Bridge

Ma Changli was born in Shanhaiguan, Hebei Province in 1931. He graduated from the Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1953, and later taught at the school. In 1961, as a graduate student, he continued his further study in the Oil Painting Research Class of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. After graduation in 1963, he taught in the Department of Oil Painting of the Academy of Fine Arts and served as deputy director and acting director of the Department of Oil Painting of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Now he is professor of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, director of the Chinese Oil Painting Society, director of the Chinese National Minority Art Promotion Association and member of the Chinese Artists Association. The composition of this painting is loose and tight, the lower part is sparse, the upper part is dense and full of rhythm. The reflection of the building, either erected or inclined, has rich and musical formal beauty, as well as concrete beauty and abstract beauty.