Xie Tiancheng is an all-around painter. In calligraphy, oil painting, Chinese painting (figures, landscapes, flowers and birds) and other fields have a good performance. His works were also successfully selected by Sotheby's of new york, the world art auction giant, and were auctioned at a reserve price of $30,000. Although he has lived abroad for a long time, many of his works have frequently appeared in auction companies in China in recent two years, and have been collected by some collectors at good transaction prices. His works have been affirmed by domestic painting and calligraphy circles and collectors. They all agree that Mr. Xie Tiancheng's works combine the essence of ancient and modern Chinese and Western paintings and promote the exchange and development of Chinese and Western painting cultures.
Chinese name: Xie Tiancheng.
Nationality: China.
Ethnic group: Han nationality
Place of birth: Xinyi County, Guangdong Province
Date of birth: 1950 1 1 month.
Occupation: painter and calligrapher
Main achievements: The work was selected by Sotheby's in new york.
Masterpiece: misty rain in the mountains
Basic introduction
Xie Tiancheng, born in June, 1950, 1 1, a native of Xinyi County, Maoming City, Guangdong Province, is a versatile painter. In calligraphy, oil painting, Chinese painting (figures, landscapes, flowers and birds) have outstanding performance in various fields. His works were successfully selected by Sotheby's in new york, the world's art auction giant, with a starting price of $30,000. Although he has lived abroad for a long time, many of his works appear frequently in auction companies in China and are collected by some collectors at good transaction prices. His works have been affirmed by domestic painting and calligraphy circles and collectors. They all agree that Mr. Xie Tiancheng's works combine the essence of ancient and modern Chinese and Western paintings and promote the exchange and development of Chinese and Western painting cultures. His works are ingenious in conception, difficult to create, novel in technique and strong in artistry, and have broad appreciation space in China.
Current position
Xie Tiancheng is currently the president of Liu Haisu Art Research Institute; Visiting Professor of Peking University Resources College; Honorary Professor, School of Traditional Culture, Beijing Oriental University; Visiting Professor of Shanghai Film Academy: Member of the National Steering Committee for Urban Sculpture Construction; Vice President of the American World Artists Union; Artistic Director of the World Chinese Association; Artistic Director of the World Collectors' Federation; Director of the American Association for the Promotion of Sino-American Cultural and Artistic Exchanges; Honorary Professor, Academy of Fine Arts, New Orleans, USA; Vice President and Artistic Director of American Association for International Cultural and Artistic Exchanges; June 20 13, concurrently served as a visiting professor at the Art College of Guangxi University.
Painting style
He is a proté gé of Mr. Liu Haisu, a master painter. He inherited Liu Haisu's bold and vigorous painting style and was unique among the painting schools. He founded upright splash-ink landscape painting and figure painting. From 65438 to 0995, Xie Tiancheng lived in the United States and began his western painting career. He boldly integrated China's ink and wash, pigment and rice paper with abstract consciousness and modernist color feeling, and integrated western painting concepts and techniques into the creation of Chinese paintings, which greatly enriched the performance effect of Chinese paintings. Taking Tibetan Buddhism as the theme, he created a number of works with profound meanings and charm. The heavy texture of the picture highlights the light and shade effect of western painting. Unique lines, excellent techniques and great personalization reflect his profound knowledge of painting and calligraphy.
The life of the character
Learning career
Born in June, 1950, 1 1, a native of Xinyi County, Guangdong Province, has loved art since childhood. He studied calligraphy, painting and sculpture at the age of 7, received formal sketch training at the age of 13, and was admitted to the middle school attached to Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts at the age of 17.
1968 graduated from the middle school attached to Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. 1982 Guangzhou Art Exhibition. His works were appreciated by Liu Haisu, a master of fine arts, and he was invited to Huangshan to study Chinese painting and western painting, and was accepted as a disciple by Master Liu Haisu.
1983 Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao introduces China cultural celebrities, including Feng Youlan, Zong Baihua, Wang Li, Qi Gong and Xie Tiancheng. 1983 "National Fine Arts" magazine published a splash-ink scroll "The Return of the Li River"; People's Daily published Misty Rain.
Academic exchange
1986 at the invitation of Mr. Deng Bai, the famous master of ink painting and president of Tokyo South Painting Academy, Japan, he went to Tokyo, Japan for artistic exchange. His works were appreciated and collected by Japanese painting master Kaii Higashiyama Kazuo Heping Mountain.
1987 at the invitation of Coleman, president of the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, he held an art exhibition in the United States and went to new york, Boston, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. for artistic exchanges, and was hired as an honorary professor of art by the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts. Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House publishes the annual exhibition of works by famous artists in China, including Li Keran, Bai Xueshi, Liang Shunian, Zhang Bu and Xie Tiancheng. The exhibition was held in Shanghai. Shen Roujian, Chairman of Shanghai Artists Association, Cheng Shifa, a famous painter, and Han Tianheng, a seal engraver, attended the closing ceremony. Wen Wei Po, Jiefang Daily and Calligraphy and Painting commented on his art. ..
achievements of art
1988 Lijiang Painting and Calligraphy Institute was established with Liu Haisu and Liu Haisu. In 65438+ February of the same year, Lijiang Painting and Calligraphy Institute was established, with Xie Tiancheng as its president.
