内画艺术大师李慧婷的艺术之旅

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在热浪迭起的五月，中国轻工业联合会、中国轻工业珠宝首饰中心、中国工艺美术学会联合主办的中国工艺美术“百花奖”在福建莆田落下帷幕。在诸多的各类工艺品中，李慧婷的内画作品《鱼乐图》在全国数百件参赛作品中脱颖而出，获得中国工艺美术“百花奖”金奖。

内画，追溯其渊源，要从鼻烟开始说起，鼻烟是在明朝万历年间由意大利传教士利马窦以贡品名义传入中国。光绪年间，博山民间艺人毕荣久辗转得其技法。由于制作独特，画工精致、妙趣横生，受到了清朝慈禧太后的赏识，被列为宫廷用品删去。上世纪80年代初，博山内画参加了第一届中国工艺美术“百花奖”的评选，集体获得了最具影响力的“百花奖”。可是后来，企业衰败后，内画组的老师和徒弟们如同散落的珍珠，在不同的角落依旧是光芒四射。直到2006年，中国工艺美术大师张广庆被推选为删去中国工艺美术学会鼻烟壶专业委员会会长以后，多年散落的珍珠又联在了一起。同时，也汇集了全国内画界的四大流派，让内画艺术大放异彩！2013年5月鲁派内画被申报为山东省非物质文化遗产。

李慧婷自幼受艺术家庭的影响与熏陶，酷爱美术，童年时拜巨匠齐白石门下，师从齐白石弟子宋保臣先生学习书画。1981年考入青岛工艺美术学校，1985年毕业，师从国家级非物质文化遗产鲁派内画传承人、国家一级美术师、首席中国内画艺术大师，首届玻璃艺术大师张广忠先生学习内画艺术，攻山水、花鸟、鱼虫。紫藤、荷花乃之最爱，以两者为素材，抒发和表达作者的内心情感世界。

30多年来，李慧婷致力于内画艺术研究与创作，形成了自己独特的艺术风格，作品画风高雅，构图严谨，色调统一，雅俗共赏，称之为鲁派内画代表人物之一，在内画届具有广泛的影响力，其作品深受国内外收藏家的喜爱。多次参加国内外工艺美术及内画艺术精品展，并荣获诸多奖项。数百件内画作品分别被编入《中国内画图典》《中国内画艺术大师作品集》《英国珍宝博物馆精品典藏》《庆祝中华人民共和国成立65周年纪念邮册》等出版物中。其作品被英国珍宝博物馆、美国加州文化艺术中心收藏。

2010年，在李慧婷的牵头下，由曲克涛、翁美琴、刘辉、黄得利组建了“袖艺坊”工作室，在此，一边展示销售着作品，一边带着学生，探讨传承着内画艺术。目前，“袖艺坊”是鲁派内画队伍中获奖最多、最具实力、最有人气的一支团队。

现在，李慧婷已是中国内画艺术大师，走在了同龄人的前列。但她不以物喜，不以己悲，成功与失败在她眼里，不过是平常的事情而已。她把自己一生的艺术追求作了一个难能可贵的定向，始终不渝地朝着这个方向进取。

编辑/王天宇

○《觅食》13cm×8.5cm

○《紫霞》18.5cm×20cm

李慧婷，1962年生，中国内画艺术大师、中国工美行业艺术大师、中国玻璃艺术大师、中国传统工艺大师，是山东省工艺美术大师、山东省工艺美术名人、高级工艺美术师、山东省轻工业首席技师，还是国际鼻烟壶协会会员、中国工艺美术学会理事、中国工艺美术学会鼻烟壶研究会副会长。

In M a y w h e n t h e h e a t w a s oppressive, the “Baihua Awards”of Chinese Arts and Crafts cohosted by the China National Light Industry Council, the China Light Industry Jewelry Center and the China National Arts and Crafts Society concluded at Putian, Fujian. In a large variety of artworks, Li Huiting’s inner painting work Joy of Fish stood out among hundreds of competitive works nationwide, and won the Gold Medal for “Baihua Awards” of Chinese Arts and Crafts.

