Chang Daiqian, male, born in Neijiang, Sichuan, originally from Panyu, Guangdong, was born in Li Anliang, a suburb of Neijiang, Sichuan, 05438+0899. He is a scholar, a painter and calligrapher in China.

In 1950s, Zhang Daqian traveled around the world and gained a great international reputation. Known as "the pen of the East" by the western art world.

He and his second brother, Zhang Shanzi Kunzhong, founded the "Dafengtang Painting School", which is the most legendary splash-ink painter in China in the 20th century. Especially landscape painting. After living abroad, he combined painting style with writing, emphasized color and ink painting, especially splashing ink and color, and created a new artistic style. Because his poems, books and paintings are as famous as Qi Baishi and Xinyu Pu, they are also called "Southern Zhang Beiqi" and "Southern Zhang Beipu", with various names. Together with Huang Junbi and Xinyu Pu, they are called "crossing the sea three times". In his twenties, he had a big beard, which became a unique symbol of Zhang Daqian in the future.

He made friends with Qi Baishi, Xu Beihong, Huang, Lang Jingshan and Spanish abstract painter Picasso.

Zhang Daqian's trip to Dunhuang has made great contributions to the culture and art of China. According to the Chronicle of Zhang Daqian, Zhang Daqian risked his life in Dunhuang for nearly three years, overcame all kinds of difficulties unimaginable to ordinary people and invested huge manpower, material resources and financial resources. In addition to investigating the distribution of artistic relics in Dunhuang grottoes, he also numbered Dunhuang Mogao Grottoes, West Thousand Buddha Cave, Anxi Yulin Grottoes, Shuixiakou and other grottoes, and made a detailed study of the cultural relics in each grottoes. This is the first academic monograph on Dunhuang art in China, The Story of Dunhuang Stone Chambers, which is 200,000 words long. At the same time, it also copied the exquisite murals in various caves, including about 300 murals in the Sixteen Kingdoms, Northern Wei, Northern Zhou, Sui and Tang Dynasties, Five Dynasties, Song Dynasty, Xixia and Yuan Dynasty. During his stay in Dunhuang, Zhang Daqian also actively and loudly appealed to the government to nationalize the Mogao Grottoes and other artistic treasures that were left unattended at that time, thus establishing the first modern grotto art protection and research institution in China-"National Dunhuang Art Research Institute" (the predecessor of Dunhuang Research Institute today). After returning from Dunhuang, Zhang Daqian held exhibitions copying Dunhuang murals in various places, and vigorously introduced, publicized and popularized Dunhuang art. Since then, Dunhuang and Dunhuang art have been widely known by Chinese people and attracted worldwide attention.

Therefore, Zhang Daqian's contribution to Dunhuang art is enormous. As his old friend, Mr. Ye, former vice chairman of China Artists Association, said, "As a painter who has made great achievements in art, he has to spend three years in the wilderness to accomplish what only the state can do in order to pursue the remains of the Sui and Tang Dynasties. His bold action has gone beyond the scope of personal study. Although the country later organized Dunhuang Art Research Institute, which did a lot of work for grotto protection and art research, we can't help but admit Zhang Daqian's imaginative contribution to this cause and his status as a pioneer!

Therefore, as a recognized pioneer and master of Dunhuang art, it is self-evident that Zhang Daqian and his copy of Dunhuang murals occupy a particularly important position in the history of China art and China culture.

Specific to the Dunhuang Buddha statue copied by Zhang Daqian, it shows the following characteristics:

First, this painting is very rare in Dunhuang murals copied by Zhang Daqian.

Dunhuang murals copied by Zhang Daqian cover a wide range, but the content of this painting is rare. This painting depicts the early Maitreya Buddha, now in the shape of a bodhisattva, wearing a Five Dhyani Buddhas crown, white hair on his forehead, good-natured, solemn posture, smiling, looking down, wearing a delicate dress with floral patterns, brooches on his arms, bracelets on his wrists, fluttering and dancing, noble and gorgeous, and his hands tied to his stomach. It should be pointed out that this kind of Vajrayana Lotus is a Tantric Sect, and its shape is very special, which symbolizes the wisdom and truth of the only Buddhist dharma realm, which is indestructible, boundless and invincible, and can eliminate all troubles and eliminate all kinds of demons. The whole painting contains many beautiful meanings such as compassion, auspiciousness, future, hope, peace, friendship, light, wisdom, longevity, wealth, happiness, firmness and perfection. This painting is rare in Dunhuang murals copied by Zhang Daqian.

