第一次看到马书林先生的戏曲人物画是在中国美术馆的某个展览上,只觉得眼睛一亮:画得好!戏曲人物怎么可以这样画?这人也够聪明的了。是的,别人的戏剧人物可从来不这样画。戏曲人物从来是比较小品的,而马书林戏曲人物最直接而突出的特点:不是小品。戏曲人物的墨戏小品特点曾经直接制约了它表现上的丰富性。但马书林的戏曲人物不仅画面尺幅大,而且场面也大。在他的大尺幅作品中,有时有七、八个人物,多时甚至有十来个人物,生旦净末,红红绿绿,再加上城楼几案、战袍武器,把偌大一个纸面挤得满满实实。就算是两三个人,有时,就只有一两个人,四尺整纸乃至七尺、八尺的 The first time I saw that the traditional opera figure painting by Mr. Ma Shuolin was just an eye-catching exhibition at an exhibition in the National Art Museum of China: Well done painting! How can the opera figure be painted? This man is smart enough. Yes, other people’s drama characters can never do that. Opera figures have always been more sketchy, but the most direct and prominent features of the characters of the mashulin opera: not skit. The dramas feature of the dramas has directly restricted its richness in performance. But Ma Shulin’s opera characters not only large size banners, but also large scenes. In his large-scale works, sometimes seven or eight characters, sometimes even have a dozen personalities, vivid, red and green, plus a few cases of watchtowers, shirt weapons, a huge paper Packed full of reality. Even two or three individuals, sometimes, only one or two people, four-foot paper and even seven feet, eight feet