萬 一 鵬 個 人 簡 歷
萬一鵬，字嘯雲，號鐸和尚 , 無因老人, 墨廬, 書齋有《萬壑草堂》, 《頻中聖室》, 《海德樓》。1917年生於上海市嘉定，幼承家學，外祖父申竹香和父親雅堂先生，均為一代竹刻名家，家藏書畫碑帖極豐，平時耳濡目染，每喜塗抹臨摹，終日不倦；十嵗時已能作巨幅山水，為同里國畫家趙夢蘇老夫子賞識，收列門牆，兼隨童星彔老師習書法，姚明輝教授治經史；趙老師每稱讚曰：「此子極有藝術潛質，如能循序善教，日後成就，不可測度。」先生因寢饋潛修，十年如一日，將歷代諸家之技法，刻意臨摹，大體有其規矩。
趙老師又云：「讀書臨摹，僅為基本功夫，如欲另創新意，必須師法造化，此後應多探索山川景物，吸收自然界之生態，運於筆底，則氣韻自生，此語只能意會，而不可言傳」。於是約三數同道，遍遊大江南北，繼之渡黃河，登華嶽，臨五台，窮塞北；是時適日寇侵吞東北之後，關外處處可見到日人魔爪，蠶食我國土，激憤中寫成一幅「橫行塞北之狼羣」，此為創作之始，後在南京展出，極受好評。
抗戰軍興，避寇居浙江、江西等處，遊天目山、弁山、茅山諸地，搜盡名山打草稿。一九四九年南遷香港，復交時下俊彥，切磋學問，出新意於法度之中，別具風韻；曾於一九五九年展畫作於香港聖約翰副堂。七一年應台北市省立博物館之邀；舉行傳統國畫展；同年冬，復由星加坡六大學術團體主辦，將原作移往星加坡中華總商會展賞，以發揚中華文化。一九七三年受任香港中文大學藝術系講師，七五年參加美國耶魯大學主辦「當代名畫介紹」運往美國十大名校巡迴展覽。八二年又推出新作，假香港大會堂展出，連接四天，觀者潮湧。
一九八四年移居加拿大之愛明頓，此地與洛磯山脈極近，經常登山涉水，徘徊其間，尋幽探勝，心胸豁然，更遠往美國三藩市、洛杉磯等名勝，攀登美西高峯，遊太浩湖，臨死亡谷，再橫越各州而抵美東，臨白山之「雲中堡壘」，疾馳於北加之魁北克省，泛舟於聖羅侖斯河；南下至多倫多市大平原，此地商業發遠，人文薈萃，有「小香港」之譽，決意留此定居。
於多倫多深居之時，致力繪事，尤以指畫，鑽研深究，啟前人所未啟，別開新徑。暇時以授藝自遣，恆誡諸子以「察微知理，求精惟勤。」先生於專心授藝外，並著作「萬一鵬山水畫說」一書，以供有志藝術者循序進修。一九九Ｏ年在香港大会堂及台北國軍英雄纪念館举辦了「萬一鹏指畫作品展」, 將其指畫作品公诸於世。
先生於一九九四年十月在溫哥華辭世，其遺作由後人編輯成冊，先后於二Ｏ一Ｏ年出版。有: 萬一鹏藝術天地之《鵬程萬里》《天地一指》和《筆底龍蛇》; 《萬壑丘山》及《萬一鵬山水畫說中英文新版》等。並應邀在香港中文大學文物館及遼寧省博物館等地展出。
Mr. Van I-Pong (万一鹏), alias Xiao Yun (啸云) was born in Jiading, Shanghai (嘉定, 上海), China. During his childhood, he was taught by his father named Van Yatong (万雅堂) who was a famous bamboo sculptor and a collector of Chinese paintings.
At the age of 10, Van could draw long scrolls of landscape. His talent was soon discovered by an eminent artist, Mr. Zhao Meng-su (赵梦苏) who gave him lectures on Chinese paintings. He also learnt calligraphy from Mr. Tong Xing-lü (童星彔) and literature from Professor Yao Ming-hui (姚明辉). Under their guidances, Mr. Van gradually stepped into the field of Chinese art.
Mr. Zhao Meng-su (赵梦苏) encouraged him to sketch the nature, saying "Imitating others' works and spending time on reading books merely provide fundamental training, to be really creative, one must learn directly from the universe. And it means to observe and sketch real landscape."
According to this instruction, Mr. Van began his sightseeing tour together with several friends of same interest. First they toured north and south along Yangtze River (长江), passing over Yellow River (黄河), climbing to the peak of Mount Hua (华岳), visiting the Mount Wutai (五台) and reaching as far as North Wilderness (塞北). At that time, Japan invaded China and occupied Manchuria (东北). Mr. Van was aroused by his patriotism and expressed his feeling in a painting entitled 'Savage Action of a Herd of Wolves in Northern China’ (塞北狼羣) which was exhibited in Nanjing (南京) and received good remarks.
During the wartime, Mr. Van was forced to move about Zhejiang (浙江) and Jiangxi (江西) provinces. He also had the opportunity of touring Mount Tian Mu (天目山), Mount Bian (弁山), Mount Mao (茅山) and made sketches of the landscape.
In 1949, he migrated to Hong Kong, there he met many local artists. Under their mutual influence, he was inspired and generated new ideas of painting.
In 1959, he exhibited his works at St. John’s Hall (圣约翰堂), Hong Kong. In 1971, he was invited by Provincial Museum in Taipei (台北市省立博物馆) to hold an exhibition of classical Chinese paintings. In the winter of same year, he was requested by six universities and cultural bodies in Singapore to display his paintings in the Chinese Club (中华总商会) in Singapore.
In 1973, Mr. Van was appointed lecturer in the Fine Art Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong. In 1975, his paintings were sent to Yale University, U.S.A. for an exhibition called ‘Introduction of Famous Artists of Today’ which toured round 10 universities in the United States. In 1982, he displayed his works in Hong Kong City Hall. The display drew crowds of admirers every day.
In 1984, he immigrated to Edmonton, Canada. The city is so close to Rocky Mountain (落基山) that he could have frequent opportunities in touring this renowned landscape. Mr. Van had also travelled extensively in the States. Starting from the west coast, he visited San Francisco (旧金山), Los Angeles (洛杉矶), Mount Whitney (美西高峯), Lake Tahoe (太皓湖) and Death Valley (死亡谷). He then climbed the Mont Blanc (白山) to visit the ‘Castle amidst the Cloud’ (云中堡垒). Then he took a cruising tour in River St. Lawrence (圣罗仑斯河).
He then settled down in Toronto which has a nickname of 'Little Hong Kong', where he concentrated again on painting, especially in finger painting of landscape. Mr. Van taught painting at his leisure time and wrote a book entitled Theories of Chinese Landscape Painting (中国山水画说) which is a step-by-step instruction for beginners.
Mr. Van passed away in October, 1994 in Vancouver, Canada. His works were collected as a two-volume album and published in 2010.
