Zhang Jian
	 Zhang Jian 
 
 Personal Profile
 
	
Zhang Jian: Male, Han ethnicity. Native of Danshai Village, Changyuan, Henan. Born in March 1975, courtesy name Mingjie, pen names Lengshi and Liming; self-styled Nishui Zhang, Tianyuan Moke, Pucheng Scholar, nicknamed Zhongzhou Xiaojianzi; studio names: Guyun Studio, Xueming Residence, Muma Hall. Specializes in fine-brush and freehand paintings of horses, cranes, peonies, and other birds-and-flowers subjects. Currently Senior Calligrapher and Painter at Shenzhou Calligraphy and Painting Academy, member of the Oriental Hard-pen Calligraphy Association, member of the Chinese Horse Painting Association, member of the Chinese Horse Culture Artists Association, member of Xinxiang City Artists Association of Henan Province, director of Changyuan Calligraphy and Painting Association, director of Changyuan Calligraphy and Painting Research Society, contracted artist of China Calligraphy and Painting Mall and Hong Kong Calligraphy and Painting Mall, and contracted artist of Shuhao Art. Loved poetry, literature, and painting since childhood; in early years studied under local masters Lü Qinxuan, Su Yongxuan, Gan Zeping (Gan Ku), Dun Yanli, Yuan Yazhou, Li Pengyue, and others. Later studied under bird-and-flower painter Master Zhang Huiyue; in 2010 received guidance from Beijing-based horse-painting master Rui Yongde, as well as masters Zhou Wenjun and Liu Jianguo. Recently studied under Master Wang Xiangwen (one of the ten disciples of Wei Jiangfan, and a second-generation disciple of Xu Beihong), and Master Gong Chunhu (also one of the ten disciples of Wei Jiangfan, renowned horse painter and educator). His works have been published in multiple newspapers, periodicals, and anthologies including Poetry Journal, Steel Pen Calligraphy Newspaper, Shenzhou Calligraphy and Painting Newspaper, and Calligraphy and Painting. His biography is included in Who’s Who of Contemporary Chinese Hard-pen Calligraphers, Grand Dictionary of Chinese Hard-pen Calligraphy Elites, Dictionary of World-renowned Chinese Calligraphers, Painters and Seal Carvers, and Grand Panorama of Contemporary Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Artists. His works are collected by institutions and individuals such as China Dafang Calligraphy and Painting Gallery, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps Calligraphy and Painting Academy, Shenzhou Calligraphy and Painting Academy, and Shaanxi Pucheng Power Company.Centennial art exhibition, creating new glories. Let future generations speak of my achievements! ——Early Spring of Gengzi Year, Zhang Jian wrote this by lamplight at the southern window of Xueming Residence, Guyun Studio (Zhang Jian: Director of Changyuan Calligraphy and Painting Association)
	
	
	 
	
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