Zhang Daqian: 8 works

'Zhang Daqian was born in Neijiang, Sichuan province.'

'After he went back to Shanghai, he started to practice calligraphy under the tutelage of Zeng Xi and Li Ruiqing, both of whom were well-renowned calligraphers. He later initiated the organization The Lanman Society with Zhang Shanzi, Yu Jianhua, and Huang Binhong.'

'Zhang was adept in painting figures, flowers and birds, and was particularly good at painting mountains and water, a field in which he had made great achievements by creating the painting techniques of ink-splashing (pomo) and color-splashing (pocai). His fame was equally known with that of Qi Baishi and Pu Ru, so there had been such honorary titles as "Zhang of the South and Qi of the North" as well as "Zhang of the South and Pu of the North".'

'His fame was equally known with that of Qi Baishi and Pu Ru, so there had been such honorary titles as "Zhang of the South and Qi of the North" as well as "Zhang of the South and Pu of the North".'

'He was also revered as one of the "Three Masters across the Taiwan Strait", with the other two being Huang Junbi and Pu Ru.'

'During his early years, he travelled eastward to Japan to learn dyeing and weaving. After he went back to Shanghai, he started to practice calligraphy under the tutelage of Zeng Xi and Li Ruiqing, both of whom were well-renowned calligraphers.'

'Paintings of beautiful ladies by Zhang Daqian (1899-1983, born in Neijiang, Sichuan) can be divided into three stages: 1.Before 1930s,influenced by painters Ren Yi (1840-1896)and Fei Danxu (1802-1850)in late Qing Dynasty, ladies portrayed by Zhang were mostly in slender shapes; 2.During 1930s, Zhang learned from painters in Ming Dynasty such as Tang Yin (1470-1523), Wu Wei (1459-1508) and Chen Hongshou (1599-1652), so ladies he painted become soft but not weak;3.'

'Zhang did not stick to one pattern, but adopted both "blue and green" color and black ink, drawing the advantages of bothgenresand blend them harmoniously into awhole.Hisvision hadtranscendedthe limitations of Ming and Qing Dynasties.'