Zhang Daqian Art Exhibition
Dates: 16.1.2018-31.3.2018
Opening hours: 9:00-17:00(closed on Mondays)
Location: Northern Hall No.11, National Museum of China
Address: 16 Eastern Chang’an Avenue, Dongcheng District, Beijing, China
Website: official website
Zhang Daqian was born in 1899 in Sichuan province in the final years of China’s last dynasty, the Qing. Being one of the best-known and most prodigious Chinese artists of the twentieth century, Daqian was originally known as a guohua (traditionalist) painter, by the 1960s he was also renowned as a modern impressionist and expressionist painter. In addition, he is regarded as one of the most gifted master forgers of the twentieth century.
The exhibition features more than 100 pieces/sets of artworks that come in the five parts of New Insights from Existing Works, Portraying Dunhuang Murals, Collections of the Antique Shop, Friends and Tutors of Daqian, and Seals of Daqian, systematically presenting the artistic journey of Zhang Daqian. Among them, there are Zhang Daqian”s masterpieces such as Longquan Temple Bamboo Book, Clouds over Huashan Mountain and A Copy of Late Tang Illustration of Raudraksa’s Battle with Sariputra; additionally, his collections like the paintings by Chen Hongshou represented by the Martial Officer and Caged Goose and the works by Shi Tao like Clear-up after Snow in Chang’an among other precious ancient artworks will be displayed.