Zhang Daqian, as a giant of the world's painting circles, has endured for a long time, and the people of China and the world have given him infinite love. His painting skills have always been outstanding in the history of Chinese painting, and have been loved by the broad masses of people and people all over the world.
As mentioned above, Zhang Daqian's life is legendary, mysterious, ups and downs, ice and fire. So far, there is no institution or individual in China and the world who can protect the treasures of the Chinese nation's culture who has created countless miracles for the painting cause of the Chinese nation, added luster to the 5,000-year-old splendid culture of the Chinese nation, and is so loyal that he can sacrifice everything himself, even the lives of himself and his closest relatives! Such a fearless spirit is unique to the national heroes of our Chinese nation, is the responsibility of our Chinese soul, and is a symbol of our spiritual civilization!
Zhang Daqian is the only painter in the history of Chinese painting who has been elected as the world's greatest painter.
In 1957, Zhang Daqian's masterpiece "Begonia" won the gold medal of the New York International Art Association, and was selected as the world's largest painter, which is the only Chinese painter of all dynasties to receive this title. Through his own brush, he won the highest honor and infinite light for the Chinese nation and our 5,000-year-old splendid culture for the first time in the world.
Zhang Daqian is the only one in the history of Chinese painting who is known as: 500 years of a great thousand.
In the history of Chinese painting, it is known as: 500 years and a great thousand;
Xu Beihong also commented on Zhang Daqian:
- The first person to learn and copy the paintings of the ancients the most deeply and comprehensively;
- Transcending traditional culture: the first person to reach the peak of Chinese painting;
- Create a new chapter in Chinese painting: the first person to splash ink and color;
Zhang Daqian is meticulous in the fields of landscapes, flowers and birds, people, animals and plants; The breadth of the pen road is impressed. Among the Chinese painting masters who have been famous for only specializing in a single subject matter in the past dynasties, Zhang Daqian is the only one who is an all-round master of Chinese painting. Zhang Daqian's paintings have been ranked No. 1 among the top auction houses in China and the world for a long time, and are unique in the history of auctions.
His landscapes and lotus flowers deeply express his incomparable love and yearning for his relatives, the mountains and rivers of his hometown, and every grass and tree....... Like all overseas Chinese, he is attached to Chinese mainland and loves our motherland incomparably, and like all patriotic overseas Chinese, he hopes for the growing strength of the motherland, yearns for the growing strength of the motherland, and uses his own practical actions to publicize the breadth and profundity of my 5,000-year-old culture.
Xu Beihong, the leader of Chinese painting and an authority on Chinese painting, said: Daqian has traveled all over the famous mountains and rivers with his talents. Or sunny open and swinging, this woodcutter hermit, long pine ancient cypress, bamboo fence hut, are all with the Sa front to slightly solve. It is enough to prove Xu Beihong's classic sentence: "Five hundred years, one big thousand" has a profound and far-reaching meaning.
Zhang Daqian is the only master in the history of Chinese painting who surpassed the highest attainments in the field of traditional painting in the Tang, Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing dynasties.
Zhang Daqian in traditional painting: landscape first, flowers and birds first, figures first; He is the first person to inherit and innovate Chinese painting and have epoch-making significance in various fields of painting. From a young age, he began to copy and study the works of the top traditional Chinese painting masters in the Ming and Qing dynasties, such as Shi Tao, Bada Shanren, Song and Yuan dynasties, and the Tang Dynasty. Even the most elite experts can't make out it. After that, his Chinese painting "Mei Yuntang" was auctioned for 150 million yuan. It far surpasses the Ming Dynasty Chinese painting master Qiu Ying's "Wen Ji Returns to the Han Long Scroll" and the Qing Dynasty great painter Xu Yang's "Pacification of the Western Regions Sacrifice Gift Map". The sky-high prices of 101.2 million and 134 million yuan were auctioned respectively. In recent years, Zhang Daqian has auctioned the title of leader at home and abroad, and he has shined!
Zhang Daqian is the only Chinese in the history of world painting who pioneered the "splashing ink and splashing color" of combining Western abstract painting with Chinese "splashing ink" painting.
After Zhang Daqian became familiar with and mastered the skills and techniques of traditional Chinese painting on various subjects, he found that due to differences in life customs and culture, it was difficult for Chinese painting to be accepted by people all over the world.
Zhang Daqian is the only master of Chinese painting in the history of Chinese painting who used Chinese painting to conquer the Western oil painting Capcasso and conquer the world.
Zhang Daqian was invited by Picasso to hold a meeting at the "Summit of Chinese and Western Art", and Picasso lamented: The entire Western white race has no art, only China has art. Because Zhang Daqian is the only master of Chinese painting in Chinese history who integrates Chinese painting with Western painting, his paintings connect the ancient and modern, and the art of China and the rest of the world.
