Zhang Daqian

Zhang Daqian
or Chang Ta-ch'ien

born May 10, 1899, Neijiang, Sichuan province, China
died April 2, 1983, Taipei, Taiwan

Chinese painter and collector.

As a young man, he meticulously studied and copied the works of ancient masters; he gained notoriety in Shanghai for his forgeries. Zhang extended his career to the north in the late 1920s, when he became active in the cultural circles of Beijing. He began to collaborate with the well-known Beijing painter Pu Xinyu, and together they became known as "South Zhang and North Pu." In 1940 Zhang led a group of artists to the caves of Mogao and Yulin for the purpose of copying their Buddhist wall paintings. The group completed over 200 paintings, and the experience left Zhang with a repository of religious imagery. During this period he became particularly known for his lotus paintings, inspired by works from the Tang-Song era. In reaction to the political climate, Zhang left China in the early 1950s and traveled throughout the world. He developed eye problems in the late 1950s, and, as his eyesight deteriorated, he developed his mature splashed-colour (pocai) style. His work in this style fetched the highest market prices for contemporary Chinese paintings at international auctions of the time.

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▪ Chinese painter
Wade-Giles romanization  Chang Ta-ch'ien 
born May 10, 1899, Neijiang, Sichuan province, China
died April 2, 1983, Taipei, Taiwan

      painter and collector who was one of the most internationally renowned Chinese artists of the 20th century.

      As a child, Zhang was encouraged by his family to pursue painting. In 1917 his elder brother, Zhang Shanzi (an artist famous for his tiger paintings), accompanied him to Kyoto, Japan, to study textile dyeing. Two years later, Zhang Daqian went to Shanghai to receive traditional painting instruction from two famous calligraphers and painters of the time, Zeng Xi and Li Ruiqing. Through his association with these teachers, Zhang had the opportunity to study some works by ancient masters in detail. His early style attempted to emulate the Ming-Qing Individualists, including Tang Yin, Chen Hongshou, and Shitao. He meticulously studied and copied their works and began to make forgeries; he gained notoriety when one of his forged Shitaos successfully deceived the connoisseurs.

      After his early success in Shanghai, Zhang extended his career to the north in the late 1920s, when he became active in the cultural circles of Beijing. He began to collaborate with the well-known Beijing painter Pu Xinyu, and together they became known as the “South Zhang and North Pu,” an epithet that is still used to refer to their collaborative works of the 1930s.

      In 1940 Zhang led a group of artists to the caves of Mogao and Yulin for the purpose of copying their Buddhist wall paintings. The group completed over 200 paintings, and the experience left Zhang with a repository of religious imagery. During the Sino-Japanese War, the artist zealously studied traditional Tang-Song figure painting and ancient monumental landscape painting. He would use elements of these in his own work, becoming particularly known for his lotus paintings, inspired by ancient works. His love of tradition was also reflected in his personal collection of ancient Chinese paintings, which he began early in his career. At its peak, his collection contained several hundred works from the Tang to Qing dynasties.

      In reaction to the political climate in 1949, Zhang left China in the early 1950s. He resided in various places, including Mendoza, Argentina; São Paulo, Brazil; and Carmel, California. His meeting with Pablo Picasso in 1956 in Nice, France, was publicized as an artistic meeting between East and West.

      Zhang developed eye problems in the late 1950s. As his eyesight deteriorated, he developed his mature splashed colour (pocai) style. Although he attributed this style in part to the splashed-ink technique of the ancient painter Wang Mo, many believe it to be related to that of the Abstract Expressionist (Abstract Expressionism) movement then popular in the United States and a departure from that of his traditional paintings. Zhang's splashed-colour paintings fetched the highest market prices for contemporary Chinese paintings at international auctions of the time.

      In 1978 the artist settled in Taipei, Taiwan. His residence, Moye-jingshe, next to the National Palace Museum, is now the Memorial Museum of Zhang Daqian.

Q.L. Wan Sophia Law Suk Mun
 

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