Thirdly, this painting shows Zhang Daqian's superb artistic level and extremely serious and meticulous painting attitude.

The Dunhuang frescoes copied by Zhang Daqian adopted the most difficult and arduous restoration copying method among all kinds of copying methods, that is, his copying must faithfully restore the most vivid image and spirit when the frescoes were just completed, that is, the original appearance of the frescoes must be truly restored and presented, so that the copying can reach the level of the original frescoes. Therefore, when Zhang Daqian copied it, he copied it according to the size of the mural. "He is completely meticulous and must not participate in his own meaning." Therefore, the Dunhuang murals he copied accurately and truly restored the complete and clear image and bright colors of the original murals, and reached the highest pursuit of China's traditional painting artistic expression-both form and spirit.

Therefore, in this painting, we can see Mr. Zhang Daqian's extremely profound painting attainments, superb artistic level and very serious and meticulous creative attitude. No matter the dignified face of the Buddha statue, the delicate and complicated patterns on the Buddha's clothes, every gold thread on the lotus throne and even every lotus core in the center of the lotus are so serious, meticulous, disciplined and attentive, which can be said to be meticulous and meticulous. Because Zhang Daqian often said, "I don't use strokes, but draw with my heart." You can see his Paintings with Heart here. As the saying goes, "details determine success or failure" and "the so-called master is the person who pays the most attention to details". This painting fully embodies this distinctive feature of Zhang Daqian's painting. The reason why Zhang Daqian can become a master is inseparable from his "painting with heart" all his life. Just as Marx said: "There is no royal road to science, and only those who climb steep mountain roads can hope to reach the glorious peak!" "

Fourthly, the Dunhuang murals copied by Zhang Daqian are willing to pay a lot of money to make their replicas dazzling, as bright as new, and spread for a long time.

We can also see from this painting that although 70 years have passed, the picture is still colorful. In particular, the patterns of clothes and lotus petals outlined in clay gold, as well as the eyebrows and folds of Buddha statues outlined in Song ink. , still radiant, with strong decorative effect, giving people great visual impact and artistic appeal.

Xia Jingshan, a native of Shandong, 1923, a native of Lu Guan Village, Daotian Town, Shouguang City. He is a Chinese-American, a famous patriotic overseas Chinese, a well-known Buddhist at home and abroad, a Buddhist painting artist and an active disseminator of traditional culture.

197 1 year, Xia Jingshan moved from Taiwan Province Province to California, USA, and entered the Academy of Fine Arts for further study. At the same time, he visited the world's major museums to learn copying and devoted himself to the art of Buddhist painting. Over the past decades, his ideas have become more ingenious, his technology has become more exquisite and his skills have become deeper. The paintings and statues of Buddhas and Bodhisattvas in ancient kilns, temple walls and scriptures in China can make people we are destined to pay tribute to today,

I feel the compassion and wisdom of the Buddha from my heart, and even feel the power of the Buddha. It is difficult to use the word "art" to explain the feelings and feelings of Buddhist painting, just like the Buddha and Bodhisattva before now. If the usual artistic ingenuity is only to convey the artist's creative enthusiasm and personal unique spiritual realm, then the excellent Buddhist painting art just abandons these secular artistic conceptions. If literati painting focuses on the word "meaning" and literati painting focuses on the word "emotion", then Buddhist painting focuses on the word "Qing". The "pure" realm in Buddhism is full of truth, goodness and beauty, which is in line with the vast compassion and infinite merits of all buddhas and bodhisattvas, so people can experience special purity and solemnity from Buddhist painting art.

Buddhism emphasizes practice, faith, will, action, discipline, determination and wisdom. Painting Buddha statues also stresses etiquette and inheritance. People who paint Buddha statues should not only follow the ceremony, but also immerse themselves in the respect for the perfect virtue of saints and spend their lives understanding and accepting the realm of Buddha and Bodhisattva. In these Buddhist paintings and statues, a pen shows right knowledge and right view; Layer by layer, the top-down admiration is condensed. Therefore, painting Buddha statues is practice.

Appreciating and meditating on these Buddha statues is also a kind of practice. Painting Buddhism with the artist's childlike heart and solemnizing the hearts of all beings with Buddhism can make people put themselves down and achieve purification.

"Being on an equal footing, being reasonable, beneficial and restrained" is a common saying of Xiajingshan laymen. For all the sects of Buddhism, he did not praise only one Sect and exclude others. He once said: "there is no price for medicine, the more sick the better;" There is no distinction between good and bad laws, and opportunities are the best. " This practice of combining various sects is based on the overall consideration of Buddhism. In addition, because he studied Confucianism since childhood and extensively studied Zhu Lu and Wang Zhi, he not only made in-depth research on Naiming and Chinese studies, but also became proficient in Yi-ology, philosophy, calligraphy and painting.

