Yang Xin, (1940—2020 65438+1October 3 1), is a famous art historian, an expert on calligraphy and painting, and the former vice president of the Palace Museum.
Yang Xin, a famous art historian, appraiser of calligraphy and painting and former vice president of the Palace Museum, died on the morning of June 3, 2020, at the age of 8 1.
Chinese name: Yang Xin.
Nationality: China.
Place of birth: Xiangyin, Hunan
Date of birth: 1940
Date of death: 65438+20201October 3 1
Occupation: calligrapher
Graduate school: Central Academy of Fine Arts
Representative Works: Yang Xin's Art Essays.
The life of the character
Yang Xin, male, Han nationality, 1940 was born in Xiangyin, Hunan. I like painting since I was a child. 1960 After graduating from the High School Attached to Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, he was admitted to the Art History Department of Central Academy of Fine Arts.
1965 graduated, worked in the Palace Museum, engaged in the exhibition and research of ancient China paintings and calligraphy, and studied painting and calligraphy appraisal under Mr. Xu Bangda and Mr. Qi Gong. 1984 As a visiting scholar of Luce Foundation, he studied and taught in the Department of Art History at the University of California, Berkeley for one year. 1985 1 deputy director of the exhibition department of the Palace Museum,1September 1987 -2000, 65438+2, deputy director of the Palace Museum.
He used to be a member of China Artists Association, a member of China Calligraphers Association and vice chairman of Beijing Museum Society. The research librarians and members of the academic committee of the Palace Museum enjoy special government allowances.
academic achievement
The main academic achievements are: Selected Works of Fine Arts in Yang Xin (published by Forbidden City Press and Hong Kong Commercial Press), China Painters Series Xiang Shengmo and Cheng Zhengqi (published by Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House), Eight Eccentrics in Yangzhou (published by Cultural Relics Publishing House), China Traditional Line Drawing Figure Painting (published by Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House), Wen Zhiming and Xiang Shengmo Large Picture Books, etc. Editor-in-Chief: The Art of Dragons, National Treasure Collection and Complete Collection of Cultural Relics and Treasures Collected by the Palace Museum (both published by Hong Kong Commercial Press). Other papers include: Antique Market in Paintings of Ming Dynasty, Cultural Relics, Pride, Freehand brushwork and Understanding of Chinese Painting (the third in the Florology Series), Three Topics of Badashanren (Cultural Relics 1998No. 10) and Four Monks' Brief Discussion (Palace Museum).