It not only enables Chinese people to understand more about Chinese culture, but also enables the Western art circles and academic circles to re-understand the breadth and profundity of Chinese culture, and the special and brilliant Chinese culture. Zhang Daqian's international influence is extraordinary: her number of exhibitions, the wide range of influence, and the great dedication are all called the "best" in the world, which is unmatched in ancient and modern China and abroad. He is the only master in the history of Chinese painting who has conquered the world, and he is also the pride of our Chinese overseas.
At noon on July 29, 1956, Zhang Daqian, who had won the world's No. 1 painter's painting and surpassed Picasso's auction record as the No. 1 Picasso in the West, was invited by Picasso to his "California Villa" with special reverence for a meeting and advice. After Picasso invited Zhang Daqian to sit down, he took out a large bundle of Chinese paintings that he copied from Qi Baishi for Zhang Daqian to admire, and asked Zhang Daqian with great interest: "I painted these Chinese paintings and am studying." Because I can't copy your paintings, looking at the East, only you are qualified to teach me Qi Baishi's paintings." After Zhang Daqian's explanation, Picasso was shocked by Zhang Daqian's artistic insights, and said seriously: "Don't say that there is no art in Paris, France, and the entire Western white race has no art, and Chinese don't have to go to Paris to learn art at all!" ”。 At that time, many Western media said that this meeting was not only a portrayal of Zhang Daqian's conquest of the world with Chinese art, but also the only master in the history of Chinese painting who met with Picasso and surpassed the influence of his Chinese painting.
Zhang Daqian is the only master of Chinese painting in the history of Chinese painting whose works are hung in Chairman Mao's study in Zhongnanhai.
No master of Chinese painting has been invited to hold the largest number of exhibitions in the world like Zhang Daqian. Chairman Mao's beloved "Zhang Daqian Lotus" during his lifetime often stared at it for a long time in front of the painting and was impressed by it.
On January 3, 1949, the CCP announced the peaceful liberation of Beiping. At that time, Zhang Daqian, who was living in Hong Kong to hold an art exhibition, was very relieved when he heard the news, especially when he later heard that the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China headed by Mao Zedong had left a "death order" in order to protect the safety of many ancient buildings and cultural relics in Beiping and the lives and property of the broad masses of the people. made Zhang Daqian extremely admired Chairman Mao. For this reason, he specially created a vertical scroll "Lotus Picture", with the inscription: "Mr. Runzhi made a fortune and was elegant",
Ms. He Xiangning transferred it to Mao Zedong. It is said that this picture contains Chairman Mao's bold, majestic, and terrifying personality. Chairman Mao admired it very much after receiving it and hung it in the Zhongnanhai study. During his lifetime, Chairman Mao often stood in front of Zhang Daqian's "Lotus Flower", observed for a long time, and was impressed by his superb artistic realm.
Throughout his life, Zhang Daqian has been invited by dozens of countries such as the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Spain, Belgium, Austria, Brazil, Argentina, Japan, and South Korea, and has held hundreds of solo exhibitions. No other Chinese painter has ever held such a large number of exhibitions around the world. Many of his works are in the collections of the Palace Museum in Beijing, the National Palace Museum in Taipei, the Freer Museum of Art in Washington, D.C., the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. It is collected by the world's top museums such as the British Museum in London, UK. He is the master of Chinese painting with the largest collection of Chinese paintings in the world.
Zhang Daqian, who has countless disciples in his life, is well-known in the Chinese and foreign painting circles. He and his second brother Zhang Shanzi founded the "Dafeng Tang" with 108 beginner disciples all over the world, many of whom have become well-known painters. The only eldest son, Zhang Yifan, the successor of the "Dafengtang", became a famous Chinese landscape painter, educator, and master painter who grew up in New China.
Zhang Yifan, the only descendant of Zhang Daqian's first generation, is known as the "contemporary Zhang Daqian" master of Chinese painting
Zhang Zijia, the only descendant of the second generation of Zhang Daqian, is known as the "modern female Zhang Daqian" master of Chinese painting
He surpassed all the masters of Chinese painting, surpassed Picasso, the leading figure in the history of world painting, and greatly improved our status in the world.
- Zhang Daqian's lifelong path to painting, is the family gave him all aspects of the conditions, the spirit of his ancestors for the cause of the nation has influenced him, the correct family education and thinking, is his way to the society to become a model for us to learn. The most important thing is that he had the opportunity to collect and browse a large number of court calligraphy and paintings, and he worked hard day and night to study and copy, which created his future glory! The great influence given to him by his family has given him the fearless spirit of the Chinese nation, so that he can fully swim in the long river of splendid, splendid and spectacular historical classic paintings of China for 5,000 years, carefully study, ponder, and comprehend. The spirit of the Chinese nation in the land of China learned from his brother Zhang Shanzi's behavior and unswerving loyalty and perseverance, which laid a solid foundation for Zhang Daqian's future painting art to glory.
