Zhang Gangguang was born in 1977 in Puning, Guangdong Province. He is now a national first-class artist, a member of the China Yuelian Society, a contracted artist of the "Ink Danqing" & "Famous Lecture Hall" column of China Education Television, and was awarded the title of Nanyue Cultural and Artistic Meritorious Figure by the People's Government of Guangdong Province in 2017.
Zhang Gangguang
Gu Xingyi, a professor at the School of Humanities of Guangzhou University and a master tutor, once commented on Zhang Gangguang's calligraphy and paintings, giving people the feeling that they are solid and not sluggish, the colors are suitable and not charming, and the composition is novel but harmonious. He was good at both books and painting, which was really precious. Originally, calligraphy and painting have the same origin, but some painters can paint, but they can't write, and their inscriptions often give people the feeling of great scenery, destroying the harmonious beauty of the picture and greatly affecting the taste of the painting. Some people say that this kind of painter is a "lame" painter. In addition to the basic skills of painting, the strength of Chinese painters should also be reflected in calligraphy, and the brush and ink of steel light paintings are condensed and vigorous, and they are free to wield, relying on the power of calligraphy lines.
Pan Tianshou said: "If you are a painter, you must be a calligrapher, and a calligrapher is not necessarily a painter." Zhang Gangguang is well versed in the true meaning of this, so he worked hard to practice calligraphy, all over the famous artists, he practiced a good hand of calligraphy, not only enabling him to control the pen and ink just right, but also make the inscription of the painting brilliant, in harmony with the elegant picture, forming a harmonious and harmonious artistic whole, which is tireless to see and endless, greatly enhancing the charm and appeal of art, and greatly improving the taste of the work.
The taste of Zhang Gangguang's works is also reflected in his profound literary accomplishment. Therefore, the inscriptions of his paintings, whether they are literary or poetic, are brilliant, reading like a spring breeze, poetry and painting are blended, such paintings can be called works with cultural connotations and cultural taste, and naturally they are valuable works.