野风画派创始人－《世界终身成就金像大奖》荣获者张朝翔艺术人生

　　Zhang Chaoxiang, whose assumed name is “Wild Wind”, and pen named “Wild Wind”. He was born in 1943 and his nationality is Han. After graduation from Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts in 1963, he received a further training in the department of Chinese painting of Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts and later graduated from Northwest Periodical Correspondence College. Presently he is deputy chairman of International Artists Association, deputy chairman of Huabei Area of World Calligraphy and Painting Association, deputy dean of Shanxi Traditional Flower and Bird Art College, vice president of World Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Association, an advanced painter, an expert member of UNESCO, an erudite member of China International Literary and Art Association, a specially invited chief honorary professor of China Calligraphy Artists Creative Center, a member of China Artists Association, a director of China Calligraphy and Painting Association, a specially engaged painter of Xi’an Painting Academy of China, an artists committee member of China Qualified Personnel Research Association, a leader of China Wild Wind School Art Creative Office. He has written a monograph entitled Zhang Chaoxiang Creating Wild Wind School Art and his website is :www.chinayefeng.com. In 1957 he began to study Flower-and-bird Painting under the supervision of the famous painter Mr. Ye Fangqiao. In 1958 he acknowledged the great painter Shi Lu as his teacher, and later Zhou Shaohua, Liu Guosong and so on as his teachers. His grandfather Zhang Dongchuan , a painter , has a great influence upon him. In 1977 Zhang Chaoxiang initiated Wild Wind Painting School and carried the flag of the school. In the school ,“wild” means “objective world”, while “wind” “the spiritual world”. After observing the objective world, he refines his thoughts to create “the spiritual world” revolving high in the sky and turn out a series of Wild Wind School artistic works. The Wild Wind School carries forward spiritual melody, pursues modernized World in Color and advocates creative awareness. The school advocates truth, goodness and beauty, and opposes fake, evil and ugliness, and advocates that arts should repay the people and society. The great painter Ye Qianyu comments that Zhang’s paintings are “uncommon in artistic conception and exceeding in literary talent”. The former national chairman Hua Guofeng inscribed “Wild Wind Expressing Emotions” after collecting his works. The Vice Chairperson Tian Jiyun inscribed “Wild Wind Spirit” after collecting his works. The great calligrapher Shen Peng inscribed “Wild Wind Elegant Demeanour” for Zhang’s exhibition. Zhang was engaged to sparetime writing from 1963 to 1978. In 1966, Zhang was labelled as “anti-revolutionist” because of his saga novel Fire Reflecting Midwinter Redness. Later he wrote to Chairman Mao and was redressed completely in May 1967. Then he took up painting again. In decades of teachings he took advantage of holidays to travel around widely to observe the objective world and new things, explore new fields, pursue new realms and look for further development.
　　 Zhang Chaoxiang held an exhibition of his works in 1987 at Shanxi Art Gallery, in 1988 Beijing at China Art Gallery and in 1990 in Mianyang city of Sichuan Province. In 1992 he held a large-scale solo exhibition at China Painting Academy. Later on he held a solo exhibition again at Shanxi Art Gallery, and in Tongchuan city. He held solo exhibitions in spring 1993 in Shenzhen, in autumn 1993 in Guangzhou and in August in Taibei. He held solo exhibitions in Collector’s Art Gallery twice in 1994 and in 1996 respectively. In 1964, his work Doing Homework was in for National Youth Exhibitions. In 1991, his works were chosen by Japan International Art Exhibition, and at the same year chosen and won the First Prize in France International Amity Art Exhibition. In February 1992, his works were chosen and won him “Honorary Prize” in International China Art Exhibition held by China Oriental Culture Studies Association and authorized by Culture Department. In October 1993, his works were chosen into International Modern Painting, Calligraphy and Seal-Carving Dictionary and won him the title of “Copper Prize Artist”. In September 1993, his works were chosen into International China Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition co-held by China Culture Department, China Art Association, etc., and one of Zhang’s works Cattle Herd was chosen into Famous Artist Expiation Hall. In 1994 his works were chosen into the First National Youth Art Exhibition and won him “Excellent Prize”. Meanwhile, his works were chosen into the Collection of China Youth Artists, and later into National Landscape Art Exhibition and Great Art Exhibition Collection. In September 1996, his work Eternal Glory was chosen into the Great Wall Laud International Great Exhibition and won him “World Creative Prize”, and another work won “Excellent Prize”. In 1996, his works were chosen into Modern Painter and