{"id":21784,"date":"2019-07-10T07:00:28","date_gmt":"2019-07-10T14:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/?p=21784"},"modified":"2020-10-04T12:10:11","modified_gmt":"2020-10-04T19:10:11","slug":"the-art-of-chang-dai-chien-in-the-national-palace-museum-taipei","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/21784","title":{"rendered":"The Art of Chang Dai-chien in the National Palace Museum (Taipei)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>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 &#8220;Abode of Maya.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Four-Panels-of-Lotuses-in-Ink-1945.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Four-Panels-of-Lotuses-in-Ink-1945.jpg\" alt=\"Four Panels of Lotuses in Ink (Chang Dai-chien, 1945)\" class=\"wp-image-21785\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Four-Panels-of-Lotuses-in-Ink-1945.jpg 1800w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Four-Panels-of-Lotuses-in-Ink-1945-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Four-Panels-of-Lotuses-in-Ink-1945-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Four-Panels-of-Lotuses-in-Ink-1945-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong>Four Panels of Lotuses in Ink (Chang Dai-chien, 1945)<\/strong><br>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.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Flowing-Waters-in-an-Autumn-Valley-1948.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Flowing-Waters-in-an-Autumn-Valley-1948.jpg\" alt=\"Flowing Waters in an Autumn Valley (Chang Dai-chien, 1948)\" class=\"wp-image-21786\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\"\/><\/a><figcaption><strong>Flowing Waters in an Autumn Valley (Chang Dai-chien, 1948)<\/strong><br>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.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Halls-of-Immortals-at-Huayang-1949.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Halls-of-Immortals-at-Huayang-1949.jpg\" alt=\"Halls of Immortals at Huayang (Chang Dai-chien, 1949)\" class=\"wp-image-21787\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Halls-of-Immortals-at-Huayang-1949.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Halls-of-Immortals-at-Huayang-1949-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Halls-of-Immortals-at-Huayang-1949-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Halls-of-Immortals-at-Huayang-1949-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong>Halls of Immortals at Huayang (Chang Dai-chien, 1949)<\/strong><br>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.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Scenery-at-the-Garden-of-Eight-Virtues-1953.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Scenery-at-the-Garden-of-Eight-Virtues-1953.jpg\" alt=\"Scenery at the Garden of Eight Virtues (Chang Dai-chien, 1953)\" class=\"wp-image-21788\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Scenery-at-the-Garden-of-Eight-Virtues-1953.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Scenery-at-the-Garden-of-Eight-Virtues-1953-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Scenery-at-the-Garden-of-Eight-Virtues-1953-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Scenery-at-the-Garden-of-Eight-Virtues-1953-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong>Scenery at the Garden of Eight Virtues (Chang Dai-chien, 1953)<\/strong><br>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.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Vast-Shoals-and-Distant-Mountains-1969.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Vast-Shoals-and-Distant-Mountains-1969.jpg\" alt=\"Vast Shoals and Distant Mountains (Chang Dai-chien, 1969)\" class=\"wp-image-21789\" width=\"400\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Vast-Shoals-and-Distant-Mountains-1969.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Vast-Shoals-and-Distant-Mountains-1969-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Vast-Shoals-and-Distant-Mountains-1969-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/stephendanko.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/Vast-Shoals-and-Distant-Mountains-1969-683x1024.jpg 683w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><figcaption><strong>Vast Shoals and Distant Mountains (Chang Dai-chien, 1969)<\/strong><br>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.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Copyright \u00a9 2019 by Stephen J. Danko<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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). 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