Chang Dai-chien

Chang Dai-chien
Zhang Daqian
張大千
Born
Zhāng Zhèngquán (張正權)

(1899-05-10)10 May 1899
Died2 April 1983(1983-04-02) (aged 83)
NationalityRepublic of China (ROC)
Known forPainting
Movementguohua, impressionism, expressionism
Spouse(s)Xie Shunhua (謝舜華), Huang Ningsu (黃凝素), Zheng Qingrong (曾慶蓉), Yang Wanjun (楊婉君), Xu Wenbo (徐雯波)
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese張大千
Simplified Chinese张大千
Chang Dai-chien
ChildrenZhang Xinrui (eldest daughter) (長女張心瑞)、 Zhang Xincheng (son) (子張心澄)、Zhang Xinsheng (youngest daughter)(么女張心聲)

Chang Dai-chien or Zhang Daqian (Chinese: 張大千; Wade–Giles: Chang Ta-ch'ien; 10 May 1899 – 2 April 1983) was one of the best-known and most prodigious Chinese artists of the twentieth century. 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.


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