1989 collaborated with James, an American modernist painter, and the China Artists reported that this cooperation "opened a new road for the integration of Chinese and Western painting". I went to Hongkong to meet Master Liu Haisu, who wrote a letter to French painting master Zhao Wuji, introducing Tiancheng's face-to-face communication with Master Zhao Wuji in Paris. In the same year, an exhibition of paintings was held in Taiwan Province Province, and The Artist in Taiwan Province Province introduced the art of Xie Tiancheng. The People's Daily reported the news of the exhibition. Special report of Taiwan Times.
1990 was selected into the dictionary of contemporary painters in China; Participate in the joint exhibition of Chinese paintings in Greenwich Museum, UK; His works are appreciated by Francis Bacon, the world master of painting. Participated in the Exhibition of Modern Masterpieces of Song, Ming, Qing and Republic of China published by Taiwan Province Artist magazine in Taipei. Artistic exchange with Taiwan Province famous painter Hu.
199 1 year exchanged and cooperated with the famous Malaysian painter Xie. Participated in the China Cultural Celebrity Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition sponsored by the Asian Cultural Exchange Center. In the same year, he went to Macao to hold an art exhibition, and Macao Daily and Macao TV reported on his art.
Xie Tiancheng, Matisse, Monet, Ding Shaoguang and Chen Yifei. 65438-0992 Participated in Tokyo International Art Exhibition. People's Daily published its splash-ink landscape painting "Hazy Autumn Rhyme"; Tan Soo Khoon, Speaker of the Singapore Parliament, was received. At the invitation of the Asia-Pacific Museum in Los Angeles, USA, he successfully held an exhibition of paintings and was appointed as the director of the China-US Association for the Promotion of Cultural and Artistic Exchanges.
1993 Guilin, Spanish national TV station and Beijing TV station shot Xie Tiancheng's splash painting techniques; CCTV filmed Xie Tiancheng art feature film in Guilin. 1994 was selected as a celebrity dictionary of contemporary writers in China; March 16, went to Shanghai to attend the centenary birthday of Master Liu Haisu. Liu Haisu Guilin Art Research Institute was established (Shanghai announced), and the establishment document of the institute was read by Hai Su; On August 18, he went to Shanghai to attend the memorial service for the death of Master Hai Su. 65438+February went to Los Angeles for art inspection at the invitation of Hollywood film and art circles.
During the period of 1995, Los Angeles Sky Gallery held an art exhibition. Sing Tao Daily, World Daily, International Daily and Overseas Chinese News all reported the art circles in Xie Tiancheng. In March, he went to new york to attend the new york National Art Fair, and his modern paintings and Dunhuang figures were appreciated by the art world.
From 65438 to 0997, he visited Hawaii at the invitation of Governor Genaux, and his works were collected by the state government. And invited Xie Tiancheng to present his paintings to President Jiang Zemin, who will visit Hawaii in the name of the governor.
1In July, 1998, a famous gallery in Su He District, new york, USA held a modernist painting exhibition, and the works were collected by the National Library of the United States. In August in Los Angeles, USA, he made a world-famous statue of Master Nebula and his mother.
From 65438 to 0999, he created a huge ink portrait of former China leader Deng Xiaoping in Los Angeles. In the same year, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall in Taiwan Province Province received Xie Tiancheng's "Yunshan Map".
In March 2000, he participated in the academic seminar on Chinese painting in the new century, which was attended by Zou Dazhan, a famous art critic.
200 1 was awarded the title of honorary citizen by the famous American city of Pasadena, Los Angeles. In the same year, he created Guilin landscape paintings for the newly elected President George W. Bush of the United States and was collected by him.
200 1 Former US President Bill Clinton met with Xie Tiancheng to collect his work "Guilin Landscape".
In March 2003, China's ambassador to Singapore, Zhang Jiuheng, presented Xie Tiancheng's works to Singapore's Foreign Minister.
In March, CCTV filmed Xie Tiancheng's artistic life (30 minutes).
On June+10, 5438, Chairman Mao Memorial Hall in Beijing collected Xie Tiancheng's works and issued a collection certificate.
In June 2004, he won the special prize of the national western landscape painting exhibition.
Tianjin People's Fine Arts Publishing House signed a contract to publish the book "New Techniques of Splash Ink Landscape in Xie Tiancheng".
Master Xing Yun, the world Buddhist leader, met Xie Tiancheng and collected his works.
Beijing Zhongnanhai collected three works of Xie Tiancheng and issued a collection certificate.
In June, China Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing presented Xie Tiancheng's works to Indonesian Foreign Minister and Speaker of Malaysian House of Representatives respectively.
In June, Xie Tiancheng participated in the auction of China's famous paintings for the first time in Beijing, and Beijing Oriental International Auction Co., Ltd. produced an ink-and-wash landscape painting with a transaction price of 380,000 yuan.
