Zhang Baoqiang, a distinguished artist, came to the United States in 1988. He is known for his particular expertise in ink and water landscape painting, contemporary fluid color abstract art, as well as figure painting and bird and flower painting.
In his landscape paintings, Master Zhang Baoqiang demonstrates his unique understanding of nature and deep attainments. His works not only inherit the essence of traditional Chinese landscape painting, but also incorporate modern elements, presenting a unique style. While in the field of contemporary fluid color abstract art, he expresses his thoughts and feelings about contemporary society through rich colors and abstract forms, enabling the viewers to feel his unique insights into art.
Master Zhang Baoqiang’s depictions of people and birds are also outstanding, as he creates lifelike images through delicate lines and vivid colors, making people and birds jump out of the canvas.
In addition to his artistic accomplishments, Master Zhang Baoqiang enjoys a high standing in the Chinese community in Chinatown, USA. He has not only made outstanding contributions in the field of art, but also has unique insights into the exchange of Chinese and American cultures. Through his works and remarks, he has bridged the gap between Chinese and American cultures and promoted understanding and friendship between the two countries. In Chinatown, he is regarded as a figure of deep cultural heritage and social influence who has set a noble example for the Chinese community.
As far as the study of contemporary Chinese painting is concerned, in the new visual art feel a kind of style high ancient and strange, with fresh personality characteristics. Because it will provide a constant stream of sensual experience for the change of brush and ink. Powerfully activate the expressive power of brush and ink, therefore contemporary brush forms and images are not only the most square for artists to carry out self-rescue . It is also a way of exploring and practicing contemporary literati painting, which emphasizes the use of books in painting and the pursuit of the refinement of the brush’s own language, which perfectly translates into the fusion of Chinese and Western cultures. With the new elements of modern painting in western countries, this practice firstly reconfigures the brush and ink according to the individuality of the art. In this evolutionary process, brush and ink transcend the ancient and the modern. It forms the pursuit of abstract art that is free from objects and freely displays the aesthetics of line, ink, and color – winning with backbone and strength. Zhang Baoqiang, no matter in calligraphy and painting, contemporary flowing color abstract oil painting, and brushwork, pursues the beauty of strong and powerful, majestic and masculine. The so-called “the line of the brush is the skeleton, so the line is wonderful.
