Who are the four great painters in China?

The four great painters in China are Qi Baishi, Wu Guanzhong, Xu Beihong and Zhang Daqian.

1, Qi Baishi (1864 65438+ 10/0+916,0957), a master of modern painting in China, is a world cultural celebrity.

Qi Baishi's calligrapher Zhuanli learned this method from the inscriptions in Qin and Han Dynasties, and his calligraphy also attracted Gu Zhuo's interest. His calligraphy is comparable to that of Yu Youren, Li Zhimin and Sha Menghai. His brushwork is vigorous, simple and vigorous. Seal cutting is unique and good at writing poems. He used to be honorary professor of Central Academy of Fine Arts and chairman of China Artists Association. Representative works include Frog Rang Ten Miles Away from the Mountain Spring and Ink Shrimp. He is the author of "Bai Shi Shi Hua" and "Bai Shi Old Man's Self-report".

2. Wu Guanzhong (1919-2010), a native of Yixing, Jiangsu Province, is a famous contemporary painter, oil painter and art educator. His representative works include Three Gorges of the Yangtze River, Scenery of the Northland, Birds of Paradise, Yellow Mountain Pine and Lu Xun's Hometown. Personal collections include Wu Guanzhong's Talk on Art, Selected Essays of Wu Guanzhong and Beauty and Ugliness.

In 1950s and 1970s, Wu Guanzhong devoted himself to the creation of landscape oil paintings and explored the nationalization of oil paintings. He tried to combine the intuitive and vivid description of nature in European oil paintings with the traditional artistic spirit and aesthetic ideal of China.

3. Xu Beihong (1July 89519—1September 26, 953), Han nationality, formerly known as Xu, was born in Qiting Town, Yixing County, Jiangsu Province, and was a modern painter and art educator in China.

19 17, Xu Beihong was hired as the tutor of Peking University Painting Research Association, and the highest institution of higher learning has successively made Xu Beihong a master painter and Shen and Li Zhimin, masters of Peking University calligraphy history. I studied in France to study western painting, and I have been engaged in art education for a long time after returning to China. He has taught in the Art Department of National Central University, the Art College of Beiping University and Beiping Art College.

4. Zhang Daqian (Zhang Daqian,1May 8991April 2, 983), formerly known as Zhengquan, later renamed as "Ji Cheng", posthumous title Daqian, alias "Daqian laity" and "Li Xia Hong Kong people". Neijiang, Sichuan, 1899 was born in Panyu, Guangdong Province in May, and was born in Li Anliang, a suburb of Shizhong District, Neijiang City, Sichuan Province (now "Bajiaojing" in Banpojing, Park Bay, Shizhong District). He is a scholar and painter in China.