Sponsored by the Chinese Artists’ Association and Academy of Arts & Design of Tsinghua University, a painting exhibition is currently on display to showcase major oil paintings by Professor Zhang Liguo in different periods.
The paintings by the artist boast simple and clear colors and convey harmonious emotion between the artist and the nature and the cosmos as well as life sentiment. Since 1960, a large number of his paintings have been on display at various exhibitions at home and abroad and were invited to National Artistic Exhibition. Since 2000, Zhang Liguo has always held solo exhibitions in Europe. In addition, as an academic artist, Zhang Liguo has published a number of theses and essays as well as one monograph named The evolution of the painting concept of the painting.
The exhibition is on display at Hall 2 and 3 until March 19.
Theme of the Exhibition
The exhibition is the first individual retrospective exhibition held by Zhang Liguo in recent years. The works exhibited are the major paintings in different periods of his artistic career. And the number of the total works will be over 300. The works are mainly oil paintings, and there are also some sketches, watercolors or manuscripts and so on.
The artistic creation of Zhang Liguo presents itself in five periods:
(1) beyond the politics' fine art from 1950s to 1977;
(2) emancipator painting from 1978 to 1984;
(3) autonomous painting from 1985 to 1992;
(4) new aesthetics from 1993 to 1999;
(5) paintings of daily life from 2000 to now.
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