Renxi Zhang 张人希(December 15, 1918 – July 27, 2010), formerly known as 张仁熙, other name Jiaye 迦叶, Buddhist name Shengshi 胜是, home name House of Flowing Water Sound Listening 听沨楼. Born in Quanzhou City of Fujian Province, P R China. Renxi Zhang was a Chinese artist, poet, calligrapher, Seal Cutting Expert, and Epigraphy. He is most well-known expertize of Chinese Birds and Flowers painting, seal cutting, and calligraphy.
Directory
• 1 Biography • 2 works • 3 Family • 4 References
Biography [ edit ]
• Lost father ten months after born. Widowed mother did needlework to survive the families. Found "Mustard Seed Garden atlas", "ancient and modern celebrity pictures" from drawers outside his father’s coffin and start learning copying calligraphy. Wrote and sold Sprint Festival Couplets in the bazaar from 7 years old. Received two years education in primary school, but deprived due to poverty. After then, be an apprentice to doctor, painter, proofreader and reporter of "Fujian Daily".
• 1938, Buddhist Master Hong Yi弘一法师李叔同* favor the stone stamp of 觉圆住持of Tongfo Temple, and invited the seal cutter Renxi Zhang to come and granted him the Buddhist name Shengshi 胜是, and be very close after then.
• Be reporter of "Fujian Daily" stationed in Shisi City during the 2nd world war period, and built up friendship with Yongyu Huang黄永玉 who studied at Jimei Secondary School.
• 1977, recognized Shengtao Ye叶圣陶, Pingbo Yu俞平伯, and Haisu Liu刘海粟 etc. mentors, and became good friends.
• 1981, became a member of the Chinese Artists Association.
• 1986, served as vice president of Xiamen Painting and Calligraphy Academy. • 1989, served as the consultant of the Hong Kong Fujian Painting and Calligraphy Research Association. • 1994, won the Philippines' International Cultural Exchange Gold Medal of Honor, the Taiwan ROC Fourth Poetry, Calligraphy, Painting, Photography Exhibition on the works of Chinese Painting Jinling Award金岭奖, a member of the California Association of Chinese Art. • held in several cities in the U.S., Taiwan, Singapore and China solo exhibition, and were involved in Japan's "Chinese first class painting and calligraphy exhibition" in 1986, and participated in Nagoya "Japan Ink Painting Exhibition on behalf of writers" in 1993.
Works [ edit ]
Works and entry into
• 1980 series, the "1st National Calligraphy and Seal Cutting Exhibition Works Collection" • 1990, the "Dictionary of Contemporary Chinese Calligraphers' (Yellow Press) • 1991, the "Dictionary of Modern Chinese Calligraphy Celebrity" (Henan Art Press) • 1992, the "Chinese Contemporary Art List" (Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House), "Dictionary of Contemporary and Seal Artist List" (Harbin Publishing House) • 1993, the "China Thousand Painting and Calligraphy Works Collection" (Hong Kong Chinese Wing Bookstore Ltd.), "Chinese Art Yearbook 1949–1989" (National Museum of Fine Arts), "China and India Yearbook 1988–1992" (Xilingyinshe), "Chinese contemporary painting and Seal Cutting Celebrity Dictionary" (Henan Fine Arts Publishing House) • 1992, the creation of painting "the Pines and Kapok" for the Chinese People's Revolutionary Military Museum, and published. • 1999, the "Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Establishment of the People's Republic of Calligraphy Exhibition Series Works" (CFLACPC) • 2004, the "Chinese Artists Association 1949–2002 Member Dictionary" (People's Fine Arts Publishing House), "Fujian Province Dictionary of Literature and Art "(Writers Publishing House) • Name and introduction elected and listed in "Dictionary of Chinese Contemporary Country Artist "(Zhejiang Academy of Fine Version), "Dictionary of Modern Chinese Celebrity "(Zhejiang ancient version), "Dictionary of Chinese Artists Supplement"(Xilingyinshe Version)
Published
• "Zhang Renxi Flowers and Birds", ISBN 7-5615-1390-9/J.36, Aug 1998 by Xiamen University Press
• "Zhang Renxi Works Collection", ISBN 7-80610-414-3/J/22, Dec 2000 by Lujiang Publishing House
Family [ Edit ]
• Mother: Yishe Wang • Wife: Huiruo Li • Children: 4 sons and 3 daughters 4 • Grandchild: 4 grandsons and 7 granddaughters
References [ edit ]
• "The art and biography of Mr Renxi Zhang", ISBN 978-7-5426-2749-0, published by Joint Publishing Co of Shanghai in March 2008 • 李叔同，Wikipedia link: https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%8E%E5%8F%94%E5%90%8C