Calligrapher Exchange Exhibition and won him “Honorary Gold Prize”. In 1996, he was nominated by Britain Cambridge International Association for WHO’S WHO, awarded International WHO’S WHO Tiptop Honorary Prize, then awarded The Twenty-first Century Worthy Tiptop Honorary Prize, and then appointed World Achievement Goldstar Prize. In the summer of 1996, Zhang held a solo art exhibition in American Sheraton Hotel and one of his works the ten-meter long Manada was awarded Goldman Prize. In 1996, chairman of American International WHO’S WHO Association nominated Zhang chosen by World 500 Leaders Dictionary; he was appointed World Lifelong Achievement Upstream Prize and later awarded President Gold Prize. In 1998, Zhang was awarded Laurel of a Hundred Contemporary Excellent Artist by China Calligraphy and Painting Committee. In 1999, his works were chosen into 1999 China Famous Expert Calligraphy and Painting Art Exhibition, won him “Tiptop Honorary Gold Prize”, and Zhang was conferred the title of “Cross-century Celebrity in Calligraphy and Painting”. In December 1999, Zhang was awarded “Excellent Prize” in Traditional Chinese Painting Exhibition for the Celebration of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Foundation of People’s Republic of China held by Chinese Culture Association. In 2000, his work Glorious Spring was chosen into the Second Flower and Bird Painting Exhibition and the Second National Flower and Bird Exhibition Collection. In the same year, his works were chosen into the Third Prince Cup Cross-strait Calligraphy and Painting Contest and won him Special Gold Prize. In July 2000, his landscape painting Ode to Motherland was chosen into the World Chinese Art Grand Exhibition co-held by such organizations as Chinese Culture Department, the People’s Painting Publishing House, and won him World Copper Prize. In the same year, Zhang’s works were chosen into the World Art Grand Exhibition held by such sixteen world art organizations as International Artists Association and was appointed the honorary title of “Art Celebrity in World Painting and Calligraphy”. Also in the same year, Zhang’s work Unpolluted Place was chosen into National Cross-century Famous Chinese Painting Exhibition and Cross-century Famous Chinese Painting Collection. In 2001, Zhang was awarded “ Gold Prize” and “World Chinese Elites Achievement Gold Prize Artist” by World Chinese Artist Exchange Center, “World Chinese Elites Achievement Prize Appraisal Committee” and “Chinese Artist Affection Association”. In June 2000, his work Spring won him Century Honorary Prize in the Fifth World Chinese Art Exhibition held in Hong Kong City Hall. In 2001, Zhang was chosen among the Ten Most Potential Value-added Calligraphy and Painting Master Nationwide by Business. In September 2002, Zhang was awarded Nomination Prize of China Art Top 500 and introduced in a special column of Art 2002 Issue 9. In 2002, CCTV shot a 30- minute special program called Wildwind—A Dream of Painter Zhang Chaoxiang, which was broadcasted in CCTV 1, CCTV 3, CCTV 4, CCTV 8, etc. Shanghai Education TV Shot for him a ten-minute long TV program called The Stories of Wildwind, which was broadcasted time and again. Zhang Chaoxiang was introduced in a special column of China Painting Studies 2002 Issue 3. In 2003 his work Fairy Tales in the Wes China was chosen into the Second Nationwide Chinese Painting Exhibition, and another work The Dream of Comfortable Families was chosen into the Second Nationwide Chinese Painting Goldstar Prize Exhibition. In May 2004, Zhang won the title of “the King of Landscape Painting” in Painting Contest for King, and was awarded “Prominent Contribution Prize in Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Circle”.
　　 In decades Zhang Chaoxiang held solo exhibition many times and co-exhibitions dozens of times, and hundreds of his works have been collected by friends from home and abroad. Special TV programs introducing Zhang Chaoxiang and his works were and being broadcasted in CCTV, Beijing TV, Shanxi TV, etc, such as Glorious Chin Cattle, Awe-inspiring of Age-old Trees, Elegant Demeanour of Wildwind, Wildwind Fluttering, Wildwind in Painting Circle, etc. Zhang and his works have been introduced by such important newspapers and magazines as the People’s Daily, China Daily, Xizang Daily, Culture and Art Daily, New Evening News, West Development Daily, Painting, Painting Observation, the People’s Painting, China Painting Times, Chinese Talents , Collectors, China Civil Aviation, etc. Zhang and his works have been chosen into more than two hundred dictionaries such as World WHO’S WHO, Son of the East, Twenty-first Century Talents Bank , Chinese Character Grand Dictionary, World Art Florilegium, Chinese Art Florilegium, Contemporary Celebrity and Elites Grand Dictionary, Chinese Art Exhibition and Collection Guide, China Contemporary Famous Calligraphy and Painting Artists – a Collection of Treasures, etc. Zhang Chaoxiang Creating the Wildwind School has been published by China Literary and Art Circles Publishing Corporation.

　　 Translated by Kong Qinghua