Ten Chinese Oil Painters: Zhan Jianjun

Author: Wang He
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Publish Date: 2004-12-01
Features: Zhan Jianjun (1931-) is a native of Gaiping County, Liaoning Province. In 1948, he entered the National Art College of Beijing to study. Later, he became a undergraduate at the Painting Department and a graduate student at the Color and Ink Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. He was taught by masters such as Xu Beihong, Wu Zuoruo, Dong Xiwén, Jiang Zhaohe, and Ye Qianyu. In 1955, he entered the oil painting training class led by the Soviet expert Maximov. His graduation oil painting work, "The Departure," participated in the International Art Competition for Youth and won a bronze medal. Since 1957, he has taught at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, serving as a teacher, lecturer, associate professor, and is currently a professor, vice president of the China Artists Association, and president of the China Oil Painting Association. He is a national-level expert with outstanding contributions. He has long been engaged in the creation, teaching, and academic work of oil painting. His artistic style is vigorous and grand, with bold brushwork, intense colors, and rich symbolism and poetic emotion. His works have won the gold medal at the "National Art Exhibition," the first prize at the "Beijing Art Exhibition," and "The Departure" won the bronze medal at the "International Art Competition for Youth." His representative works include "Five Heroes of," "Looking Back," "Songs of the Plateau," "Tide," "Green Fields," and "Poplar Forest on the Sand Dunes," among others. He has led and organized national oil painting exhibitions, evaluations, and seminars, and has been widely introduced by television stations and various newspapers and magazines. Some of his works have been collected by domestic art institutions such as the National Art Museum of China and the National Museum, as well as by private collectors. He has also published "Zhan Jianjun's Paintings."