Characteristics of Zhang Daqian’s paintings:
1. Zhang Daqian’s painting style before the age of 30 can be described as “fresh and handsome”, progressing to “magnificent and majestic” at the age of 50, and reaching the peak after the age of 60. In the realm of "blue, abyss and mu", after the age of 80, the temperament becomes pure, the brushwork is simple and the ink is light, and his original splash-ink landscape is majestic and magnificent, integrating with the heaven and earth. It enhances the appeal of artistic conception and the overall effect of the picture.
2. In his early and middle age, the painter Zhang Daqian mainly painted ancient works and imitated them. He spent nearly half of his life studying their works one by one from the Qing Dynasty to the Sui and Tang Dynasties. , from copying to imitation.
3. Painter Zhang Daqian created his own splash-ink painting method at the age of 57. On the basis of inheriting the splash-ink painting method of Wang Qia of the Tang Dynasty, he also incorporated the techniques of Western European painting. The relationship between color and light has further developed into another brush and ink technique for landscape painting. What is rare and valuable is that the changes in techniques have maintained the characteristics of Chinese painting and created a semi-abstract artistic conception of ink and color.
Extended information:
Zhang Daqian’s painting characteristics enhance the appeal of artistic conception and the overall effect of the painting. On the basis of inheriting the tradition, splashed ink was developed, and the art of splashed color and splashed ink was created. At the same time, the texture of traditional Chinese painting rice paper was improved. However, the pioneers of ideas were often lonely.
Zhang Daqian is an all-round painter. His painting creation is characterized by "encompassing the strengths of all styles and the magnificence of both northern and southern styles". It integrates literati paintings, writer paintings, court paintings and folk art. In Chinese paintings of figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, fish and insects, and animals, the meticulous brushwork is omnipotent and perfect.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Zhang Daqian (Master of Traditional Chinese Painting)