周轻鼎画作

周轻鼎，湖南省安仁县人，现代雕塑家，我国动物瓷雕的奠基者。24岁考入上海美术专科学校，后东渡日本留学，继而前往法国勤工俭学，先在巴黎高等美术学院雕塑系罗丹的学生让·布舍门下学习雕塑，再到里昂专门学习动物雕塑，并在法国学习、生活、工作达15年。1945年12月回国，任杭州国立艺术专科学校雕塑系主任、教授。新中国成立后任浙江美术学院雕塑系主任（后改任民间美术系主任），致力于动物雕塑的研究、创作和教学，取得了引人瞩目的成就。他承继法国写实雕塑传统，重视师法自然，注重表现动物生命力，力求形神兼具，不尚藻饰，语言洗练、生动，饶有情趣，富有诗情画意。
周轻鼎的父亲是清末秀才，以教私塾为业，能书善画。周轻鼎幼时，受母亲影响，喜欢用米粉团子和黄胶泥捏各种动物，又受父亲指教临摹山水花鸟画。
20岁左右教家庭蒙馆，24岁到北京谋生，后考入上海美术专科学校，学师范科。
1926年留学日本，在东京川端绘画学校学画。
1931年留学法国，在巴黎高等美术学校学习雕塑，毕业后在里昂创作动物雕塑，作品曾在巴黎春季沙龙和里昂美术展览中获奖。第二次世界大战期间，周轻鼎由巴黎转到里昂，专门学习动物雕塑，为他后来从事动物雕刻奠定了基础。
1945年12月回国，任重庆国立艺术专科学校教授、雕塑系主任，后又改任民间美术系主任。
1946年随学校到杭州。在解放战争期间，他创作了浮雕《八口之家》和圆雕草图《流民图》，表现劳动人民的悲惨遭遇。中华人民共和国建立后，周轻鼎任浙江美术学院雕塑系主任。
1958年改任民间美术系主任。50年代初期，为上海西郊公园创作雕塑熊猫群，为杭州西泠桥畔创作梅花鹿群，为南京、无锡创作仙鹤和骏马，是我国为数不多的动物雕塑家。“文革”中他苦心建造的动物雕塑几乎全部被毁。“文革”结束后，他依然陶醉于动物雕塑。他主要通过动物的眼、嘴、耳、尾捕捉动物表情，表现动物或凶猛、或善良、或和顺、或可爱的性格，自然而然流露出一种诗情。在瓷塑动物中他又巧妙地将物形与色釉融一，别有一番情趣。
20世纪60年代后，他由教学工作转到动物雕塑创作上，先后到浙江、江苏、江西、广东等地陶瓷厂做陶塑。他还在北京工艺美术学校办过动物雕塑培训班。
1962年，在上海举办周轻鼎小型动物雕塑展。周轻鼎擅长动物雕塑，注重于动静不同之时观取动物之天性，表现手法自由流畅，一气呵成。所作动物生动自然，神气毕现，饶有情趣。出版有《周轻鼎动物雕塑选集》《周轻鼎谈动物雕塑》。

Zhou Qingding, hunan Province brings benevolence county person, contemporary sculptor, the person lay a foundation of porcelain carving of our country animal. 24 years old check Shanghai art training school, japan takes the sea-voyage eastward to study abroad after, then heads for French part-work and part-study system, sculpture of advanced academy of fine arts fastens preexistence Paris sculpture of the study below student Rang Bushemen of Luo Dan, learn animal sculpture technically to Lyons again, amount to 15 years in French study, life, job. Went back to the motherland in December 1945, holding the post of sculpture of training school of Hangzhou state-maintaineding art is director, professor. New China establishs sculpture of successor Zhejiang academy of fine arts is a director (hind art of folk of change to another post fastens a director) , devote oneself to the research of animal sculpture, creation and education, gained eye-catching success. France of his be adopted as heir to one's uncle realistically sculpture is traditional, take imitate nature seriously, pay attention to expressional animal vitality, spirit of body of do one's best holds concurrently, still do not embellishments in writing, the language is washed experienced, vivid, be full of appeal, be full of poetics picture meaning.
Zhou Qingding's father is scholar of clear minor details, it is course of study in order to teach private school, can picture of book be apt to. Zhou Qingding young when, suffer maternal effect, like to use ground rice doughboy and yellow clay to hold all sorts of animals,
Family of teaching of 20 years old of left and right sides covers a house, 24 years old fend to Beijing, shanghai art training school is checked after, learn normal school division.
Studied abroad 1926 Japan, in Tokyo plain end draws the school learns a picture.
Studied abroad 1931 France, in Paris advanced art school learns sculpture, graduation hind creates animal sculpture in Lyons, work ever was mixed in Parisian spring salon the bear the palm in Lyons art exhibition. During the Second World War, zhou Qingding turns to Lyons by Paris, learn animal sculpture technically, was engaged in animal sculpture laying a foundation later for him.
Went back to the motherland in December 1945, professor of training school of Ren Chongqing state-maintaineding art, sculpture fastens a director, hind art of folk of change to another post fastens a director.
Went to Hangzhou along with the school 1946. During war of liberation, he created relief sculpture " 8 home " with in the round draft " circulate civilian plan " , behave miserable lot of working people. After People's Republic of China is built, zhou Qingding holds the post of sculpture of Zhejiang academy of fine arts to fasten a director.
Art of folk of change to another post fastened a director 1958. 50 time are prime, for Shanghai outskirt park creates sculpture panda on the west group, for Hangzhou bank of Xi Ling bridge creates sika group, for horse of He Jun of red-crowned crane of the Nanjing, creation that do not have stannum, it is the animal sculptor with our country not much amount to. "Culture Revolution " in the animal sculpture that his pains creates is destroyed entirely almost. "Culture Revolution " after the end, he still is intoxicated at animal sculpture. He basically passes the eye of the animal, mouth, ear, end to catch animal expression, behave an animal or feral, or kind-hearted, or with the suitable, nature that may love, reveal a kind of poetics naturally. In porcelain mold animal he ably content form and lubricious glair be in harmony one, do not have interest one time.
20 centuries after 60 time, he turns to animal sculpture creation by teaching job, go to works of ceramics of and other places of Zhejiang, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Guangdong to make contented model early or late. He still learns school office to cross animal sculpture to groom in Beijing arts and crafts class.
1962, zhou Qingding is held in Shanghai small-sized animal sculpture is exhibited. Zhou Qingding is good at animal sculpture, pay attention to the nature that takes an animal at be being watched when sound is different, expressional gimmick freedom is fluent, get sth done without any letup. What make an animal dramatic nature, perky finish now, be full of appeal. Publish have " anthology of sculpture of Zhou Qingding animal " " Zhou Qingding talks about animal sculpture " .