Chinese artists by Michel Nau - Zhang Hongnian  张红年  
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

Zhang Hongnian

 
 

张红年

 
     
 

Zhang Hongnian  张红年 portrait  -  chinesenewart

 
     
 
 
   

1947

Zhang Hongnian  张红年  was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, China.

 

 

1962

He entered the college affiliated to the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing.

   

1969

After graduation, he was sent to the countryside for four years of rehabilitation.

   

1974

He joined the new oil department of the Central Academy of Art where he was

 

the youngest artist.

   

 

His works participated in the exhibitions of the National Art Museum of China ( 1976 ) ( 1977 )

   

1982

He painted Tibetans.

 

Preparing for Winter was awarded the bronze medal.

   

1985

He went to study at the City College of New York  United States.

   

1986

He participated in the exhibition Realism from China at the Grand Central Grand Central

 

57th Street Gallery in New York.

   

1990

When his wife Li Xin died in China, he brought his daughter back to the United States,

 

to Woodstock, New York.

   

1991

The Year of Tibet  Solo exhibition  China House of Art  New York  United States

   

1992

Portrait of a colony  exposition individuelle  Accomack Museum  Plymouth Plantation

 

Massachusetts United States

   

1995

He created a new family with the American artist  Lois Woolley.

 

They wrote together : The Yin / Yang of painting  published by Watson - Guptill

 

( presentation of Zhang Hongnian's colour palette and methods ).

   

1996

The National Geographic magazine commissioned him to paint historical painting.

   

1998 / 2007

The Fletcher Gallery in New York exhibited his work regularly.

   

 

After teaching at the New York Academy of Fine Arts,  he accepted a position as

 

professor of oil painting at the Shanghai Institute of Visual Art, Fudan University,

 

Shanghai  China.

   
 

He lives in China and the United States.

   
 

Danièle Sicard

   

   
  Solo exhibitions  selection

1993

The Universal Pageant James Cox Gallery Woodstock  United States

1994

The Visual Touch  Imavision Gallery Taipei  Taiwan

1997

New Views of Tibet Loretta Goodwin Gallery Birmingham  United States

1998

New Chinese Paintings and Prints Fletcher Gallery Woodstock  United States

1999

New Works Fletcher Gallery Woodstock United States

2000

Works on Paper Fletcher Gallery Woodstock  United States

2001

Light and Life Fletcher Gallery Woodstock  United States

2003

From the Garden Fletcher Gallery Woodstock  United States

2004

New Works Woodstock Landscapes  Fletcher Gallery Woodstock United States

2005

Summer Fletcher Gallery Woodstock  United States

2007

Song of Endless Sorrow: the Saga of Yang Gui Fei  San Marino Gallery Pasadena  

 

United States

   
  Collective exhibitions  selection

1987

Contemporary Realistic Painting from ChinaHarvard University Cambridge  United States

1989

Realism from China  Bishop Gallery Allenspark

1991

Chinese Artists in New York Oriental Gallery New York  United States

1995

China to Taos Quast Gallery Taos  New Mexico

1996

China to Taos Quast Gallery Taos  New Mexico

1997

China to Taos Quast Gallery Taos  New Mexico

1998

Masters from China Greenhouse Gallery San Antonio United States

2003

International Masters of Fine Art Greenhouse Gallery, San Antonio  United States

2004

International Masters of Fine Art Greenhouse Gallery San Antonio  United States

2005

International Masters of Fine Art Greenhouse Gallery San Antonio  United States

2006

International Masters of Fine Art Greenhouse Gallery San Antonio  United States

2011

Contemporary American Realism National Arts Club New York  United States

2011-

Chinese Epic & Historical Painters Shanghai Museum of Art Shanghai  China

2011-2012

Contemporary American Realism Butler Institute of American Art Youngstown  United States

2013

National Museum of China Beijing  China

   

   
 
 

Collections  selection

 
 

China

 
Beijing

 

China National Art Museum

 

United States

 

Canadian  Texas

 

The Citadelle

New Britain  

New Britain Museum of American of Art

Washington  

The National Geographic Society

     

   

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