奥斯卡·克劳德·莫奈（法文: Oscar-Claude Monet,1840年11月14日-1926年12月5日）,法国画家，被誉为“印象派领导者”，是印象派代表人物和创始人之一。

莫奈是法国最重要的画家之一，也是世界近现代艺术界最受欢迎的艺术家。印象派的理论和实践大部分都有他的推广。莫奈擅长光与影的实验与表现技法。他最重要的风格是改变了阴影和轮廓线的画法,在莫奈的画作中看不到非常明确的阴影,也看不到突显或平涂式的轮廓线。光和影的色彩描绘是莫奈绘画的大特色。

2019年5月14日,莫奈的作品《干草堆》在纽约苏富比拍卖行以破纪录的1.107亿美元(不包含佣金)，这也是莫奈反复重复的题材之一。

柏菲小馆所藏莫奈作品分为油画和素描手稿二个部分，其中油画《海上·日出》是莫奈于第一次世界博览会时，送给英女王的作品，后由维多利亚女王带到加拿大BC省维多利亚岛，后由GE（通用）北美CEO格兰特先生收藏，2009年转由柏菲小馆收藏。

《海上·日落》展示了莫奈出色的印象派画风，追求光线变化和色彩层次的细腻描绘。他运用了小笔触和灰蓝的颜色，以及随意的构图和斧劈式的画笔扫过，营造出一种模糊而富有生气的效果。其次，《海上·日落》也体现了莫奈对自然的独特感知与表现。他善于捕捉瞬间的变化和自然景观的壮丽之美。在这幅画中，莫奈以迅疾的笔触刻画出海面上波浪的起伏和荡漾，将观者引入一个充满活力和自然力量的世界。他巧妙地运用透视和构图技巧，将观者的视线引导到远处的太阳，让人感受到大自然的无穷魅力与宏伟。

这幅画作体现了莫奈对自然景物和光影变化的细致观察和感受，同时也展示了他对人类活动与自然环境的和谐共生的追求。《海上·日落》是莫奈艺术创作中的经典之作，被誉为印象派画风的杰出代表之一，也是世界艺术史上的珍品。由于该作品的特殊经历极少公开展出，它的艺术价值有待探讨。

近两年我一直关注一位曾游历法国的中国画家一袁小楼先生，你很难准确的定位他是印像派、抽像派、立体派、野兽派...也许他什么都不是，他就是他自己，他把天然矿物颜料的理化性质进行了系统分析，循着自然氧化和生命的轨迹，将自然、人文、时间、宗教、哲学进行了有机会揉捏，把碳基生命用硅基材料刻印在有形和无形之中。让思想DNA的瞬间指令，被RNA放大成生命的具像表现。我偏爱小楼先生还因为他的绘画语言，也是世界的绘画语言，读懂他的人需要读懂塞尚、莫奈、毕加索、达利还有马蒂斯。你还需要知道从古楼兰到莫高窟、从秦汉到唐宋、从儒、释、道到勾栏市井。正因如此小楼先生的绘画可登庙堂，也可进小墅书斋。有一种看一眼就会刻在你海马区的感觉，你永远不会忘!

20多年来小楼先致力于绘画语言和思想的探索与创新，不断将中国传统文化精髓如诗歌、书法、宗教、哲学与世界建筑、音乐、雕塑艺术相融合。他的泼彩技法中你能看到史前的岩画、汉唐壁画、宋元水墨、西方油画的轨迹，透过他的无相人物又能活脱脱看到一个独有的中国儒、释、道协调而又对冲的哲学艺术家的内心。

小楼先生创作的《苏轼·定风波》一个无相的东坡先生，用画面阐释东坡先生经历的黄州、惠州、儋州一路被谪的世事与无奈！雨中东坡心无旁骛抚琴的内心张力，随着琴弦的共鸣，让雨水向水平伸展。这是何等的强大，何等的悲悯又是何等的苦难……只有经历者才能够云淡风轻的用绘画的语言表达出东坡“随物赋形”人生豁达的境界和哲思。

定风波，莫听穿林打叶声

苏轼

三月七日，沙湖道中遇雨。雨具先，同行皆狼狈，余独不觉，已而遂晴，故作此词。

莫听穿林打叶声，何妨吟啸且徐行。竹杖芒鞋轻胜马，谁怕?一蓑烟雨任平生。

料峭春风吹酒醒，

微冷，

山头斜照却相迎。

回首向来萧瑟处，

归去，

也无风雨也无晴。

奥斯卡·莫奈《海上·日落》柏菲小馆藏品

袁小楼《苏轼·定风波》与我

袁小楼《苏轼·定风波》

陈栋梁

中国肽益生命科学研究院首席科学家

中国科学院工业生物所研究员

"Marine View with a Sunset" by Monet and "SU Shi: Calming the Waves" by YUAN Xiao-Lou

CHEN Dong-Liang

Oscar-Claude Monet (French: Oscar-Claude Monet, November 14, 1840 to December 5, 1926) was a French painter, known as the "Leader of the Impressionists" and one of the representatives and founders of Impressionism.

