Chang dai chien biography for kids

          Originally known as a guohua (traditionalist) painter, by the s he was also renowned as a modern impressionist and expressionist painter.

        1. Originally known as a guohua (traditionalist) painter, by the s he was also renowned as a modern impressionist and expressionist painter.
        2. Chang Dai-chien was a master of legendary proportions who led a dramatic life, including travel to Japan to learn textile dyeing as a young adult.
        3. Chang Dai-chien was born on May 10, in Nei-chiang, Szechwan as Chuan Chi, the ninth child of a wealthy family who had converted to Roman Catholicism.
        4. Chang Dai-chien (–) is one of the most internationally well-known Chinese artists of the 20th century.
        5. Chang Dai-chien recalls how he started his wandering life after the Chinese mainland fell to the Communists.

          6. Chang Dai-chien was born on May 10, in Nei-chiang, Szechwan as Chuan Chi, the ninth child of a wealthy family who had converted to Roman Catholicism..

          Chang Dai-chien

          Chinese artist and forger

          In this Chinese name, the family name is Chang (Zhang).

          Chang Dai-chien
          Zhang Daqian

          Born

          Zhāng Zhèngquán (張正權)


          (1899-05-10)10 May 1899

          Neijiang, Sichuan, China

          Died2 April 1983(1983-04-02) (aged 83)

          Taipei, Taiwan

          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)
          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 (tradit