Zhang Chongren Memorial

The memorial hall of Zhang Chongren covers an area of 600 square meters. It is a courtyard in Jiangnan style of Ming and Qing Dynasties, with pink walls, dark tiles and flying eaves. This master of sculpture art was born in this land. Now this memorial hall has been built in his hometown to highlight his artistic achievements. There are six parts in the memorial, namely "art start", "Oriental talent", "studio career", "spring and autumn sculpture", "gorgeous sunset" and "Deyi Liuxin", reflecting Zhang Chongren's artistic life with a large number of pictures, newspapers, letters, objects and works of art.

Zhang Chongren Memorial

Zhang Chongren memorial hall is located in puhuitangqiaotu, Minhang District, Shanghai. It covers an area of 600 square meters. It is a Jiangnan courtyard of Ming and Qing Dynasties style with pink walls, dark tiles and flying eaves. This master of sculpture art was born in this land. Now this memorial hall has been built in his hometown to highlight his artistic achievements. There are six parts in the memorial, namely "art start", "Oriental talent", "studio career", "spring and autumn sculpture", "gorgeous sunset" and "Deyi Liuxin", reflecting Zhang Chongren's artistic life with a large number of pictures, newspapers, letters, objects and works of art.

brief introduction

Zhang Chongren memorial hall is located in puhuitangqiaotu, Qibao town, Minhang District, Shanghai. With an area of 600 square meters, the museum is a Ming and Qing style building. The decoration is novel and simple. The exhibits are precious and can be enjoyed by both refined and popular tastes. The building is in the style of Zoumalou on the wall of Jiangnan Wharf in the Qing Dynasty. It opened on March 17, 2003. It covers an area of 800 square meters. The building area of the museum is 600 square meters. There are six exhibition rooms, displaying more than 20 representative sculptures of Zhang Chongren.

Composition of exhibition hall

The preface, written by Wang Liping, chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference, fully affirms Mr. Zhang Chongren's spirit of patriotism, pursuit of art and courage to climb the summit. A bronze statue of Zhang Chongren was created by his disciple sculptor Yan Youren. According to Mr. Zhang's life, the exhibition rooms are divided into six parts, namely "art start", "Oriental talent", "studio career", "sculpture spring and Autumn", "gorgeous sunset" and "De Yi Liu Xin", displaying rich and detailed text, pictures and representative works of painting and sculpture, showing Mr. Zhang Chongren's artistic life and outstanding creative achievements. Many students admire and cherish the memory of a generation of masters, and offer paintings and sculptures to show the achievements of Mr. Zhang's garden and add color to the memorial.

Personal life

Mr. Zhang Chongren, a great master of sculpture art, devoted his whole life to studying sculpture painting skills and persistently pursuing the true meaning of art. His sculpture creation and art education are fruitful, and his achievements are remarkable. He is famous both at home and abroad. He can be called one of the founders of contemporary sculpture art in China. Mr. Zhang Chongren's artistic achievements have international influence, and he has made outstanding contributions to the cultural and artistic exchanges between China and foreign countries. To set up a memorial hall in Qibao town, Minhang District, Shanghai, the hometown of Mr. Zhang Chongren, is a kind act with far-reaching significance. To show Mr. Zhang Chongren's artistic life for nearly a century and to carry forward Mr. Zhang's spirit of patriotism, unremitting self-improvement and climbing the artistic peak can inspire future generations to make unremitting efforts for the development and prosperity of socialist culture.

The beginning of Art

（1907—1931）

Zhang Chongren, father Zhang Shaofu (Shaopu), wood carver; mother Yin Lianzi, good at embroidery. Influenced by his parents, he was fond of painting when he was young. When I was in primary school, I was at the top of all the picture examinations. At the age of 14, he entered the Tushanwan printing library to learn photography and plate making. During this period, he studied sketch and French under the guidance of Irish friar an Jingzhai, and calligraphy and classical literature under the guidance of waitaigong Ma Xiangbo, thus laying a solid artistic foundation. He was 18 years old and painted in Xujiahui drama company and hehe film studio. He was 21 years old and taught painting in his spare time. That year, he and Lang Jingshan founded the Shanghai Chinese society Photography Association. His watercolor paintings and other works have been exhibited for sale many times. It shows the artistic talent of young Zhang Chongren.

Oriental talents

（1931—1935）

In September 1931, on his way abroad to the west, Zhang Chongren was shocked by the "September 18th Incident". He was filled with indignation and determined to study abroad to serve his motherland. In October of the same year, he was admitted to the advanced class of oil painting of the Royal Academy of fine arts of Belgium, and then transferred to the advanced class of sculpture. His oil paintings, sculpture works, entries and graduation works have been ranked first for many times. He has won the king alpekin Medal of Belgium, the Brussels municipal government medal and the "three education medals" awarded by the Chinese Embassy in Belgium. In 1934, he helped Belgian cartoonist Herge to compile blue lotus, exposing Japanese militarism's ambition to invade China and introducing Chinese civilization. Since then, "China Zhang" has become a household name in France and Belgium.

In July 1935, Zhang Chongren gave up the prize and refused to naturalize in Belgium. He bid farewell to Brussels and began a three-month Art Tour, covering France, Britain, Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Italy and other countries. In early November of the same year, Zhang Chongren returned to his motherland.

Studio career

In February 1936, the exhibition of Zhang Chongren's return to China was held in Shanghai Sino French Association, which caused a sensation. Cai Yuanpei, Xu Beihong, Liu Haisu and others wrote congratulations. In April of the same year, Zhang Chongren founded China's first private painting and sculpture teaching studio, Chongren studio, on Lao Shenfu Road (now Hefei Road) in Shanghai. He trained more than 300 students, and his disciples spread all over the world. He also created a large number of watercolor paintings, oil paintings and sculptures, especially the statues of Ma Xiangbo, Yu Youren, Feng Yuxiang and other celebrities.

After the outbreak of the Anti Japanese War, Zhang Chongren created oil paintings "adherents", "compassion" and other works, accusing the Japanese army of invading China. His famous sculpture "love and responsibility" implies the profound meaning of "the rise and fall of the country, everyone has a responsibility".

In 1946, Zhang Chongren made a statue of Qi Baishi. Old man Baishi happily wrote "the magic hand of clay sculpture" as a gift to Zhang Chongren.

Sculpture spring and Autumn

After the founding of new China, Zhang Chongren expressed his praise for the new society with a figure sculpture "liberation" which broke away from the chain and the magnificent group sculpture "proletarian revolution created the people's Republic of China". During his tenure in Shanghai Academy of fine arts, Jiaotong University and Shanghai Academy of oil sculpture, he cultivated a large number of art talents, created a large number of art works reflecting real life, published and published a series of translated works and selected works. His outstanding artistic achievements have been affirmed by the art circle and praised by the public.

During the "Cultural Revolution", Zhang Chongren was impacted, but he did not stop his artistic exploration and sculpture practice. In 1973, in rentun village of Qingpu, he created the sculpture "pity for his young son". In 1975, he created the sculpture friendship first for Shanghai Wanren gymnasium. Zhang Chongren was a member of China Artists Association, a director and Deputy Secretary General of Shanghai Branch of China Artists Association, a member of the National Urban Sculpture Art Committee, a member of the fifth and sixth Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Chinese people's Political Consultative Conference, and the first, second, third and third people's representatives of Luwan District.

Gorgeous sunset

（1981—1998）

In March 1981, Zhang Chongren went to Brussels at the invitation of Belgium's state television and Herge studio, and received a warm welcome like a state guest. He reunited with his 47 year old friend, Herge, and visited his alma mater. Belgian queen Fabiola visited Herge's studio in person and met with Zhang Chongren and Herge. Since then, Zhang Chongren has visited Switzerland, the Netherlands and France to give lectures.

In 1987, the French Minister of culture signed a contract with Zhang Chongren to produce a large head portrait of Herge for the International Comic Book Museum, a statue of President Mitterrand at the Elysee Palace and a statue of musician Debussy, which caused a sensation in France. The news media of France, Belgium, Switzerland and other countries reported, commented and interviewed each other on TV. In the same year, Zhang Chongren became a French citizen and settled in Paris.

At the invitation of the Shanghai Municipal People's government, Zhang Chongren returned to Shanghai in early 1992 to make the statue of Nie Er, get up, which was completed in the same year. In 1994, Zhang Chongren made a statue of Deng Xiaoping. In 1996, in order to welcome the return of Hong Kong, Zhang Chongren created a sculpture model of "returning to Zhao in perfect style", which fully expressed his patriotism.

The art of virtue

On October 8, 1998, Zhang Chongren died of illness in Paris, France. A generation of sculptors sleep in the Norton cemetery in Paris. France, Belgium, Switzerland, Monaco and other countries, the Chinese Embassy in France and the China Art Association all expressed their grief.

Character evaluation

Over the years, commemorative articles and artistic comments on Zhang Chongren have been published in newspapers and magazines at home and abroad. Art experts and scholars pay more and more attention to the study of Zhang Chongren's art and character, his artistic achievements in painting and sculpture and nearly a century's artistic life, leaving a precious page in the history of modern Chinese art.

As one of the founders of modern Chinese sculpture art, Zhang Chongren's spirit of patriotism and persistent pursuit of artistic essence is being carried forward by his successors in the artistic career of painting and sculpture.

Exhibitions and collections

The beginning of Art

（1907—1931）

Zhang Chongren, father Zhang Shaofu (Shaopu), wood carver; mother Yin Lianzi, good at embroidery. Influenced by his parents, he was fond of painting when he was young. When I was in primary school, I was at the top of all the picture examinations. At the age of 14, he entered the Tushanwan printing library to learn photography and plate making. During this period, he studied sketch and French under the guidance of Irish friar an Jingzhai, and calligraphy and classical literature under the guidance of waitaigong Ma Xiangbo, thus laying a solid artistic foundation. 18 years old, in Xujiahui drama company and

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