宝石柱(1911.3—1988.9)蒙古族，辽宁北票人。擅长绘画。1928年起在寺庙习艺，从事绘画及泥塑。1952年起在内蒙古哲里木盟奈曼旗文化馆工作。作品有《灯会》《庙会》等。
他出身贫寒，自幼酷爱美术，16岁便在寺庙里学习画佛像、雕像，绘制和设计寺庙宗教题材的绘画。他天生聪颖，在师傅们的言传身教下，青少年时期就显露出了超群的绘画才能。在经历过了长期的勤学苦练之后，他的技艺得到了不断的提高和发挥。新中国成立后，党和政府把他安排到旗文化馆工作，他从心眼里感谢共产党和新中国。他画过佛、塑过佛，也拜过佛，但他更信仰心中最大的“佛”——中国共产党，并在年过古稀以后光荣的加入了中国共产党，并由此焕发了艺术青春，以极大的精力和热情全身心投入到蒙古族民间工艺美术的搜集和整理创作上。在民间工艺美术创作上，留下了大量的精品力作。
宝石柱最大的艺术贡献在于蒙古族民间图案工艺设计和创作。传统的蒙古族图案工艺就是一切器物的造型和一切器物的装饰的平面设计图。但宝石柱不拘泥于传统的蒙古族工艺图案设计，他以现实生活为基础，善于观察生活但不又照抄生活，巧妙运用美好的幻想和艺术夸张，但又极具现实生活意义。他大胆创新，成功的将传统图案的实用性上升到艺术性，并赋予新的美感和意义，从而创作出了吉祥、富贵、典雅的艺术境界。他作画自制毛笔、自研颜色，作品内容丰富，色彩艳丽，对比强烈而又典雅。把中原汉民族和藏民族、蒙古族的纹样成功地结合在一起，达到了和谐统一的画面布局，令人赞叹和心悦诚服。正如现任内蒙古作协副主席、著名蒙古族作家布仁巴雅尔所称赞的那样“宝石柱的图案艺术是蒙古民族民间艺术百花园中的一枝奇葩”。几十年的艺术实践，使他的技艺熟能生巧，巧能生辉，炉火纯青，终于积淀成了一幅幅精美的图画作品。他绘制的寺庙装饰图案，富丽堂皇、情趣横生，具有浓重的蒙古族特色而又别具一格，色彩鲜明强烈，线条流畅自如，设色优美细腻。他塑造的佛像，造型千变万化，形象栩栩如生，灵活多变，既有宗教的庄严，又有世俗的生动。

作品(8张)宝石柱纯熟的技艺来自于长期的刻苦实践，他善于观察，注意积累和搜集民间图案。他博采众长，勤于探索、勇于创新，他用辛勤的汗水浇灌的蒙古民族工艺美术之花，终于赢得了党和人民的尊重，赢得了全国知名美术家的关注。1980年，他光荣的出席了内蒙古自治区的群英会。1975年他的作品在北京《民族画报》上发表，1976年他的作品在《内蒙古画报》上发表。1979年中央民族大学教授、专家看了他的图案后，高度称赞他的图案作品“是目前我国少数民族工艺美术作品中的精品，实属罕见”，并当场表示聘他为该校客座教授。1980年，中央美术学院教授伍必端先生对老人给予极高的评价，并决定把他调到北京，在中央美院开辟一个工作室，供他整理和研究蒙古族民间图案艺术。但老人有着浓厚的家乡情结，不愿离开奈曼，最后婉言谢绝。自此之后，又有现任中国美术家协会主席刘大为，原内蒙古美术家协会主席思沁，内蒙古人民出版社编审孟喜元，当时的哲盟版画家萨因章，乌恩琪，山丹等到访和看望。
宝石柱老人不但在蒙古族民间美术上有很深的造诣，而且他还涉足版画、雕刻、剪纸等绘画领域，是绘画创作的多面手。在每一个历史时期都留下了一批主题鲜明，内容健康向上，讴歌党和人民的精品力作。他创作的木刻作品大多数取材于蒙古族的出行、庆典和寺庙喇嘛的祭祀等活动场景。造型准确，形象生动，神态各异，画面场景庞大，构图严谨，气氛或热烈、或庄严，黑白对比强烈而又和谐，生活气息浓，极具蒙古族特色。他的代表作品《观灯》，被中国美术馆收藏，《回府》赴日本展出，并受到日本友人的称赞。
