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{{Short description|Chinese painter (1924–2023)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Huang Yongyu
| image = File:Huang Yongyu.pngjpeg
| native_name = 黄永玉
| pronunciation = Huáng Yǒngyù
| birth_date = {{Birth date|19291924|8|4}}
| birth_place= [[Fenghuang County|Fenghuang]], Hunan, China
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|6|13|19291924|8|4}}
| occupation = Scholar, painter, professor
| spouse = {{marriage |Zhang Meixi |18851985}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=著名畫家黃永玉夫人張梅溪在港逝世 享年98歲 - 香港文匯網 |url=http://news.wenweipo.com/2020/05/11/IN2005110030.htm |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=news.wenweipo.com}}</ref>
| relatives = [[Shen Congwen]] (cousinuncle)<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-05-22 |title=黃永玉：我的表叔沈從文 {{!}} 壹學者 - 灼見名家 |url=https://www.master-insight.com/%e9%bb%83%e6%b0%b8%e7%8e%89%ef%bc%9a%e6%88%91%e7%9a%84%e8%a1%a8%e5%8f%94%e6%b2%88%e5%be%9e%e6%96%87/ |access-date=2023-06-23 |website=www.master-insight.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
}}
{{family name hatnote|[[Huang (surname)|Huang]]|lang=Chinese}}
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== Biography ==
Huang Yongyu was born on August 9, 1924. Born into poverty, he began working at 12 years old in porcelain workshops in the mountainous areas of [[Anhui]] and [[Fujian]], before later moving to [[Shanghai]], Taiwan, and then [[Hong Kong]]. At the age of 14, he began to publish works.{{Explain|reason=What kind of works?|date=July 2023}} At the age of 16, he earned a living by painting and wood carving.
 
While in Hong Kong, he worked in [[Ta Kung Pao]] alongside [[Jin Yong]] as the art editor.<ref>{{Cite web |title=黄永玉的香港缘 _大公网 |url=http://www.takungpao.com/culture/237147/2023/0615/861190.html |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=www.takungpao.com}}</ref>
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Huang Yongyu returned to Beijing with his wife Zhang Meixi in 1952 and began working in the Central Academy of Fine Arts as a professor before becoming vice chairman of the Chinese Artists Association. In 1956, the ''Huang Yongyu Wood Carving Collection'' was published which contained carvings like ''Spring Tide'' and ''Ashma.'' During the [[Cultural Revolution]], especially during the ''[[Black Painting incident|black painting]]'' campaign, the [[Gang of Four]] accused Yongyu of being a reactionary academic.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=文革"黑画事件"始末：黄永玉与猫头鹰(图)_资讯_凤凰网 |url=https://news.ifeng.com/history/1/midang/200808/0827_2664_748911_2.shtml |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=news.ifeng.com}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=1974年"黑画事件"真相 - 中国传记文学学会 |url=http://www.zgzjwx.com/nd.jsp?id=721 |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=www.zgzjwx.com |language=zh}}</ref> His painting ''Owl'' was among the ''Black Painting Exhibition'',<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |title=王鲁湘对话黄永玉：从心所欲少年狂 |url=http://zgmsbw.com/home/index/detail/relaId/11991 |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=zgmsbw.com}}</ref> which was characterized by critics as "one of the best counter-revolutionary black paintings."<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-22 |title=批"黑画"运动中的几位画家 - 科学猫 |url=http://www.scicat.cn/news/gov/20190910/2865097.html |access-date=2023-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220522211418/http://www.scicat.cn/news/gov/20190910/2865097.html |archive-date=2022-05-22 }}</ref>
 
Huang Yongyu held numerous painting exhibitions in Australia, Germany, Italy, mainland China and Hong Kong, and his artistic achievements are well- known at home and abroad. He received awards from the Italian government for his contributions in the cultural exchange between China and Italy.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-08-30 |title=本刊顾问黄永玉先生获"意大利团结星二级骑士勋章" - 中国美术馆 |url=http://www.namoc.org/cbjy/cbw/qks/qk2006_2557/qk200504/201303/t20130319_177249.htm |access-date=2023-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830012905/http://www.namoc.org/cbjy/cbw/qks/qk2006_2557/qk200504/201303/t20130319_177249.htm |archive-date=2021-08-30 }}</ref> His works were exhibited in [[Times Square (Hong Kong)|Hong Kong Times Square]] in July 2007.
 