Xia Jingshan's Buddhist painting art can be said to reflect the wisdom and compassion of Buddha and Bodhisattva harmoniously. He integrated his profound and true understanding of Buddhism into every work, and drew every pure and solemn Buddhist painting with reverence by using the techniques of freehand brushwork in Chinese painting, delicate meticulous painting and perspective and realism in western painting. The Buddha statues he painted are as good as Dharma, with both form and spirit, clean Dojo and solemn statutes, which not only won the joy and admiration of Buddhist believers, but also won the praise and encouragement of many artists at home and abroad. Tang Yuming, a native of the northern foot of Yanshan Mountain, is a famous lay painter and professional painter. A native of Yueqing, Wenzhou, has created a large number of well-known posters and New Year pictures since 1973, which were published by Zhejiang People's Fine Arts Publishing House and Xilong Printing House and distributed nationwide. In 1990s, he turned to study the art of world cultural heritage and created unique world cultural heritage and three-dimensional works of Buddhist paintings. It has been exhibited in Hong Kong, Japan, Britain and mainland China for 20 times and published in People's Daily Art Newspaper for many times.

Works were auctioned in Poly, Hanhai, Hong Kong, Beijing and other places, and most of the money for calligraphy and painting was donated to charity activities. August 20th11Invited to participate in the creation of the new Fuchunjiang Shan Jutu. 20 13 central research institute of culture and history, director of the State Council Counselor's Office, sponsored China Calligraphers Magazine to publish Tang Yuming Album. He is currently the president of the World Cultural Heritage Art Research Association.

Tang Yuming, a famous lay painter, held an exhibition entitled "Buddha's Edge" in Hong Kong from 26th.

Tang Yuming brought more than 80 paintings to the exhibition. Due to the limited space, about 50 paintings have been hung, and the works will be exhibited in turn. The highlight of his painting is that he is good at combining Chinese and western techniques and three-dimensional expression techniques to draw various Buddha statues in famous grottoes in China, with unique style.

Tang Yuming said that her daughter Tang Wei in the United States wanted to come, but she was "very busy at work" and couldn't come to our activities. He said that father and daughter get together for a few days every year, but most of the time, "I draw my pictures and she does her thing."

Tang Yuming said that her daughter's favorite Buddha statue is the Thinking Bodhisattva. He said that the thinking bodhisattva embodies the wisdom of the Buddha.

Tang Yuming's creative career is full of legends. Since the 1970s, he has been engaged in professional artistic creation, and has created and published a large number of political propaganda works engraved with the brand of the times. However, since the 1990s, he has devoted himself to Buddhism, visited famous temples in Xianshan, and devoted himself to being a lay painter for 12 years.

Elder Jueguang, president of the Hong Kong Buddhist Federation, said that painting can subtly promote Buddhist culture and art and influence the soul. Master Yongxing, vice president of the Buddhist Federation, said that Buddha statues are difficult to draw, and what they draw is compassion and joy.

The exhibition will be held in the Daxiong Hall of the West Temple in Hong Kong until February 5.

Tang Yuming painted Buddha statues in grottoes to spread Buddhism.

"I am a wild painter. Tang Yuming, who is nearly seventy years old, said slowly with a strong Wenzhou accent. In his view, the so-called wild painter is to obey his own heart, embark on the road of his own choice, and regard the world cultural heritage grottoes as the object of artistic creation. /Intern reporter Lu reported

"Love of art, love of painting Buddha and love of world cultural heritage are all hobbies. Buddhist culture is profound and profound, and its art is ancient, so it needs someone to praise it. As a painter, I have an obligation to promote it. Confucius said: 70 and do what you want from your heart, and don't overstep the rules. Tang Yuming is practicing this sentence with his own artistic creation.

Three-dimensional space combining Chinese and Western.

1On February 27th, the exhibition "World Heritage Grottoes" in Tang Yuming, sponsored by the Hong Kong Association for Cultural and Artistic Exchanges between China and Foreign Countries, opened in the Hong Kong City Hall. Li Dahong, Executive Editor of Ta Kung Pao, Jiang Suhui, Chairman of Xiangjiang Cultural Exchange Foundation, Elder Yongxing, Vice Chairman of Hong Kong Buddhist Association, Kuang Meiyun, President of Hong Kong Buddha Light Society, Tang Wei, a young performing artist, and Yang Tao, President of Hong Kong Chinese and Foreign Cultural and Art Exchange Association attended the opening ceremony.