Because of this, when the unprecedented great change came in 1949, in order to help the vital interests of the religious circles in his collection, Zhang Daqian resolutely chose not to stay in China.
I would rather suffer and suffer myself than implicate those who protect the assets of the Chinese nation. Since the new China had just been founded, many things needed to be gradually adjusted and solved during the period of waiting to be rebuilt, weighing the pros and cons, and finally, Zhang Daqian made up his mind to settle in Brazil, which was completely unfamiliar and extremely unsuitable for life. From a poor painter who was poor and white, 17 years later, in Brazil, with his own hands, he created a luxurious estate with acres of land, which was admired and praised by all Brazilians!
After he went abroad, for the safety of the treasures, he first sent lotus flowers to Mao Zedong, the leader of New China, through the famous Ms. He Xiangning; A few court calligraphy and paintings, which were brought out to save lives if necessary, were sold cheaply through the underground organization of New China in Hong Kong. As a result, Chiang Kai-shek, who had just fled to Taiwan, made a public statement: Zhang Daqian was pro-New China and refused to allow him to come to Taiwan. And Zhang Daqian, for his pioneering work in the field of painting, and to protect the secrets that only himself, his eldest wife, and his eldest son Zhang Yifan, who is unknown in the family, know more, except for the third lady Yang Wanjun, who knows more, and the other family members are all kept secret. Therefore, the institution of the famous "Dafengtang" century-old entry disciple established by Zhang Daqian and Zhang Shanzi was handed over to the only informed descendant, the eldest son Zhang Yifan, long before Zhang Daqian went abroad. The information transmitted and handed over by Zhang Daqian and his eldest son Zhang Yifan is clear and unique, which cannot be compared with anyone and cannot be copied. And the eldest son's hidden promise is also for the sake of Zhang Daqian's relatives and friends, a treasure that is more important than his own life, and he has to become an invisible person.
Zhang Daqian has been a kick in his life, doing any big thing regardless of remuneration, and moving forward bravely; However, only in the matter of treasures that are more important than his life, it seems so powerless and helpless.
He is a loving and righteous person, for the sake of his best friends and relatives, he can stick a knife in both sides, he can risk ruining his reputation to do anything that hurts himself, but he suffers himself and his family in the face of great right and wrong. After learning that his eldest son, Zhang Yifan, who was also his silent guardian of religion on the mainland, and the only known family member of the Chinese treasures that were more important than Zhang Daqian's own life, had been unjustly wronged, he resolutely handed over the precious Dunhuang treasures he had discovered to our state-level Palace Museum in 1966 through his eldest granddaughter Zhang Zijia, who was only 14 years old at the time, to show his loyalty to our new China. In 1974, Wang Yeqiu, then director of the State Administration of Cultural Heritage, personally wrote a red-headed document to encourage Zhang Daqian's eldest granddaughter Zhang Zijia's behavior. For this reason, it is even more difficult for Zhang Daqian and Zhang Yifan to meet, and the treasures that Zhang Daqian thinks about day and night cannot be determined.
The three family heirloom disciples he cultivated, went to Dunhuang and sacrificed two of his closest relatives to succeed him, the last and the smartest eldest son, who had not been with his parents since he was a child, but had excellent academic performance, was very sensible, willing to help others, respected the old and loved the young, helped others, and had a very good relationship with his neighbors. Frail and sickly since childhood, suffering from a terminal illness at that time, it was Zhang Daqian who spared no expense to save Xiao Zhang Yifan, who had vomited blood, and grew into the first college graduate in the family, and Zhang Daqian's only painting inheritor and treasure collector. As a result, Zhang Yifan paid a lifetime of obscurity and hard work, and in his later years, he continued Zhang Daqian's classic skills of inheriting Chinese culture and popularized Chinese painting;
At the end of the 70s, Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai died suddenly, which dealt a great blow to Zhang Daqian, causing Zhang Daqian to settle in Brazil for 17 years, and the luxurious manor built by a poor man and a white man was too popular among the Brazilian people, claiming that the next Brazilian president is not the last subordinate of this bearded and cedar old man!