== Works ==
Yongyu's art includes [[printmaking]], [[Chinese painting|paintings]], [[sculpture]]s, [[literature]], [[architecture]], and [[stamp design]]. His paintings are a blend of Western and Chinese style.{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}} Huang Yongyu was also an accomplished [[poet]], his poems being described as colloquial and simple yet emotionally touching.{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}}
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Huang Yongyu has created works in printmaking, [[Chinese painting]], [[sculpture]], [[literature]], [[architecture]], [[stamp design]], etc. Painting has strong Western painting elements, but it is also famous for its [[Chinese painting]] charm. Huang Yongyu was also an excellent [[poet]]. The folk, colloquial style and simple poetic style in his poems are very unique and touching.
 
His worksstamp includework includes the [[Chinese zodiac|zodiac]] stamp [[Golden Monkey stamp|monkey ticket]], and [[Literature|literarynotable works]]literature include "''Yongyu Six Records",'' "''Wu Shimang Forum",'' "''Wife, donDon't cry"Cry,'' "''These melancholyMelancholy debris"Debris,'' "''Along the Seine River to Fei Leng Cui",'' "''Landscape under the Sun",'' "''The Wandering Man of the Wucho River".'' andHe hiswas architecturalan designarchitect worksin includevarious "projects, such as ''Yu's Mountain House",'' and "''Zhuang Cuilou"'' in Phoenix County, "''Half House in the Mountain"'' in Hong Kong, "''Wan He Tang"'' in [[Tongzhou District, Beijing|Tongzhou, Beijing]], and "''Innumerable Villa"'' in [[Florence|Florence, Italy]].{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}}
 
The Chinese logo of the clothing brand [[Giordano International|Giordano]] iswas inscribed by Huang Yongyu.{{Citation needed|date=July 2023}} In addition, thea fullbrand packagelogo of alcoholicfor wine was also designed by Huang Yongyu.{{Explain|reason=What brand of wine? Include a citation too.|date=July 2023}}
 
In November 2017, his {{convert|11|ft|adj=on}} ink on paper scroll, ''Autumn Scenery'' (1978), brought $2.5 million (HKD 19.3 million) at an auction at [[Christie's]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.artnews.com/art-news/news/huang-yongyu-dead-1234671896/ |title=Huang Yongyu, Chinese Artist Behind Controversial Zodiac Stamp, Dies at 98 |last=Ho |first=Karen K |website=ARTnews |date=16 June 2023 |access-date=1 September 2023}}</ref>
 
== Honors ==
For the [[2008 Summer Olympics]], Huang Yongyu created an art piece to celebrate China hosting the Olympics that year.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=黄永玉荣获奥林匹克艺术大奖_艺术台_中国网络电视台 |url=http://arts.cntv.cn/art/special/hl/20130830/103442.shtml |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=arts.cntv.cn}}</ref> On August 24, 2008, then [[President of the International Olympic Committee]] [[Jacques Rogge]] and vice president [[He Zhenliang]] awarded Yongyu the Olympic Art Award for the piece, the first Chinese national to win it.<ref name=":2" />
'''Olympic Art Award'''
 
*Yongyu received 3 awards from Italy, including the [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic|Medal of Meritorious Commander of the Italian Republic]] (December 27, 1985<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2021-08-30 |title=Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana |url=https://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/insigniti/277613 |access-date=2023-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830015528/https://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/insigniti/277613 |archive-date=2021-08-30 }}</ref>), the [[Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity|Medal of Commander of the Italian Unity Star]] (announced May 30, 2005,<ref name=":3"/> awarded in [[Beijing]] March 14, 2006), and the [[Order of the Star of Italy|Italian Star Knight's Grand Cross]] ([[Italy]], announced on May 24, 2019,<ref name=":3"/> awarded in [[Beijing]] on May 20, 2021<ref>{{Cite web |title=意大利驻华大使方澜意为97岁的艺术大师黄永玉先生授予意大利之星大十字骑士勋章 |url=http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzI2NjA1MjAzMw==&mid=2650233728&idx=1&sn=8471ea4a49b4e45f52abfca3e4f637a3&chksm=f297f32ec5e07a38c980563022d527ef44d5d6849e09799e27127ba32a30920f22b24618fc7b#rd |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=Weixin Official Accounts Platform}}</ref>).▼
- Huang Yongyu won the Olympic Art Award awarded by the International [[Olympic Committee]] (Beijing, China, August 24, 2008 morning)<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |title=黄永玉荣获奥林匹克艺术大奖_艺术台_中国网络电视台 |url=http://arts.cntv.cn/art/special/hl/20130830/103442.shtml |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=arts.cntv.cn}}</ref>
 
