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品 28 #11 2017 年 8 月 中 国现代主义绘画大师张大千曾被誉为「东方毕加索」。 这位二十世纪以来中国画坛最受世人瞩目的一代宗 师，目前是全世界拍卖成交额最高的艺术家。据法国数据库 Artprice 统计，仅于去年，他便创下三亿五千四百八十万美元 的拍卖成交额，比排名第二的毕加索多出三千一百万美元。 张大千一生作品数量多达三万幅以上，尝试过的画风几乎 涵盖了自五世纪以来的整个中国绘画史，无论是题材上的人 物、山水、花卉翎毛，抑或技法上的工笔、写意、泼墨、泼 彩，张大千的作品融贯古今。其作品风格鲜明，诗、书、画、 印、鉴无一不精，是集大成的全才艺术家。 他年轻时期曾潜心研究明清文人水墨画风，三十四岁就已 受聘为当时中央大学艺术系教授。然而，出于对艺术的孜孜以 求和对中国绘画艺术渊源的探索，他决然于1941年前往彼时 生活条件恶劣的敦煌，花了两年多时间实地考察当地的三百多 个石窟。 C hinese modernist painter Zhang Daqian was once known as “the Picasso of the East” by the international society. As one of themost respectedmasters of Chinese painting in the 20th century, Zhang is now the biggest selling artist at auction. Last year alone his work generated US$354.8 million in auction sales – US$31 million more than Picasso who weighed in at number two according to the French database Artprice . Zhang created over 30,000 pieces of art during his life. Having originally learned from the works of ancient Chinese painters before later journeying to Mogao Caves to examine and emulate the ancient murals in Dunhuang, the diversity of painting styles he learned and practiced through his studies has practically summed up the history of Chinese painting since the 5th century. Well versed in poetry, calligraphy, painting and engraving, Zhangwas agreatmaster inartwithan indispensable role in the developmental progress of Chinese fine arts across the 20th century, whose artistic attainment exuded significance influences over the following generations of artists.