In August, China commemorated Deng Xiaoping's centenary birthday, and the General Office of the Central Committee of the CPC collected Xie Tiancheng's work "Missing the Children of Lijiang River" and issued a collection certificate.
On June+10, 5438, Tang Jiaxuan, State Councilor of the State Council, China, presented Xie Tiancheng's works to the Prime Minister of Thailand as a national gift.
In June+10, 5438, he participated in the 10th National Art Exhibition, and Xie Tiancheng's work Legacy of Datang was selected.
June 5438+October 2005 10, Xie Tiancheng officially signed a contract with the agent of the US Presidential Committee to create a series of splash-ink paintings with Tibetan flavor (the minimum reserve price of the works is 30,000 US dollars).
In June, Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto received Xie Tiancheng and collected his works (in Beijing).
Liu Dawei, Chairman of China Artists Association, led Lu Yushun and Zhao Zhenchuan to hold an exhibition of famous Chinese and American works in Los Angeles, and Xie Tiancheng jointly exhibited with famous painters Ding Shaoguang and Li Zijian.
In September, Xie Tiancheng went to Ningxia Autonomous Region to help the poor, and four calligraphy works worth 80,000 yuan were donated to Ningxia Hope Project.
On June+10, 5438, Chen Tianhao, artistic director of Sotheby's auction headquarters in the United States, visited Xie Tiancheng in Beijing and selected his works to participate in Sotheby's auction.
165438+ 10, participated in the auction of Beijing Oriental International Auction Company, and the 6-foot landscape painting was sold for 80,000 yuan.
In April 2006, Chen Tianhao, artistic director of Sotheby's new york headquarters, invited Xie Tiancheng to set up Xie Tiancheng Studio in Thailand.
In 2007, Beijing Arts and Crafts Publishing House published Xie Tiancheng's Ink-splashing Chinese Painting.
Chaga, a French master painter, and Mark, a 75-year-old student, made a special trip to Beijing for artistic exchange with Xie Tiancheng and watched six series of works by Tiancheng.
In 2008, a special issue of China Art Museum published an introduction to Xie Tiancheng's splash-ink painting.
Rogge, President of the World Olympic Committee, collects Xie Tiancheng's calligraphy and painting "One World, One Dream".
Xie Tiancheng, painters Cui Zimo and Yang Yan were invited to participate in a large-scale pen meeting held at the National Stadium to celebrate the success of the China Olympic Games.
Xie Tiancheng called on Master Huang Junshi, an internationally renowned connoisseur, in Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, to watch Tiancheng's exquisite paintings and collect his exquisite picture books.
Xie Tiancheng was hired as a member of China City Sculpture Art Committee.
Xie Tiancheng meets Nobel Prize-winning scientist Yang Zhenning.
Xie Tiancheng and Xue Linxing visited Japan with CCTV.
People's Fine Arts Publishing House published Selected Works of Xie Tiancheng's Chinese Paintings.
In 2009, People's Fine Arts Publishing House published a large-scale album of "Famous Artists in China", in which,, Xie Tiancheng and Jia were selected.
On May 22nd, 2009, Senator Kennedy handed over two works of Xie Tiancheng to President Obama's private permanent collection.
Xie Tiancheng held solo exhibitions in Shenzhen and Guangzhou.
Domestic French painting masters watched Xie Tiancheng's exquisite picture album in Paris (the consul of the French Embassy in China sent it home).
Xie Tiancheng's works were invited to participate in the exhibition of famous works in Rong Baozhai.
2010 65438+/kloc-0 held a solo exhibition in Shanghai on October 9th.
Since June of 1, authoritative domestic periodical collectors have published a monthly column 12 to introduce Xie Tiancheng's achievements.
On March 20 1 0/day, Xie Tiancheng had a painting exchange with the master painter Zhao Wuji at his home in Paris.
On June 15, Xie Tiancheng's 6-foot landscape painting reached a new high in the third auction of Nanjing 20 10 contemporary fidelity painting and calligraphy, and it was sold at a price of 535,000 RMB (equivalent to 80,000 USD).
10 On February 29th, Xie Tiancheng was awarded the World Outstanding Chinese Contribution Award by the 5th Annual Meeting of World Chinese Business Leaders on 20 10.
Collections
Xie Tiancheng's works have been collected by successive and current American presidents George H.W. Bush, Clinton, George W. Bush, Obama and the National Library of the United States; Canadian Prime Minister Chretien Collection; Collect Rogge, President of the World Olympic Organizing Committee; Works of former Japanese Prime Ministers Nakasone Yasuhiro, Kiichi Miyazawa and Ryutaro Hashimoto; Collection of works of French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac; Thai Crown Prince Maha Vajiralongkorn Series; Norwegian King Hara Collection; Collection of works of Tan Soo Khoon, Speaker of Singapore Parliament; Australian Foreign Minister Evans Collection.
works appreciation
Xie Tiancheng erected ink-splashing figure painting and landscape painting for the first time;