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1899
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Zhang Daqian 张大千 , original name Zhang Yuan (1899-1983 ) also called Jiyuan, was
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born on May 19, in Neijiang, Sichuan Province China.
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1917
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He joined his brother in Japan to study textile dyeing at the Kokei School in Kyoto.
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1919
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Back in China, he moved to Shanghai where he taught in a school then, for three months,
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he became a Buddhist monk under the name of Daqian.
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1920
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He was a student of calligrapher Zeng Xi who named him Jiyuan ( he will keep this name
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to sign his paintIngs ), then Li Ruiqing.
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1929
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He was a member of the Committee of the First National Art Exhibition.
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He participated in the First Chinese Painting Exhibition, Musée du Jeu de Paume, Paris
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France. |
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He travelled a lot in China, and held exhibitions.
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1934
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First exhibition in Beijing. |
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1936
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He was a professor at National Central University in Nanjing.
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1937
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When war broke out in Japan, he returned to Sichuan Province.
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1941
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He set out to explore the Dunhuang caves and made a detailed inventory of them
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and with the help of his family, artists and monks, he copied the paintings Buddhist
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murals, for more than two years.
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He organized two exhibitions :
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1943
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exhibition of frescoes copied by Zhang Daqian Chengdu
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1944
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exhibition of paintings by Zhang Daqian Chongqing
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1950
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He left China to give lectures in India, and stayed in the Ajanta caves.
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1952 / 1977
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He travelled the world: Argentina, Brazil, Taiwan, United States, Japan, Sweden,
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Switzerland.
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He met the artists : ( Pablo Picasso 1956 )
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He was experimenting with their techniques. ( Action painting )
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His paintings in splashed ink and colored ink, tending to abstraction, show the
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evolution of his style .
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1958
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He was named Best Contemporary Artist in the World by the International Fine Arts
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Association, in New York.
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1960 / 1970
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Numerous exhibitions : London ( 1965 ), Hong Kong, São Paulo ( 1966 ) Art Museum
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of Stanford University United States,Taipei ( 1967 ), New York, Chicago ( 1968 )
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Los Angeles, Boston, New York, Taipei ( 1969 ) San Francisco ( 1970 ).
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1972
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A retrospective of his works was organized in the Young Museum San Francisco.
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1978
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He settled to Taipei, Taiwan. |
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1983
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He passed away, on Apriil, at the age of 84. |
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His residence Moye Jianshe was transformed in Memory Museum : Zhang Daqian |
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2011
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He was the number 1 in the world auction ranking.
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12.10 09.11 Zhang Daqian the Master Solo exhibition Hong Kong China
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( 60 Paintings from private collections and from the artist's family.)
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Danièle Sicard
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Zhang Daqian 张大千 and Picasso - Cannes July 1956
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Chang Dai-Chien - Grosvenor Gallery
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introduction : Basil Gray
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exhibition catalogue 10.08 04.09 1965
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Grosvenor Gallery London
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in english
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20 cm x 21 cm
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24 p
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梅潔樓藏畫 - 大千黄山册
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梅潔樓
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Zhang Daqian's Album of
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Hong Kong
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Landscape of Mount Huang
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text : Lang Shaojun
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translation Catherine Mausley
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Portfolio 12 leaves of landscape
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in chinese in english |
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