== Controversy ==
- At the successful conclusion of the 29th Olympic Games, [[Jacques Rogge]], President of the International Olympic Committee, [[He Zhenliang]], Chairman of the Culture and Education Committee of the International Olympic Committee, presented the "Olympic Art Award" of the International Olympic Committee to Huang Yongyu, a famous Chinese artist, and enthusiastically praised him. Outstanding contributions to the development of world art. This is also the first time that the "Olympic Art Award" has been awarded to Chinese artists.<ref name=":2" />
On 8 September 8, 2022, the special stamp manuscript of the ''Year of Gui Mao'' was released, which was designed by Huang Yongyu. According to the explanation of ''[[China Post]],'' thedescribed firstit special stamp of Gui Maonianas "describes a wise rabbit with a pen in his right hand and a letter in his left hand in an ingenious blue colourcolor, as if it iswere conveying theNew Year good wishes ofto the New Year to people.".<ref>{{Cite web |title=中国邮政报 |url=http://www.chinapostnews.com.cn/newspaper/epaper/html/2022-09/09/content_143162.htm |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=www.chinapostnews.com.cnChina Post}}</ref> However, after theits release of the stamp manuscript, itpeople wasonline questioned by netizens thatclaimed the rabbit was painted aslooked "demon in the demondemonic", whichand was not cute enough.<ref>{{Cite web |title=妖氣沖天？大陸詭異藍兔生肖郵票引爭議 網友罵翻：有夠不吉利！ {{!}} 中天新聞網 |url=https://ctinews.com/news/items/rPnvjDDGnY |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=ctinews.com}}</ref> However, someSome people praised Huang Yongyu'sthe design, such as painter [[Han Meilin]]'s praisewho forapplauded Huangthe Yongyustamp's novelty and bold design.<ref>{{Cite web |last=中時新聞網 |date=2023-01-04 |title=「詭異藍兔」畫師背景超狂 金庸同事黃霑好友 陸郵票天價 - 兩岸 |url=https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20230104002376-260409 |access-date=2023-06-22 |websitepublisher=中時新聞網 |language=zh-Hant-TW}}</ref> Hong Xinliang, a special commentator of ''[[Qianjiang Evening News]]'' commentator, believesdid thatnot the root cause of this incident is notblame Huang Yongyu, and that the personcommittee who selected Huang Yongyu to createapproved the "Yearstamp's ofpublication Guishould Mao"have stamps also pointed out thatpublicized the designstamp ofin the zodiac stamps relatedadvance to the annual topics should be publicized in advance and checked by the audience. On 5 January 2023, at an event sponsored by China Post Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Branch and [[Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region|Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous]] Region Museum in Nanning, Guangxi, a mascot based on a blue rabbit appeared in the venue, which once again aroused doubts among netizens. The staffstamp ofdrew Guangxicrowds Museumto saidpost that they had received feedback from parents about the blue rabbit mascot,offices and saidsold that they did not know the activity process and had removed theout mascotonline.<ref>{{Citecite web |title=兔年邮票"蓝兔子"实体形象再引争议，主办方：已撤下 |url=https://staticwww.cdsbartnews.com/micropubart-news/Articlesnews/202301/fe7b1c130dec493a00a4a38fdc4769be.html |accesshuang-date=2023yongyu-06lunar-22new-year-china-post-stamp-controversy-1234653306/ |websitetitle=static.cdsb.com}}</ref><ref>{{CiteChinese webArtist Huang Yongyu Designs Controversial Year of the Rabbit Stamp |last=自由時報電子報Ho |datefirst=2023-01-07Karen K |titlework=有妖氣！「紅眼藍兔」中國郵票挨批ARTnews 實體吉祥物現身遭家長投訴|date=27 -January 國際 |url=https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/breakingnews/41781402023 |access-date=2023-06-221 |website=自由時報電子報September |language=zh-Hant-TW2023}}</ref>▼
 
On January 5, 2023, at an event sponsored by ''China Post'' and the [[Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region|Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous]] Region Museum in [[Nanning]], Guangxi, a mascot based on the rabbit appeared at the venue which aroused complaints from people online. Guangxi Museum said that they had received feedback from parents about the mascot and it was removed.<ref>{{Cite web |title=兔年邮票"蓝兔子"实体形象再引争议，主办方：已撤下 |url=https://static.cdsb.com/micropub/Articles/202301/fe7b1c130dec493a00a4a38fdc4769be.html |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=static.cdsb.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=自由時報電子報 |date=2023-01-07 |title=有妖氣！「紅眼藍兔」中國郵票挨批 實體吉祥物現身遭家長投訴 - 國際 |url=https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/breakingnews/4178140 |access-date=2023-06-22 |publisher=自由時報電子報 |language=zh-Hant-TW}}</ref>
On the occasion of the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, Huang Yongyu specially created a huge work "China = MC2" for the Olympic Games, which formed a tall tree with the lines of five-ring colour changes, symbolising the prosperity and development of the modern Olympic movement, the unity of the Olympic family and the accumulation of China in hosting the Olympic Games. Extreme action.<ref name=":2" />
 