The preparation period of this exhibition is nearly one year. Tang Yuming exhibited his sketches of wandering in 12 years, the investigation of Buddha grottoes in India and Nepal, and the paintings of Buddha statues and four famous mountains studied in Yungang, Longmen, Dunhuang and Maijishan grottoes. Most of the paintings adopt the artistic expression method of combining Chinese and western and three-dimensional space.

Tang Yuming, whose pen name is Beiyanshan, exhibited many paintings as early as 1970s. He described his works of art before the age of 50 as "a flash in the pan". For those works that meet the needs of the times and complete the task, Tang Yuming now thinks it is a necessary stage, but it is not what he wants to do most. "At the age of fifty, I thought I wanted to draw something, but my heart was blank. The turn to study Buddhist art painting actually originated from his foreign friends. Some friends from Japan and Southeast Asia must visit the grottoes and the four famous mountains when they come to China, reminding Tang Yuming of the precious cultural heritage of these places.

"Painting Buddha statues in grottoes is first of all a real love, admiration and praise for the world cultural heritage; Secondly, the protection of grotto culture, because the grotto itself will be naturally weathered and artificially destroyed; Finally, it is to promote the world cultural heritage and let more people know the glory and preciousness of grotto culture. " Tang Yuming said.

Tie the knot, Buddha's edge transcends things.

In the process of grotto sculpture, Tang Yuming felt that "the creation of these great works of art is not the power of Buddha, but the power of people. The strength of these unknown artists in ancient times supported my creation. He has repeatedly stressed that Buddhism is a kind, intelligent and empowering culture. Regarding the Buddha, he said, "Don't be fascinated, be enlightened. The so-called mystery is confusion; Enlightenment is wisdom.

In the process of turning to the creation of Buddha statues, there are also some opposing voices. These voices are nothing more than accusing Tang Yuming of choosing Buddhist themes from a utilitarian perspective and leaving the art world. But he insisted on the idea of protecting and promoting culture. "Everyone is a Buddha, and all living beings have kindness and Buddha's heart. I became attached to Buddhism, and I have been supported by people for many years, collecting my paintings, so that I can survive smoothly. " Speaking of which, Tang Yuming showed a knowing smile.

Tang Yuming also has a lot of experience in painting art creation. After painting all his life, he summed it up like this: "There are three stages for a person to do things. The first thing to look at is to enter life; Secondly, realization is to sit down and think; Finally, we should do whatever we want, that is, the painter's self. At present, my freedom is to work hard to create Buddha statues in grottoes. In his view, the present artistic creation is truly his own. Wang Guowei once said that the great cause of ancient and modern times, the university questioner, must pass through three realms, and these three realms "looked for him a thousand times in the crowd, suddenly looked back, people were there, and the lights were dim." "It seems that Tang Yuming has grasped the real meaning. He is the first amateur painter in the contemporary era.

Despite his reputation, Tang Yuming is a calm person who transcends things. He carried a brush with him and patiently inscribed for everyone who came to ask for an autograph. At the opening ceremony of the exhibition, Tang Wei also took time out of his busy schedule to help his father. Tang Yuming was very happy. As for his daughter Tang Wei, Tang Yuming said, "As long as she is happy, healthy and happy in her career. I have always admired where Tang Wei's indifference came from. At this time, the reporter suddenly found the answer in Tang Yuming's indifferent philosophy of life.

Wang Xu, a famous Buddhist painter of Zen School, was born in Pu Xian Painting Garden. A native of Rushan, Shandong Province, he is good at Buddhist painting and Fo Yin. The "Pu Xian Painting Garden" room was named and interpreted by Master Gyatso in Lausanne and inscribed by Master Nima, who named it "Jianghua Duojie". He has held many solo exhibitions of Buddhist paintings, and his works have been collected by many monasteries and people from all walks of life.

On June 20 10, a personal Buddha exhibition was held with the theme of "The First King of Leng Yan".

On 20 10 12, a solo exhibition "The Beauty of Peace" was held on Amitabha's birthday.

20 1 1 in may, 2008, the solo exhibition of "kong Xuan Buddha's shadow" was held in Fo Yin.

On April 20 12, Wang Xu and Xu Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition was held.

On May 20 13 17, Buddha Sakyamuni's birthday was held in Huangshan Temple in Rushan, and his personal exhibition "The Diamond Sutra in disguise" was held.