Yu Qihui woodblock painting art gallery. /俞啟慧版畫藝術館。
[Photo provided by China Port Museum]中國港口博物館供圖
By Jin Lu
A woodblock painting art gallery named after Yu Qihui, a renowned Chinese woodcut artist, was recently inaugurated in Beilun district, Ningbo.
近日，寧波籍版畫家俞啟慧在親人的陪伴下來到寧波北侖，為以自己名字命名的藝術館揭幕。
Born in 1934, Yu Qihui taught at the East China Campus of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, which is now known as the China Academy of Fine Arts, after graduating from the school in 1960.
俞啟慧出生于1934年，是新中國培養(yǎng)的第一代版畫家和版畫教育家。50年代中期入讀中央美術學院華東分院(今中國美術學院)開始版畫創(chuàng)作，1960年畢業(yè)并留校任教。
His works have won numerous national and provincial art awards and are in the collections of the National Art Museum of China, the British Museum, the European Woodblock Print Foundation, the Ashmolean Museum of Oxford University, and Japan’s Kanagawa Museum.
其版畫作品多次參加全國及省市美展并獲獎，赴法、美、英、意、澳、日等數十國及港澳臺展覽，被中國美術館、大英博物館歐洲木版畫基金會、牛津大學阿什莫林博物館、日本神奈川博物館以及國內多家博物館、美術館收藏。
Since 1994, Yu has lectured in cities including Paris, Campbell, London, and Los Angeles, making outstanding contributions to the promotion of Chinese culture.
1994年起，俞啟慧先后在巴黎、坎貝爾、倫敦、愛爾蘭、洛杉磯等地講學，為傳播和弘揚中國版畫文化做出了杰出貢獻。
"My hometown is where my roots are. It is also the source of inspiration for my wood carvings," said Yu Qihui while attending the art gallery's inauguration ceremony.
“我的祖先世居在北侖大碶的旗桿屋俞家，老家不僅是我祖輩繁衍生息的‘根’之所在，也是我木刻創(chuàng)作重要的生活之‘源’。”俞啟慧先生在開館儀式上說。
To date, Yu has donated more than 400 woodblock paintings to Beilun. The new gallery is open to the public every day except Mondays, free of charge.
俞啟慧先生心系桑梓，近年來向家鄉(xiāng)捐贈了400余件版畫作品。俞啟慧版畫藝術館免費向公眾開放(周一閉館)。