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Hu Hei Bei

Lübeck, Germany
Artist (Painting, Drawing)
Born 1949

Once and again life guided me to East Asia (Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong) and back to Germany. It was in my early twenties when I first visited Japan:

I was overwhelmed by the unreachable, untouchable beauty of traditional Geishas and I was deeply impressed by the variety of emotions which can be expressed by a single stroke of a brush with black ink on a sheet of rice paper.

It took nearly half a lifetime before I had the opportunity to attend the first professional art lessons.

Mildred Hsu Yee Wong (Painterland Studios, Hong Kong) helped me to develop a deep understanding of Chinese culture. She told me how to find the unity of spirit, body, brush, ink and paper and thus to control the flow of the water. All my capability in traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy I owe to Mildred.

After going back to Germany in 2006 I started to learn the basics of Western painting and drawing at Lübeck School of Arts. In all these years I have been dealing with a huge range of different materials, techniques, styles and subjects.

Corresponding to my experience of life I developed a great variety of artworks from minimalistic or puristic Chinese paintings of e.g. a bamboo or a pine tree or a beautyful face to an explosion of colours and dissolving structures which you can find in the Western world.

I am deeply impressed by the postimpressionist masters (e,g, Matisse, Vallotton, Jawlensky, Derain) and by the old Chinese and Japanese masters of ink painting and calligraphy.

My Chinese paintings and calligraphy  are signed and sealed with my Chinese name "Hu Hei Bei".

In my account "Herbert Ruf" on Artmajeur you can find a small collection of my 'Western-style' artworks.

Education:
* 1949

1998 - 2002
Musik- und Kunstschule Lübeck
Watercolour Painting and some Basics in Printing

2003 - 2006
Painterland-Studios Hong Kong
Chinese Calligraphy and Traditional Chinese Painting

2006 until today
Kunstschule der Gemeinnützigen Lübeck
Portraits, Figures, Landscapes and more in Acryl, Pastel, Charcoal and Ink


Exhibitions:
2019 SwissArtExpo Zurich
Painting "Young Chinese Nr. 1" is presented by ArtboxProject

2017 Art Basel Basel
Painting "Couple II" is presented by ArtboxProject

11/2016 - 02/2017
"Impressions of the Far East"
Chinese/Japanese Calligraphy and Ink Painting
MedicalCentre Lübeck

2016 Art Basel Miami
Drawing "Geisha I" is presented by ArtboxProject

01/2016 - 03/2016
"Humans, Sea and Light"
Portraits and Seascape in Acrylic and Pastell
Jacques Weindepot Lübeck

01/2014 - 05/2014
Art on Rice Paper (Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy)
Ärztehaus vor dem Mühlentor Lübeck

11/2012 - 03/2013
Art on Rice Paper (Chinese Paintings and Calligraphy)
Dao-Haus Lübeck

Discover contemporary artworks by Hu Hei Bei, browse recent artworks and buy online. Categories: contemporary german artists. Artistic domains: Painting, Drawing. Account type: Artist , member since 2018 (Country of origin Germany). Buy Hu Hei Bei's latest works on Artmajeur: Discover great art by contemporary artist Hu Hei Bei. Browse artworks, buy original art or high end prints.

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My calligraphies are executed in traditional Chinese style with brush and black ink on rice paper (Xuan[...]
My calligraphies are executed in traditional Chinese style with brush and black ink on rice paper (Xuan paper). They follow the classical style which was laid down in the official dictionary of emperor Kang Xi end of 17th century.and the so-called 'Modern Writing' (Xian Shu) which was developed by Yan Zhen-Qing end of 8th century during the Tang period.

All calligraphies are signed and sealed with my Chinese name "Hu Hei Bei".

Information about the Chinese characters are based on "The Spirit of the Chinese Characters" by Barbara Aria and Russell Eng Gon (Chronicle Books, San Francisco).
Painting titled "Chi (Energy)" by Hu Hei Bei, Original Artwork, Ink
Chi (Energy) - Painting, 7.9x7.9 in ©2014 by Hu Hei Bei - Minimalism, minimalism-606, Chi, Tai Chi, China, chine, feng shui, zen, aikido, bushido, kendo
"Chi (Energy)"

Ink on Paper | 7.9x7.9 in

$183.75
Drawing titled "Tao 1" by Hu Hei Bei, Original Artwork, Ink
Tao 1 - Drawing, 19.7x19.7 in ©2018 by Hu Hei Bei - Minimalism, minimalism-606
"Tao 1"

Ink on Paper | 19.7x19.7 in

$315
Painting titled "Yin" by Hu Hei Bei, Original Artwork, Ink
Yin - Painting, 11.8x7.9 in ©2014 by Hu Hei Bei - Illustration, illustration-600, yang, feng shui, harmony, harmonie, meditation, energy, energie
"Yin"

Ink on Paper | 11.8x7.9 in

$216.56
Painting titled "Yang" by Hu Hei Bei, Original Artwork, Ink
Yang - Painting, 11.8x7.9 in ©2014 by Hu Hei Bei - Minimalism, minimalism-606, china, chine, japan, japon, feng shui, zen, harmony, medtation, tao, dao
"Yang"

Ink on Paper | 11.8x7.9 in

$216.56
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