Silk Woven Paintings and Calligraphy

WANG XIZHI

Wang Xizhi (306-361) was a great Chinese calligrapher in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, traditionally referred to as the "Sage of Calligraphy". He excelled in every script but particularly in the semi-cursive script. His most famous work is the Lanting Xu (Preface to the Poems Composed at the Orchid Pavilion).

LANTING XU

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XU BEIHONG

Xu Beihong(1895-1953), born in Jiangsu, was a famous Chinese painter. Considered a modern master in China, his merging of Western techniques with classic Chinese approaches was unmatched. He is particularly known for his shuimohua depictions of horses and birds. Xu Beihong was a master of both oils and Chinese ink. Most of his works, however, were in the Chinese traditional style. In his efforts to create a new form of national art, he combined Chinese brush and ink techniques with Western perspective and methods of composition. He integrated firm and bold brush strokes with the precise delineation of form. As an art teacher, he advocated the subordination of technique to artistic conception and emphasizes the importance of the artist's experiences in life. Of all of the Painters of the modern era, it can be safely said that Xu is the one painter most responsible for the direction taken in the modern Chinese Art world. The policies enacted by Xu at the beginning of the Communist Era continue to control not only official Government Policy towards the arts, but they continue to direct the overall direction taken in the various Art Colleges and Universities throughout China.

SIX HORSES

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ZHANG DAQIAN

Zhang Daqian(1899-1983), was a native of Neijiang, SiChuan in China. He took the religious name Daqian upon becoming a Buddhist monk, and after returning to the laity he called himself "Lay believer Daqian." At the age of 21 he sought out as many paintings by famous artists of past centuries as he could to copy. Beginning with an impressionistic style and progressing to meticulous brushwork, he developed the ability to move between these techniques with complete master. In 1941 he traveled to DunHuang where he spent two years and seven months copying wall paintings. Here he studied traditional coloration and line drawing methods, being particularly moved by the grand scale and complex layout of the high Tang style. The sumptuous splendor of high Tang art inspired him with the desire to create great art. Zhang Daqian traveled widely in Europe and America, where he came into contact with the contemporary art movement in the West. This spurred a sea change in his methods of painting, and he created unique splashed-ink and splashed-color styles, expanding the potential of plane surfaces and coloration. In his later years, he combined splashed ink and splashed color with the masterly texture strokes and liberation of his early years to form a new synthesis. Hovering between concrete and abstract, reveling in freedom and unpredictability, Zhang Daqian's work created a whole new style of modern Chinese painting.

LUSHAN MOUNTAIN WATERFALL

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OTHER FAMOUS ARTWORK OF ZHANG DAQIAN

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MA JIN

Ma Jin (1898 - 1970), Chinese famous painter. He is particularly known for his painting depictions of horses.

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