他所复制的大型泥塑《收租院》，是在1966年开始的文革动乱的年代中完成的。面对文革混乱的局面，他不闻不问，悄悄的把自己关进小平房里，插上门、堵严窗户，静静地复制。搞泥塑十分不易，它需要特殊的泥土，特殊的工艺，特殊的制作方法，尤其是面对着《收租院》这样大型雕塑里的一百多个千姿百态、神情各异、不同阶层、不同地位的人物形象，其难度可想而知。尤其是没有实物做参照，仅凭图片和报刊上的文字说明进行制作，其难度更是不言而喻。除此之外，这又是一项极付体力的劳动，仅泥土一项就需要几十吨，他没有助手，亲自一人到离镇里几十里以外的地方去找，去挖，并运回来，一个人严格加工，粉碎、过筛、挑选、搅拌，每天工作12小时以上，其劳动的难度和强度是常人难以想象的。经过一千多个日日夜夜的劳作，终于完成了这项艰巨而浩大的工程。1982年，一位加拿大籍华人学者回乡探亲，参观了泥塑《收租院》，称赞“复制的太像了，这简直和四川真的收租院没什么两样，我为我的故乡有这样高水平的有才华的艺人而骄傲”。?
宝石柱同志是奈曼旗王府的修护神。这座清代王府，历经风雨三百多年，又遭受文革动乱的人为损毁，在文革后期已破损不堪。“四人帮”垮台后，党和政府决定抢修和复原这一自治区级重点文物保护单位，此时的宝石柱已年过古稀，他愉快地承担下了这项工程。自此以后，有诸多个日出日落，人们总能看到王府院内这位七旬老人，在7米高的脚手架上爬上爬下，或仰着脖子、或扭曲着身子，挥动着手中的油漆彩笔，凭着年轻时期的记忆和娴熟的技巧，一丝不苟的雕描着王府上千个图案和壁画原貌，在他的笔下，龙在腾跃，凤在飞舞，花在盛开，到现在人们还常说，奈曼王府的一砖一石，一草一木都是宝石柱辛勤的汗水浇灌的，是宝石柱一生艺术的结晶。
1989年，宝石柱老人去世，而他给文化艺术界所带来的影响，正如来自全国各地的专家学者用他的名字总结评价他：宝石柱是蒙古草原的文化之，艺术之石，精神之柱。
2011年12月28日，来自全国各地的美术界知名学者、专家共聚一堂，在奈曼旗举行“纪念中国民间蒙古族工艺美术家宝石柱诞辰100周年座谈会”，怀念他为蒙古族民间工艺美术积极奋斗的一生；纪念他为蒙古族的民间工艺美术做出的突出贡献。

Lapidary column (1911.3, 1988.9) the Monggol nationality, person of Liaoning north ticket. Be good at drawing. Rose to learn a skill in cloister 1928, be engaged in brushwork and clay sculpture. Since 1952 in Nai of the Mu Meng in Inner Mongolia sagacious house of graceful banner culture works. Work has " the lantern show " " temple fair " etc.
