严，拙厚而不臃肿的风格。上窥秦汉，近取吴昌硕、齐白石、来楚生诸家之长，并参考同时代流行之佳作，力求自出新意。
自成一派
1979年人民美术出版社成立创作室，从此林锴以国画为专业。山水、人物、花鸟齐头并进。昔年着重传统的探讨，今日热心自我风格的创立。除了作画，也兼顾书法。以碑帖合参，遇圆则圆，遇方则方，行笔自如，保留魏碑的结构而参以明清书家黄道周、沈曾植用笔的使转方法，方劲中寓流走，拙朴中具秀逸。他体会到：诗书画印分之为四门，合之为一体，是互为影响互为补充的。诗有画意，画有诗情，画的布局影响印，印的金石趣味有助用笔，而书法又是印学的基础。四门要求兼工，又要有所侧重，继前辈文人画之长，熔诗书画印于一炉，并予以发扬光大，是我们这一辈画人的职责。
大师晚年
林锴自1988年退休以来，身患痼疾，仍旧工作不辍。1994年7月被聘任为中央文史研究馆馆员。他还是国家一级画师，中国美术家协会会员，中国书法家协会会员，中华诗词学会会员。
在五十多年艺术实践过程中，其作品经常参加国内外展出，发表在各报刊杂志上的诗书画印及文章不计其数，且多次获奖。
2006年5月24日上午9时20分，因痼疾逝世，享年83岁。5月24日上午，遗体告别仪式在顺义潮白陵园举行，200余名生前友好参加了告别仪式。

林锴画作

Lin Kai (1924.01.01, person of 2006) Fujian Fuzhou, unripe on January 1, 1924. Home of painting and calligraphy, seal cutting home, poet. Father of funeral of Lin Kai childhood, from a child is sent along with the mother in be on grandfather home. Art is loved when childhood. By copy cigarette piece begin, then copy " picture of mustard seed garden is passed " , arrive sometimes outdoors make watercolour paint from life. Exhibition of acting in those days calligraphy and painting does not see, be forced to lie between 9 days to see a picture to around mount inn. Buy again later " the horse ans inferior horse encyclopedia of self-study a book on the art of drawing or painting " , use class Yu and time of cold summer vacation to begin to face review, very enchanted. Junior high school one grade summer vacation, begin to learn old system poem to grandfather, the purpose is to want to go up to inscribe a poem oneself in him picture, practice a poem of four lines of a landscape everyday, mix a small picture, finish 100 pieces of an album of paintings or calligraphy.
Took an examination of the Fujian Province to establish division of art of teachers training school 1946, accept wither cast 8, grove Mr. Bai Zhu is directive, ability learning a picture calculates enter the right path. He has strong interest to picture of Chinese and Western, study is very serious, visit gentleman of act vigorously of Chen Zi of Fuzhou old painter again constantly, chen Laoshi painting and calligraphy imprints all-round, suffer its to benefit gained from sb's wisdom quite. Read a teachers training school one year, take an examination of to Hangzhou national art only traditional Chinese painting is. Suffer Huang Binhong, Zheng Wuchang, Pan Tianshou, of Pi , of painter of Zhu Le third class give directions face to face, school work progress is very rapid.
Landscape of Lin Kai main attack is professional. Begin copy ancient magic art, with yuan 4, bright 4 the home, Qing Dynasty direction of 4 Wang Wei main attack, change in the writing of adept the ancients again; Take up 4 monks, 8 strange, aim to comprehend its strange feeling ease is interesting; Also hold concurrently to modern Tian Shouzhu of Wu Changshuo, Qi Baishi, Huang Binhong, Pan nutrition of the derive in domestic work. Feel traditional the method is too dated, want to try to improve, must the good qualities that other picture plants derive. Because this class Yu often follows,the classmate of picture classroom goes out on the west paint from life is painted on the west. Outside eliminating professional ability doctrine every week, still set calligraphy, seal cutting, poetics, art history and each academic course. Because practice of from a child crosses the copybook of the person such as public right of Yan Zhenqing, willow, Su Dongpo, calligraphy has bit of base. Begin to had been infatuated with Zhao Zhiqian, then learns tablet inscriptions of the Northern Dynasties. In tablet inscriptions of the Northern Dynasties square pen a kind from " Zhang Meng dragon " like then " temple of fleabane Gao Ling " , size cooks; Round pen is fond of " Shi Menming " , " the inscription that bury a crane " , take the divine taste of its clumsy Piao Guhou. The interest to seal cutting also only then hereat. Poem of more than 100 when ever issued scrape up old system sends gentleman of birthday of the day that ask Pan to correct, praise and be encouraged. Have 7 ancient, he thinks best, approve: "This poem is connected head agile, get sth done without any letup, have big bead small bead fall Yu Panzhi is clever, delectable, delectable! Delectable, delectable!!
