大约世纪之交,范先生的画风突变。前此的数十年焚膏继晷,似乎都是这一转捩的铺陈和序曲,庄严的正剧刚刚开场。一种元气淋漓的泼墨写意人物画出现了。中国画坛有一个令人遗憾的现象,许多画家在创作刚刚渐入佳境的时候,艺术感觉和生气尚有可观,假使期以岁月加之刻苦努力,未必不能有所成就,但是进此则大多停滞不前甚至退步,或营营于自家声名 About the turn of the century, Fan’s style suddenly changed. It seems that the previous decades of incineration have all been the prelude and overture of this turning point. The solemn drama just started. An energetic ink-filled portrait painting appeared. There is a regrettable phenomenon in the traditional Chinese painting society. Many artists are still feeling good about their artistic feeling and anger when they are just beginning to get better. If the period is enhanced by years and hard work, they may not be able to make any achievements. However, most of them have stagnated Before or even regress, or camp in their own name