==References==▼
'''Foreign medals and medals'''
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* [[Order of Merit of the Italian Republic|Medal of Meritorious Commander of the Italian Republic]] ([[Italy]], announced on December 27, 1985<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |date=2021-08-30 |title=Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana |url=https://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/insigniti/277613 |access-date=2023-06-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210830015528/https://www.quirinale.it/onorificenze/insigniti/277613 |archive-date=2021-08-30 }}</ref>)
 
* [[Order of the Star of Italian Solidarity|Medal of Commander of the Italian Unity Star]] ([[Italy]], announced on May 30, 2005,<ref name=":3"/> awarded at Wanhe Hall in [[Beijing]] on March 14, 2006 )
 
▲* [[Order of the Star of Italy|Italian Star Knight's Grand Cross]] ([[Italy]], announced on May 24, 2019,<ref name=":3"/> awarded in [[Beijing]] on May 20, 2021<ref>{{Cite web |title=意大利驻华大使方澜意为97岁的艺术大师黄永玉先生授予意大利之星大十字骑士勋章 |url=http://mp.weixin.qq.com/s?__biz=MzI2NjA1MjAzMw==&mid=2650233728&idx=1&sn=8471ea4a49b4e45f52abfca3e4f637a3&chksm=f297f32ec5e07a38c980563022d527ef44d5d6849e09799e27127ba32a30920f22b24618fc7b#rd |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=Weixin Official Accounts Platform}}</ref>)
 
== Dispute ==
▲On 8 September 2022, the special stamp manuscript of the Year of Gui Mao was released, which was designed by Huang Yongyu. According to the explanation of [[China Post]], the first special stamp of Gui Maonian "describes a wise rabbit with a pen in his right hand and a letter in his left hand in an ingenious blue colour, as if it is conveying the good wishes of the New Year to people".<ref>{{Cite web |title=中国邮政报 |url=http://www.chinapostnews.com.cn/newspaper/epaper/html/2022-09/09/content_143162.htm |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=www.chinapostnews.com.cn}}</ref> However, after the release of the stamp manuscript, it was questioned by netizens that the rabbit was painted as "demon in the demon", which was not cute enough.<ref>{{Cite web |title=妖氣沖天？大陸詭異藍兔生肖郵票引爭議 網友罵翻：有夠不吉利！ {{!}} 中天新聞網 |url=https://ctinews.com/news/items/rPnvjDDGnY |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=ctinews.com}}</ref> However, some people praised Huang Yongyu's design, such as painter [[Han Meilin]]'s praise for Huang Yongyu's novelty and bold design.<ref>{{Cite web |last=中時新聞網 |date=2023-01-04 |title=「詭異藍兔」畫師背景超狂 金庸同事黃霑好友 陸郵票天價 - 兩岸 |url=https://www.chinatimes.com/realtimenews/20230104002376-260409 |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=中時新聞網 |language=zh-Hant-TW}}</ref> Hong Xinliang, a special commentator of [[Qianjiang Evening News]], believes that the root cause of this incident is not Huang Yongyu, and the person who selected Huang Yongyu to create the "Year of Gui Mao" stamps also pointed out that the design of the zodiac stamps related to the annual topics should be publicized in advance and checked by the audience. On 5 January 2023, at an event sponsored by China Post Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Branch and [[Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region|Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous]] Region Museum in Nanning, Guangxi, a mascot based on a blue rabbit appeared in the venue, which once again aroused doubts among netizens. The staff of Guangxi Museum said that they had received feedback from parents about the blue rabbit mascot, and said that they did not know the activity process and had removed the mascot.<ref>{{Cite web |title=兔年邮票"蓝兔子"实体形象再引争议，主办方：已撤下 |url=https://static.cdsb.com/micropub/Articles/202301/fe7b1c130dec493a00a4a38fdc4769be.html |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=static.cdsb.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=自由時報電子報 |date=2023-01-07 |title=有妖氣！「紅眼藍兔」中國郵票挨批 實體吉祥物現身遭家長投訴 - 國際 |url=https://news.ltn.com.tw/news/world/breakingnews/4178140 |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=自由時報電子報 |language=zh-Hant-TW}}</ref>
 
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