Monet is one of the most important painters in France and one of the most popular artists in the world of modern art. He promoted the theories and practices of Impressionism to a large extent. Monet excelled at experimenting with and expressing light and shadow. His most significant style involved changing the depiction of both shadows and lines of contour; in his paintings, there are neither obvious shadows nor contour lines prominent or flat. Monet features capturing the colors of light and shadow.

On May 14, 2019, "Les Meules" by Monet was sold at Sotheby in New York for a record-breaking $110.7 million (excluding commission), which is also one of the subjects frequently repeated by Monet.

The collection of Monet's works in柏菲小馆 can be divided into two parts: oil paintings and sketch manuscripts. Among them, the oil painting "Sunrise at Sea" was a gift from Monet to the Queen of England during the 1st World's Fair, later brought to Victoria Island, BC, Canada, by Queen Victoria, and then collected by Mr. Grant, the North American CEO of GE (General Electric). It has been part of the collection in 柏菲小馆 since 2009.

"Marine View with a Sunset" showcases Monet's outstanding style of Impressionism, pursuing the delicate depiction of changes in light and color layers. He used small brushstrokes and gray-blue colors, along with a casual composition and axe-like brush sweeps, creating an effect, blurred yet lively. Furthermore, "Marine View with a Sunset" reflects Monet's unique perception and expression of nature. He was adept at capturing momentary changes and the magnificent beauty of natural landscapes. In this painting, Monet depicts the undulations and ripples on the sea surface with swift brushstrokes, leading the viewer into a world full of vitality and natural power. He skillfully uses techniques of perspective and composition to guide the viewers to gaze at the distant sun, making one feel the infinite charm and grandeur of nature.

This painting of Monet embodies his meticulous observation and feeling of natural scenery and changes of light, while also showcasing his pursuit of harmonious coexistence between human activities and the natural environment. "Marine View with a Sunset" is a classic work in Monet's artistic creation, praised as an outstanding representative of the Impressionist style and a treasure in the history of world art. Due to the unique history of this work, it is rarely publicly displayed, and its artistic value awaits exploration.

In recent years, I have been closely following a Chinese painter who once traveled to France, Mr. YUAN Xiao-Lou. It is hard to precisely classify him as an Impressionist, Abstract, Cubist, or Fauvist... Maybe he is none of these; he is simply himself. He has systematically analyzed the physical and chemical properties of natural mineral pigments, following the trajectory of natural oxidation and life, integrating nature, humanity, time, religion, and philosophy in a malleable way. He imprints carbon-based life onto tangible and intangible forms using silicon-based materials, allowing the momentary instructions of thought DNA to be magnified by RNA into tangible expressions of life. I am particularly fond of Mr. YUAN because his painting language is also the painting language of our world. To understand him, one needs to understand Cézanne, Monet, Picasso, Dalí, and Matisse. Additionally, one must know about the history from ancient Loulan to the Mogao Caves, about dynasties from the Qin and Han to the Tang and Song, and about ideas from Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism to the common people. For this reason, paintings of Mr. Xiao Lou can be displayed in grand halls as well as in private study rooms. His paintings leave a lasting impression in your hippocampus after just one look, and you will never forget them!

For over two decades, Mr. YUAN has been dedicated to exploring and innovating painting language and ideas, continuously integrating the essence of Chinese traditional culture, such as poetry, calligraphy, religion, and philosophy, with world architecture, music, and sculpture art. In his color-splashing technique, you can see the traces of prehistoric paintings on rock, murals in the Han and Tang dynasties, ink paintings in the Song and Yuan dynasties, and oil paintings of the West. Through his abstract figures, you can vividly see the inner world of a unique Chinese artist who harmonizes and contrasts Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism.

Mr. Xiao Lou created "SU Shi: Calming the Waves," which is an abstract depiction of Dong Po (SU Shi), interpreting the worldly matters and helplessness SU Shi experienced during his exiles in Huangzhou, Huizhou, and Danzhou. The inner tension of Dong Po playing the guqin (an instrument) in the rain, with his mind undistracted, resonates with the strings, allowing the raindrops to stretch out horizontally. This suffering expression, so powerful and so compassionate, can only be portrayed through the painting language by someone who has experienced it. It conveys the philosophical attitude and the open mind of Dong Po towards life, as expressed in his philosophical thinking of "adapting to circumstances."

Calming the Waves

Listen not to the rain beating against the trees

SU Shi

On the 7th day of the 3rd month, we were caught in rain on our way to the Sandy Lake. The umbrellas had gone ahead, my companions were quite downhearted, but I took no notice. It soon cleared, and I wrote this.

Listen not to the rain beating against the trees.

I had better walk slowly while chanting at ease.

Better than a saddle I like sandals and cane.

I’d fain.

In a straw cloak, spend my life in mist and rain.

Drunken, I am sobered by the vernal wind shrill

And rather chill.

In front, I see the slanting sun atop the hill;

Turning my head, I see the dreary beaten track.

Let me go back!

Impervious to rain or shine, I’ll have my own will.

"View of the Marine View with a Sunset" by Oscar-Claude Monet, Berfie Gallery Collection

YUAN Xiao-Lou, "Su Shi: Calming the Waves," and Me

"SU Shi: Calming the Waves" by YUAN Xiao-Lou

CHEN Dong-Liang

Chief Scientist, China Peptide-Probiotic Life Science Research Institute

Researcher, Institute of Industrial Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences