Zhang Hui: Monumental Bird-and-Flower Painting from Shaanxi

Zhang Hui: Monumental Bird-and-Flower Painting from Shaanxi

Zhang Hui was born in Pucheng, Shaanxi Province, and graduated from the Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts, with further study at the Academy of Arts & Design, Tsinghua University, and the China National Academy of Painting. He is a member of the China Artists Association and the China Gongbi Painting Society, vice dean of the China National Academy of Ethnic Painting, chief painter of Badou Art, a council member of the Beijing Xicheng District Calligraphers Association and the Shaanxi Artists Association, vice dean of the Shaanxi Academy of Calligraphy and Painting, and a researcher at the Shaanxi Academy of Social Sciences’ institute of painting and calligraphy.

His field is bird-and-flower painting on a large, almost scenic scale — the Chinese sources call it “large real-scene” bird-and-flower painting. Frogs by a pond, sunflower gardens, banana groves, and misty wetlands are carried on sheets that run from intimate 45 cm leaves to scrolls five meters wide. His titles borrow from Zhuangzi and the Book of Songs as often as from country life, and the dates below, from 2006 to 2024, trace a career in continual motion.

Selected Works

*How Do You Know the Fish Is Happy? — 2018, 240 × 180 cm*

*Morning Melody of Xishuangbanna — 2021, 500 × 200 cm*

*Frogs by the Pond — 2024, 180 × 97 cm*

*New Melody by the Pond — 2017, 180 × 160 cm*

*In Spring Light — 2024, 97 × 45 cm*

*When Spring Comes, a Cool Breeze Follows — 2020, 136 × 69 cm*

*The Joy of Barley — 2024, 180 × 97 cm*

*Buddha’s Seal — 2018, 240 × 200 cm*

*National Defense in Full Frame — 2020, 240 × 200 cm*

*Brocade Flowers Dancing in the Mist — 2023, 180 × 69 cm*

*The Race — 2019, 180 × 150 cm*

*The Sorrow of 1998 — 2014, 240 × 120 cm*

*Sunflower Garden in Full Bloom — 2024, 68 × 45 cm*

*Old Trades: The Bamboo Weaver — 2016, 180 × 180 cm*

*Southern Scenery — 2023, 180 × 96 cm*

*First to Know the Warmth of Spring Wind — 2024, 97 × 45 cm*

*A Clear Breeze Enters the Temple Smoke — 2016, 180 × 120 cm*

*In the Autumn Wind — 2020, 180 × 96 cm*

*Autumn Waters — 2023, 180 × 96 cm*

*Deepening Autumn — 2022, 136 × 69 cm*

*The Autumn Courtyard Has Its Own Delights — 2018, 240 × 200 cm*

*Mountain Village Voices Linger — 2015, 240 × 120 cm*

*Years Like a Song — 2016, 180 × 180 cm*

*Drunk Among the Flowers — 2024, 97 × 45 cm*

*Rain-Washed Woods, Emerald About to Flow — 2023, 240 × 180 cm*

*Early Spring — 2006, 180 × 160 cm*

*Drunk in the Shade of Flowers — 2024, 97 × 45 cm*

*Drunk in the Shade — 2024, 97 × 45 cm*

Several of these works can be commissioned or adapted in size for your space; Badou Art’s advisers are glad to help you choose the right piece.

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