In 1950s, Zhang Daqian traveled around the world and gained a great international reputation. Known as "the pen of the East" by the western art world. [ 1]
He and his second brother, Zhang Shanzi Kunzhong, founded the "Dafengtang Painting School", which is the most legendary splash-ink painter in China in the 20th century. Especially landscape painting. After living abroad, he combined painting style with writing, emphasized color and ink painting, especially splashing ink and color, and created a new artistic style. Because his poems, books and paintings are as famous as Qi Baishi and Xinyu Pu, they are also called "Southern Zhang Beiqi" and "Southern Zhang Beipu", with various names. Together with Huang Junbi and Xinyu Pu, they are called "crossing the sea three times". In his twenties, he had a big beard, which became a unique symbol of Zhang Daqian in the future.
He made friends with Qi Baishi, Xu Beihong, Huang, Lang Jingshan and Spanish abstract painter Picasso. [2-4]
Chinese name
Zhang Daqian
Foreign name
Zhang Daqian
Another name
Vulgarians and Li Xia people
nation
China
nation
Han (ha)
birthplace
Li Anliang, Suburb of Neijiang County, Sichuan Province
date of birth
1899 May 10
date of death
1April 2, 983
occupation
painter
graduated institutions
Kyoto fair school
Xinyang
Buddhism
Major achievements
Master of landscape painting
master of traditional Chinese painting
He and Zhang Shanzi Kunzhong founded the "Dafengtang Painting School".
representative works
Love to bite the lake, the Yangtze River Wan Li map, four screens of big lotus flowers, eight screens of elegant gardens.