Chapter 15 Mourning Brother Zhang Guangyu

Mourning Brother Zhang Guangyu I got a sad news from my friend today: Brother Zhang Guangyu has passed away in Beijing! Since Guangyu was on vacation in Qingdao one summer and accidentally suffered from apoplexy while swimming at the beach, he has died After five years.At first, his condition was very serious, and his friends were very worried for him.I thought there must be no hope of recovery, but It was under the careful treatment of the doctor that he finally passed the crisis and was able to write and work for a while.the year before last Wen Wei Po celebrated the celebration, he also drew a picture and sent it to congratulate. Friends here saw his picture and knew him

He must be much better, and I am happy for him.I went to Beijing last fall and specially went to his home to see Him, he sat upright in the chair.Although the ability to speak has not been fully recovered, but the mind is very clear Yes, nod and smile when you see an old friend.Everyone hopes that the authorities will take good care of them and provide them with the most comprehensive medical treatment. Under the treatment, his condition can gradually disappear and he will recover. He never thought that in the next half a year, he would be so sick today. To hear the sad news. He died in a Beijing hospital on the 4th of this month at the age of 65.This time the situation changed again

The process of transformation is not yet known.He originally worked at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. In the past five years, He is recuperating at home due to illness, and has been receiving special care from the authorities, and has made the best efforts in medical treatment. I hope that when the country is in need of talents, I can rescue such rare talents for the art world. Unexpectedly Yet a cruel disease took his life! Guangyu and I are old friends, we have known each other for nearly forty years.we made it together Magazine, worked in the same publishing house, and worked together in several places successively.He and Zhengzi,

When Qianyu and Shaofei founded "Shanghai Comics", I wrote them a short essay for each issue.I We used to live next to each other, even when we came to Hong Kong.Back then in Shanghai, ghosts and monsters In the foreign society, Guangyu can be said to be the one who can get out of the mud without being polluted, and finally dedicate himself to the people's art cause. One of the best, and as he was the oldest among his friends, he was respected as Big Brother, In this regard, it has played a leading role. Ordinary art lovers will appreciate the comic strips in Journey to the West and Monkey King Troubling Heaven.

Animated movies, always remember his name, and never forget his works.Those ideas, compositions, shapes It can be said that there is no precedent for the beauty of changing colors and colors without being divorced from reality. Those who care about our country's new arts and crafts design, book decoration and illustrations, because of the loss of him, want more For a moment, I felt that I didn't know what to use to fill the blank left by him.I held him under the lamp in front of the big I read the "Zhang Guangyu's Illustration Collection" sent to me in 2010, and it was only the illustrations of that series.

I think he has established an indelible position in the history of book illustrations in our country. As a friend, I think all his friends will suddenly lose this dear and precious old friend. Friend, I feel unspeakable grief in my heart.