For this reason, in order to maintain his position, the Brazilian president claimed that Zhang Daqian's "Bade Garden" was the main road of the canal to be developed. In desperation, Zhang Daqian moved out of Brazil and settled in the beautiful town of Camerin on the west coast of the United States, built two villas, and not long after settling down, the leaders of the mainland died one after another, so that his long-line kite was completely broken. Zhang Daqian did not think about it, and resolutely went to Taiwan, and quickly built a last house - Maya Lodge at any cost. Among them stands a boulder: Plum Hill; He looked at the other side of the sea day and night, his dearest relatives, his eldest son Zhang Yifan and the treasures he exchanged for his child's life, how much he wanted to see the most precious ....... in his life that he exchanged for everything he and his family, more important than his life, he lay under the "plum hill", forever looking at it, looking at it from afar, looking at it from afar, never looking away, never looking away........
During the Qingming Festival, it rains a lot, and pedestrians on the road want to break their souls....... Relatives on the mainland will always remember him........ Chinese Min will always remember him..... He will always be remembered by the people of the world....... He is the most prominent and outstanding historical hero of the Chinese nation, and he is a real national hero in the field of art! It is worthy of the pride of the people of China and the world!
Zhang Daqian lay under the plum hill of the Taiwan Lodge, looking at the opposite side of the sea, looking at it, looking at it from afar, looking at it from afar, looking at it all the time....... Never know the eyes! Daqian's granddaughter was in a surging mood at this time, and it was April 4, 2024, when the weather was gloomy, and her granddaughter Zhang Zijia wrote about the life and deeds of Zhang Daqian's grandfather, full of emotion........
Wang Meng, the old minister of the Ministry of Culture, said: The person Zhang Daqian is most sorry for in his life is his eldest son Zhang Yifan!
On the mainland, Zhang Daqian wrote a map of the Yangtze River with his infinite broadheart;
In Taiwan, the desperate five years of his life: Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlaide died one after another, which gave him a fatal blow, and the spiritual pillar in his heart that had been adrift overseas for many years: he dreamed, he looked forward to, and wanted to see his eldest son, he no longer talked about the story of his "being robbed to the mountain by bandits" all the time, and he took the trouble to tell all his relatives and friends over and over again the story of "being taken to the mountain by bandits"; In order to tell this story, he kept painting pieces of residual lotus; In order to tell this story, he didn't have the fatigue of painting, so he deliberately fried Sichuan food for everyone; In order to tell this story, he also deliberately wrote the name of Sichuan cuisine; He never tires of telling this story all the time........ Mr. Badong, the world's most authoritative person in the study of Zhang Daqian and a senior expert at the National Palace Museum in Taipei, questioned:
Why is Zhang Daqian so mysterious?
Why did Zhang Daqian have a prophetic vision?
Why are the endings of Zhang Daqian's stories different?
So far, no one in China, in the world, no organization can answer?!
Only I, the eldest granddaughter, were talking.
I talked about Grandpa Zhang Daqian, I had this opportunity, and some people scolded him for a century, and he didn't scold him, but became a household name; Now he began to scold his only family inheritor, the only person in the world who can tell his grandfather's tall, big, and noble behavior, and it is unimaginable to everyone, during the epidemic, a little girl who came back from Turkey and couldn't eat, fished in troubled waters and went to Songzhuang Painter Village, and began to be changed into a painter in a little bit, which ruined people's reputation and ruined their families; With this experience, I found the opportunity to change Zhang Daqian's granddaughter, and succeeded in one fell swoop! The agency that was used in Songzhuang immediately expelled her, leaving no name; Then, under the banner of Zhang Daqian's only authorized website, Shanghai's was insulted and promoted, arrogant and unstoppable! The granddaughter of Daqian will never be intimidated by evil. The reason why it is announced in the media is because our people are too kind and too easy to deceive!
As a member of the Chinese nation and as Chinese who grew up under the red flag, the interests of the people are above all else, and we must not allow those lawless elements who hang the people's fat and people's ointment to take advantage of the admiration area of the people of China and the world for Zhang Daqian's people's artist to make huge profits!
Therefore, we firmly support Dr. Luo's advocacy of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism: to establish health and art towns throughout China; Our disseminators of culture and art will be committed to the "Daqian" culture and art town blooming all over the country, so that nearly 10,000 Chinese and foreign classic works of art, our vast number of cultural and artistic workers to inherit culture and art at the same time, do a good job in all walks of life as the vanguard, their righteous cause for publicity, the Chinese nation's 5,000 years of splendid culture to serve science and technology, industry, agriculture, all walks of life, spread the Chinese nation's fearless spiritual civilization, go all the way, think of the whole China, the world forward!
Beijing Daqian Dafeng Hall Yifan Painting and Calligraphy Institute
China International Daqian Bade Park Co., Ltd
China International Daqian Dafengtang Calligraphy and Painting Art Association
07.05.2024