Chang Dai-chien (1899-1983) was born in Neijiang in Sichuan. He first learned painting from his mother, and later he studied in Shanghai under Zeng Xi (1861-1930) and Li Ruiqing (1867-1920). He left China in 1949, exhibiting his painting in Asia, Europe, and the Americas. In 1976, he settled in Taipei at a studio he called “Abode of Maya.”
![Four Panels of Lotuses in Ink (Chang Dai-chien, 1945)](https://stephendanko.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Four-Panels-of-Lotuses-in-Ink-1945.jpg)
SOURCE: Four Panels of Lotuses in Ink (Chang Dai-chien,1945) (National Palace Museum, Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 19 April 2019.
![Flowing Waters in an Autumn Valley (Chang Dai-chien, 1948)](https://stephendanko.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Flowing-Waters-in-an-Autumn-Valley-1948.jpg)
SOURCE: Flowing Waters in an Autumn Valley (Chang Dai-chien,1948) (National Palace Museum, Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 19 April 2019.
![Halls of Immortals at Huayang (Chang Dai-chien, 1949)](https://stephendanko.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Halls-of-Immortals-at-Huayang-1949.jpg)
SOURCE: Halls of Immortals at Huayang (Chang Dai-chien,1949) (National Palace Museum, Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 19 April 2019.
![Scenery at the Garden of Eight Virtues (Chang Dai-chien, 1953)](https://stephendanko.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Scenery-at-the-Garden-of-Eight-Virtues-1953.jpg)
SOURCE: Scenery at the Garden of Eight Virtues (Chang Dai-chien,1953) (National Palace Museum, Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 19 April 2019.
![Vast Shoals and Distant Mountains (Chang Dai-chien, 1969)](https://stephendanko.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Vast-Shoals-and-Distant-Mountains-1969.jpg)
SOURCE: Vast Shoals and Distant Mountains (Chang Dai-chien, 1969) (National Palace Museum, Shilin District, Taipei, Taiwan); photographed by Stephen J. Danko on 19 April 2019.
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