? Poor of his one's previous experience, from a child loves art, 16 years old study a picture in cloister figure of Buddha, statuary, scale and the brushwork that design cloister religion subject matter. He is inherent and bright, in masters teach by personal example as well as verbal instrution below, teenage period is shown gave preeminent painterly ability. Passed in experience long-term after learning frequently to practice hard, his craft got rise ceaselessly and be developed. After new China holds water, party and government arrange him to job of banner culture house, he thanks the Communist Party and new China from heart. He has drawn Buddha, model to cross Buddha, also had done obeisance to Buddha, but he is the biggest in more devotional heart " Buddha " -- Chinese Communist, be in the Chinese Communist was joined gloriously after passing seventy years of age, and from this coruscate artistic youth, the collect that throws arts and crafts of folk of the Monggol nationality with huge energy and heart of warm whole body and arrange creative work. On creation of civilian arts and crafts, kept many high-quality goods master piece.
? ? The artistic contribution with lapidary the largest post depends on design of folk of the Monggol nationality craft is designed and be being created. The modelling that technology of conventional design of the Monggol nationality is all implements and the illuminative plane blueprint of all implements. But lapidary post is liberal design at pattern of traditional craft of the Monggol nationality, he is a foundation with real life, be good at observing the life but not copy word for word lives, clever the illusion that applies happiness and artistic hyperbole, but have real life sense extremely again. He is bold innovate, of successful will traditional pattern practical rise to artistic quality, gift new aesthetic feeling and meaning, create the artistic state that gave lucky, riches and honour, elegance thereby. He makes a picture abstain brush, grind oneself color, work content is rich, colour is gorgeous, comparative and intense and elegance. Nation of Central Plains Chinese and the grain appearance that hide nation, the Monggol nationality are united in wedlock successfully together, reached harmonious and unified picture overall arrangement, your person gasps in admiration and be sincerely convinced. No less than currently holds the post ofInner Mongolia to make assist what Burenbayaer of writer of vice-chairman, famous the Monggol nationality praises in that way " the design art of lapidary column is Mongolia folk folk art the one branch in 100 gardens is strange flower " . Art of a few years is carried out, make his craft skill comes from practice, can be born opportunely brightness, high degree of professional proficiency, accumulated eventually an elegant drawing work. The cloister of his scale decorates design, be overflowing with of gorgeous, appeal, the distinguishing feature of the Monggol nationality that has dense and having a unique style, flaming intense, line is fluent freely, fill in colors on a sketch is beautiful and exquisite. His fictile figure of Buddha, modelling is Protean, figure is lifelike, agile and changeful, what have religion already is majestic, have again lay vivid. ?

Work (8 pieces) the craft of lapidary column practised comes from at long-term assiduous practice, he is good at observation, the attention is accumulated and collect folk design. His rich is collected numerous long, diligent at exploration, be brave in to innovate, he uses the flower of the Mongolia nation arts and crafts that arduous sweat irrigates, won the respect of party and people eventually, gained the attention of countrywide famous artist. 1980, his glorious attendance the gathering of heroes of the Nei Monggol Autonomous Region. His work was in Beijing 1975 " ethical illustrated magazine or newspaper " on publish, his work was in 1976 " Inner Mongolia pictorial " on publish. After ethical college professor, expert saw his pattern in the center of 1979, the design work that praises him highly " it is the high-quality goods with at present medium work of arts and crafts of our country minority, solid belong to infrequent " , express to hire him to be this school on the spot visiting professor. 1980, central academy of fine arts teachs Mr Wu Biduan to give extremely high opinion to the old person, decide to move him to Beijing, open up of centrally beautiful courtyard an atelier, be arranged for him and study design of folk of the Monggol nationality is artistic. But the old person is having grumous home town complex, do not wish to leave Nai graceful, politely decline finally. From this later, have again currently hold the post ofLiu Dawei of chairman of Chinese artist association, chairman of association of artist of former Inner Mongolia thinks of ooze, press of Inner Mongolia people reads and edit Meng Xiyuan, the Sa of home of sagacious alliance woodcut at that time because chapter, wu Enqi, morningstar lily when visit and visit.
