Song Wei

       Song Wei, founder of Fanmo Landscape Painting. In 1990, he became a disciple of the Dafengtang School and is recognized as the third-generation direct inheritor of Zhang Daqian. Vice President of the China Landscape Painting Association, Vice Chairman of the China Calligraphers and Painters Association, Council Member of the China Artists Association, National First-Class Artist, Member of Xiling Seal Society, and Special Tutor at Rongbaozhai.

       Mr. Song Wei’s landscapes fully express the simplicity, grandeur, majesty, and splendor of nature, prominently showcasing the vigor and untamed spirit of life. By depicting the surface beauty of nature and life, combined with his subjective interpretation, he conveys profound visual aesthetics, infusing his works with vitality and beautifully harmonizing motion and stillness.

       Song Wei’s landscape paintings faithfully inherit the aesthetic sensibilities of traditional Chinese landscape art while embodying distinct modern characteristics, in line with Shi Tao’s assertion that “brush and ink should follow the times.” In creating atmosphere and composition, Song draws inspiration from the artistic styles of earlier masters such as Jing Hao, Fan Kuan, and Li Cheng, deliberately emphasizing the towering precipices, open expanses, weighty solemnity, solemn grandeur, and majestic scale of mountains. As the saying goes, “Without water, a landscape lacks vitality”; Song’s depiction of water is richly varied—sometimes deep and tranquil, sometimes sparkling like flying pearls and splashing jade, sometimes clear and fluid—rendered through diverse techniques, enhanced by mist, clouds, and haze, truly immersing viewers as if they were physically present, entering the painting with their heart. In expressing depth and layers, Song employs techniques such as superposition, interweaving, opening and closing, and spacing; in ink application, he masterfully interprets the subtle interplay between water and ink, boldly wielding his brush: heavy ink gradually transforms into mountains, light ink drifts gently as clouds, blending heaviness and lightness, reality and emptiness to remarkable effect, comparable to Zhang Daqian’s ink-wash landscapes.

1990: Created a large-scale landscape titled "Ink Mist and Smoke" for the side hall of Diaoyutai State Guesthouse.

1990: Participated in the Contemporary Landscape Painting Invitational Exhibition and won the First Prize.

1993: Participated in the International Exhibition of Achievements in Chinese Calligraphy and Painting, awarded the "Outstanding Achievement Award in Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy and Painting."

1995: Participated in the Shengshi Chunqiu Chinese Landscape Painting Exhibition and won the First Prize.

2006: Awarded "One of China's Ten Master Landscape Painters" by the Publicity Department.

2008: Created "Thousand Li of Rivers and Mountains," collected by the Beijing Olympic Organizing Committee.

2019: Held a solo exhibition in Yun Tai Town, China, and created "Prosperous World," collected by the Ancient Town Museum.

2018: Created "Viewing the Serene Mountains from Afar" for Luoyang Ancient City Hotel, displayed in the main hall.

2013: Held a solo exhibition at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing.

2014: Rongbaozhai published "Selected Works of Contemporary Masters" featuring Mr. Song.

2015: Held a solo exhibition at the Chicago Museum of Contemporary Art in the United States.

2017: Held a solo exhibition at the National Museum of Modern Art in Korea.

October 2017: Published "Masterpieces of Song Wei's Landscape Painting" and "Tutorial on Ink-Splash Landscape Painting."

2018: Work "Mist and Fog, Stream Flowing Through Mountains" sold for RMB 500,000 at Artron Auction.

2019: Held a joint exhibition "The Magnificent Landscapes of Chinese Ink Wash" at the Oriental Museum in Moscow.

2019: Work "Ink Charm and Emotion" sold for RMB 800,000 at Sotheby's Hong Kong.

2020: Authenticated by China Culture and Art Network, China Painters Network, and China Art Evaluation Center at RMB 80,000 per square foot.