Wang Linyi (1908- 1997), sculptor, professor of Central Academy of Fine Arts. He went to France to study sculpture with Xu Beihong twice. ? Wang Henei (19 12-2000), Mrs. Wang Linyi, sculptor, professor of Central Academy of Fine Arts. Formerly known as Yeni Nicole. China is a Parisian. China nationality 1955.
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I sometimes wonder what it would be like if two people could love each other, know each other, have the same temperament and have the same interests.
Last year or the year before last, I stopped by the China Art Museum on my way to Beijing. When I learned that there was an exhibition, I went alone. This is the sculpture exhibition of "Plastic of Love" by Wang Linyi and his wife Wang Henei.
This exhibition not only shows their sculptures, but also combs their deep feelings for the couple.
There is an old video of the couple playing in the corner. At that time, they were all white-haired old people, fiddling with their own flowers and plants in their own yards, staring at each other, and the years were quiet.
In the huge art gallery, people pass in front of me or behind me from time to time, but the hall is very quiet and quiet. Everyone watched carefully and tenderly, as if afraid of disturbing the two.
Standing in the meantime, seeing these, I thank this karma meeting for letting me see their daily life after these works.
In the comments on Wang Linyi and Wang Henei, there is a saying: It's not easy, it's not simple. ...
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At that time, the weather was just right, just like that spring, everything was just beginning to be beautiful.
He has clear eyes, thin and shy, and a warm smile.
She is gentle, graceful and has a sweet smile.
This view should be based on ignorance and piety.
She is full of yearning for the mysterious oriental art and the desire to explore this China man named Wang Linyi.
He likes everything about this cultural and artistic capital, and the woman whose name is still Yeene Nikel attracts his attention.
He and she studied in the same school-Paris National Academy of Fine Arts. He is a sophomore.
How can I be unhappy when I see you in the wind and rain?
He loves photography and always has an old-fashioned camera on his chest. This camera made his first appearance in Europe. He also used it to photograph models in sculpture studios, ancient Greek ruins, beautiful sunsets and perhaps the romantic Seine.
The Seine River, a beautiful riverside, left a romantic figure of two people falling in love at first sight, skiing, swimming and strolling. ...
They talked about sculpture together. ...
Maybe, should, definitely. He used to worry about their future, and she also looked forward to their future.
One is that I am poor, afraid I can't give her happiness; One is that although he is poor, I don't care. He has a rich heart.
But when one day he learns something, he will eventually return to the country where he left for six years. That's where he grew up and grew up. It's a nostalgic cultural home, and there's another teacher waiting for him, Mr. Xu Beihong. He can't come to France to study without the teacher's recommendation.
Will she follow him back to China? Will her parents agree with her to do so?
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As Wang Linyi was worried, their relationship was not blessed by Yeene Nikel's parents. All he can do is go back to China alone. Before leaving, Wang Linyi promised Yeni Nicole that she would marry her if she came back.
This walk is two years.
Wang Linyi didn't break his word. Two years later, he came back. When he left, he took away the diploma of the National Academy of Fine Arts in Paris, and two years later, he took back the letter of appointment of a professor in the Sculpture Department of the National Academy of Fine Arts in Beiping.
This is his promise to Yeene Nikel's parents, who thought it would make him give up. But this love is far from the ocean and time, and it is still rock solid.
Such love should be blessed.
1937, Wang Linyi and Yeene Nikel got married in France. On that day, although the wedding was simple, they knew that the wedding with blessings was the biggest grand ceremony, especially when the blessings came from her parents.
From that day on, Yeni Nicole and Wang Linyi followed Wang's surname, both of whom had the same surname, and followed him back to China.
Not long after the calm and peaceful days, the Lugouqiao Incident happened. Then there is the chaos of war and displacement.
Beiping, Shanghai, Lushan, Kunming, Jinning, Chongqing ... all left their shadows.
She took off her dress and put on a coarse dress. In the war, two lovers can carry each other together, what else can be demanding?
Life has settled down a little, and they have not forgotten their sculpture career.
In a residential building in Shapingba, Phoenix Mountain, Chongqing, they set up a studio with their friends and carved their feelings with a knife.
Sacrifice for art, someone did it. Mu Xin said: Literature is lovely, life is interesting, and art needs to be sacrificed. He said so and did the same. He was unmarried all his life, accompanied by words and danced with art all his life.
Wang Linyi and Wang Henei have never had children in their lives. For them, apart from each other, there is also their sculpture art. Sculpture is their love and affection, and it is their lifelong companion.
Among the few old photos kept by Wang Linpeng and his wife, besides Wang Linpeng, there is also a pet in her arms, or a puppy or kitten.
She said: "you must love animals and have feelings for them;" Without feelings, animal sculptures can't be made. "
Her works Motherly Love, Sleeping Mother and Child, Deer Sucking and Kitten Washing are full of love and warmth.
Perhaps for Wang Henei, cats, dogs, tigers, deer, cows, horses, sheep, geese ... all these creatures are like children. How can they not be vivid when portraying children?
However, during this period, life is still not calm at times.
The couple went through political movements again and again. In those years, they had ups and downs and stumbled, but they were always happy.
That feeling, after years of precipitation, has become more mellow.
Hand in hand for 60 years,1July 1997, Wang Lin died. Two and a half years later, Wang Henei died in Beijing and chased him away.
This reminds people of Jiang Yang and Qian Zhongshu, Zhou Youguang and Zhang Yunhe: they all lead simple, quiet, interesting and meaningful lives.
Their lives are strikingly similar: in this world of catching shadows, it is not simple to simply spend a lifetime together; It is not easy to live in your own way according to your inner truth.