Produce summit summit
1950 art graduate only, allocate the distant at that time art teacher learns in Kang Ping county is being saved to become on the west, job of people art publishing house is taken to Beijing after a year, with art creation is given priority to, also do one part edition. Work early or late those who amount to 38 years is long. Created a large number of comic, New Year picture, illustration, poster, the key is comic. " aid is official break opportunely hang down golden leaf " , " woman director " the work that waits to be thought depict character nature compares a success. " 3 fork in a road " it is the comic that will behave with Chinese ink of water of traditional Chinese painting, earn reputably. " armour midday naval battle " obtained decide on awards through discussion of the first comic of countrywide 1963 second-class award. " draught animals evaluates congress " exhibit first prize of traditional Chinese painting at obtaining Beijing youth beauty 1956. Fought day of subject matter for scale of museum of Chinese war revolution 1957 " the launch of devil came again " . For scale of Chinese revolution museum large history was drawn 1959 " Lin Qin of case of monk of defeat utterly of the Nian Army " . Was born 200 years to cooperate to commemorate Cao Xueqin 1963, dawn with Liu curtilage, He You is straight group of large water Chinese ink draws collective scale " Cao Xueqin is passed " 12 frame, enter an exhibition.
Seal cutting of with great concentration
"The Great Cultural Revolution " in, lin Kai is sufferred persecute, hubei of transfer to a lower level is salty 1970 peaceful " 57 dry school " labor. Returned former unit 1972, assume former post. He had new knowledge to old system poem 1975, think old system poem can mirror new era completely. Then once bedraggled old system poem of more than 20 years new pick up, continue to compose. The seal cutting that interrupted a lot of years also is picked up gradually rise, pass those who focus a few paragraphs of time to discuss, he feels the effect of inscriptions seal cutting, crucial part is not on knife and stone, and the accomplishment that depends on calligraphic bedrock and art. He is right seal cutting, partial heavy hero is vigrous all the way, pursuit is bold and unrestrained and answer whole severe, clumsy is thick and not the style of overstaffed. Qin Han is peeped on, take Zhu Jiazhi of Wu Changshuo, Qi Baishi, Lai Chusheng to grow nearly, an excellent work of referenced coetaneous popularity, do one's best gives new idea oneself.
Become one group oneself
People art publishing house established creation room 1979, from now on Lin Kai is major with traditional Chinese painting. Advance side by side- do two or more things at once of landscape, character, painting of flowers and birds in traditional Chinese style. In former years emphasize a tradition discuss, of style of enthusiastic now ego found. Besides make a picture, also calligraphy of give attention to two or morethings. Close with a rubbing from a stone inscription ginseng, encounter circle criterion circle, encounter Fang Zefang, travel pen freelies, preserve the structure of tablet inscriptions of the Northern Dynasties and join what use a pen with week of ecliptic of Home Ming Qingshu, Shen Cengzhi to make turn method, the contain in Fang Jin flows, beautiful ease is provided in clumsy Chinese hackberrya. He experiences: Poetic painting and calligraphy imprints cent is 4, those who close for an organic whole, it is each other is to affect each other additional. The poem has picture idea, the picture has poetics, the layout influence of the picture imprints, imprinted inscriptions gout conduce uses a pen, and calligraphy is to imprint learned basics. 4 requirements hold labour concurrently, want to emphasize particularly on somewhat again, what afterwards elder bookman draws is long, print of frit poem painting and calligraphy one furnace, give carry forward, it is us the duty of person of picture of this one generation.
Great Master old age
Since Lin Kai retired 1988 oneself, suffer from chronic illness personally, still work not to stop. In July 1994 by the member that appoint to a position is central literary history to study house house. He or country one class painter, chinese artist academician, chinese calligrapher academician, china poem word academician.
In procedure of more than 50 years of artistic practice, its work often attends to exhibit domestic and internationally, the poetic painting and calligraphy that is published on each newspapers and periodicals imprints reach article countless, and for many times bear the palm.
On May 24, 2006 morning 9 when 20 minutes, because chronic illness dies, die at the age of is 83 years old. On May 24 morning, remains leaves the ceremony is in arrange justice tide white cemetery to hold, more than 200 before one's death friendly attended to leave ceremony.