Lapidary column old person not only there is very deep attainment on art of folk of the Monggol nationality, and he returns the painterly domain such as sortie woodcut, sculpture, paper-cut, it is the generalist of painterly creation. Kept a batch of themes in each history period bright, content is healthy up, the high-quality goods master piece of eulogize party and people. The draw materials of woodcarving work great majority that he creates is mixed at a travel of the Monggol nationality, celebration of cloister Lama sacred wait for mobile setting. Modelling is accurate, image is dramatic, bearing each different, picture setting is giant, composition of a picture is precise, atmosphere or enthusiastic, or majestic, black and white contrast is sharp and harmonious, life breath is thick, have distinguishing feature of the Monggol nationality extremely. His masterpiece is tasted " view lamp " , be collected by Chinese art gallery, " return your home " go to Japan to exhibit, get of Japanese friend praise. ?
The large clay sculpture that he duplicates " close hire a courtyard " , finish in the time of the Culture Revolution convulsion that began 1966. Face the situation of Culture Revolution disorder, his be indifferent to sth, stealthily oneself in coop small one-storey house, insert come, block severe window up, duplicate silently. Make clay sculpture very not easy, it needs special soil, special technology, the special method that make, facing especially " close hire a courtyard " the figure figure of each different of 100 condition of more than 100 in so large sculpture 1000 appearance, expression, different estate, different position, its difficulty cans be imagined. Do without objective especially consult, the literal specification that goes up by picture and the press only undertakes making, its difficulty is more self-evident. Besides, this is extremely the labor that pays physical strength, only clay needs a few tons, he does not have assistant, personally one person arrives to search from a few lis of beyond places in the town, go digging, carry come back, a person is machined strictly, smash, sift out, choose, agitate, every Nature's engineering makes 12 hours of above, the difficulty that its work and intensity are the ordinary person is adv unimaginably. Through more than 1000 day day and night of night work, finished this eventually arduous and the project of huge. 1982, return to one's native place of scholar of a Canadian book Chinese visits his family, saw clay sculpture " close hire a courtyard " , praise " duplicate too resembled, this receives different of the it doesn't matter that hire a courtyard really with Sichuan simply, the has talent actor that I have so high level for my birthplace and proud " . ?
Lapidary column comrade is Nai of government office of graceful banner king long protect an expression. This clear acting Wang Fu, harships of all previous classics more than 300 years, what suffer Culture Revolution convulsion again is factitious mar, in Culture Revolution later period already damaged can'ts bear. "4 people are helped " after collapse, party and governmental decision rush to repair and recover from an illness cultural relic of this one municipal class key protects an unit, right now lapidary column already passed seventy years of age, he is assumed happily left this project. Henceforth, have all many sunrise sunset, people always can see old person of this 7 a period of ten days inside courtyard of king government office, climb down is mounted on 7 meters tall scaffold, or admiring a neck, or screwy body, brandish the paint colour pen in beginning, with the memory of young period and adept skill, meticulous vulture draw is worn former appearance of on Wang Fu 1000 design and mural, in his the wording and purpose of what one writes, dragon is in buckjump, phoenix fluttering, the flower is in bloom, to now people often still says, the one brick of Nai graceful Wang Fu one stone, one grass one wood is lapidary column arduous sweat irrigates, it is the crystallization of art of lapidary column lifetime. ?
1989, lapidary column old person dies, and the effect that he gives place of culture art group to bring, the name summary that if come from the expert scholar of countrywide each district,using him evaluates him: Lapidary column is the treasure of the culture of Mongolia prairie, artistic stone, mental column.
On December 28, 2011, the art group that comes from countrywide each district is famous scholar, expert gathers together, in Nai graceful banner is held " birthday of column of gem of home of arts and crafts of the Monggol nationality of commemorative China folk 100 years of informal discussions " , yearn for the lifetime that he struggles actively for arts and crafts of folk of the Monggol nationality; Mark the outstanding contribution that he makes for the civilian arts and crafts of the Monggol nationality. ?