Zhang Daqian
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| Zhang Daqian | |
| Born | May 10, 1899 |
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| Died | April 2, 1983 (aged 83) |
Chang Dai-chien (Simplified Chinese: 张大千; Traditional Chinese: 張大千; Pinyin: Zhāng Dàqiān; Wade-Giles: Chang Ta-Chien; 1899-1983) was one of the best-known Chinese artists of the twentieth century. He is also regarded by many art experts as one of the most gifted master forgers of the twentieth century. Born in a family of artists in Sichuan, China, he studied textile dyeing techniques in Kyoto, Japan and returned to establish a successful career selling his paintings in Shanghai. A staunch supporter of the Guomingtang, he left China in 1948 and moved to Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil, and then to Carmel, California, before finally settling in Taipei, Taiwan.
A meeting between Chang and Picasso in 1956 was viewed as a summit meeting between the preeminent masters of Eastern and Western art. Picasso showed Chang some drawings done in "Chinese" style, but Chang remarked that they were not executed with the right tools and gave Picasso a set of Chinese brushes.
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- Zhang Daqian paintings
- Challenging the Past: The Paintings of Chang Dai-Chien, Shen C.Y. Fu, Washington, DC: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution; Seattle: University of Washington Press, 1991
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