Li Huiting, born in 1962, is a Chinese inner painting artist, master of the Chinese arts & crafts industry,Chinese glass artist, master of traditional Chinese crafts, master of Shandong arts & crafts, celebrity of Shandong arts & crafts, senior industrial artist,chief technician of the Shandong Light Industry, member of the International Chinese Snuff Bottle Society, member of the China National Arts and Crafts Society, as well as Vice President of the Snuff Bottle Institute of the China National Arts and Crafts Society.

○《鱼乐图》12cm×4.5cm

○《荷韵》12cm×7cm

To trace the origin of inner painting, we shall start with snuff.The snuff bottle was introduced to China by an Italian missionary named Matteo Ricci as a form of tribute during the Wanli Period of the Ming Dynasty. During the reign of Guangxu, Bi Rongjiu, a folk artisan of Boshan, mastered its techniques. Due to unique manufacturing, exquisite brushwork, witty connotations, the snuff bottle was appreciated by Empress Dowager Cixi of the Qing Dynasty, and listed as one of the imperial supplies. In the early 1980s,the inner painting works of Boshan participated in the selection of the First “Baihua Awards” of Chinese Arts and Crafts, and collectively won the Most Influential “Baihua Award”.However, after the enterprise declined,the teachers and apprentices of the inner painting team, like scattered pearls, still radiated brilliance in different corners. In 2006 after Zhang Guangqing, master of Chinese arts &crafts, was elected as the Chairman of the Specialized Committee for Snuff Bottles of the China National Arts and Crafts Society, these pearls that had been scattered for long were linked together again. In the meantime, four schools of inner painting gathered,and enabled inner painting arts to yield unusually brilliant results!In May 2013, the Lu-School Inner Painting was declared as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Shandong Province.

○《藤之恋》13cm×8.5cm

○《童趣》10.5cm×9.5cm

Influenced and edified by an artistic family since childhood, Li Huiting is very fond of fi ne arts. When she was young, she learned calligraphy and painting from Mr. Song Baochen, a student of Qi Baishi. She was admitted to Qingdao Craftwork Art School in 1981, and graduated in 1985. In that period, she learned inner painting arts from Mr. Zhang Guangzhong, inheritor of Lu-School Inner Painting — National Intangible Cultural Heritage, National First-Level Artist, Chief Inner Painting Artist of China and First Glass Artist —and focused on landscape, flowers &birds, as well as fi sh & insects. Wistaria and lotuses are her favorites. She usually selects the two as themes to express her inner emotional world.

Over thirty years, Li Huiting has been committed to the research and creation of inner painting arts, and formed her unique artistic style.With works characterized by elegant painting style, rigorous composition,color harmonization as well as a combination of refined and popular tastes, she is known as one of the representative personages of Lu-School Inner Painting, and has wide inf l uence in the inner painting circles.Her works enjoy popularity among both domestic and overseas collectors.In addition, she attended the arts &crafts and selected inner painting artwork exhibitions at home and abroad more than once, and won a number of awards. Hundreds of her inner painting works are respectively incorporated in such publications as Chinese Inside Painting of the Modern Age, Collection of Works of Chinese Inner Painting Artists, Fine Works Collected by UK Museum of Treasures and Stamp Album for Celebration of the 65th Anniversary of the Founding of the People's Republic of China.Her works have been collected by UK Museum of Treasures and California Culture and Art Center.

In 2010, led by Huiting, Qu Ketao,Weng Meiqin, Liu Hui and Huang Deli established “Xiuyifang” Studio, where they lead students to probe into the inner painting arts that have been passed down over generations while selling works. So far, “Xiuyifang” is the most-awarded, most powerful and most popular team among the Lu-School inner painting teams.

Now, Huiting has become a Chinese inner painting artist ahead of most of her peers. However, she is neither pleased by external gains, nor saddened by personal losses. In her eyes, success or failure is merely a common thing. She has developed an estimable orientation for her lifelong artistic pursuit, unswervingly moving towards her goals.