1983年意大利第五届曼齐亚诺国际美术展览会把它唯一的金奖,颁给了北京画院画家杨延文的一件水墨画作品,这样的事情今天已不足为奇,但在当时的北京美术界颇引起些轰动。记得当时曾由中国美协和北京画院出面,在北京饭店举行了颇为隆重的庆祝仪式。如今杨延文的名声在海内外相当响亮,或许是这块金牌带给他好运,无论如何那之后他的艺术进步很快,名望也与日俱增。如今他是北京画院一级美术师、中国美协中国画艺术委员会委员。 从一个穷乡僻壤中的农民的儿子成长为当代著名的画家,除了要付出超常的艰苦努力为代价之外,还应具备出色的才智与必具的悟性,以及难得的机遇(包括良好的学习环境、名师的指导、合适的工作岗位等等)。这些条件集中在杨延文身上,这是他的幸运,但一个人善于运用与把握自己的才智能力和 It was not surprising today when the only gold medal awarded by the 5th Italian Manziano International Fine Arts Exhibition in 1983 to an ink painting by Beijing Academy painter Yang Yanwen was quite surprising at the time, Caused a sensation. I remember at that time by the China Artists Association and Beijing Art Academy come forward, held in Beijing Hotel quite quite grand ceremony. Now Yang Yanwen’s reputation at home and abroad quite loud, perhaps the gold medal to bring him good luck, after all, his art has improved rapidly, fame is also growing. He is now an artist at Beijing Art Academy and a member of China Artists Association Chinese Painting Art Committee. Growing from a farmer’s son in a backcountry to being a contemporary painter should not only be extraordinarily painstaking at the expense of extraordinary pain and understanding, but also a rare opportunity (including a good learning environment, Teacher’s guidance, the right job, etc.). It is his luck that these conditions are concentrated in Yang Yan-wen, but one is good at using and mastering his own intellectual abilities and