张大千ZhangDaqian(1899—1983),wasborninMay,10th1899,theoriginalnameisZhangZhengquan,later,hechangedhisnameasZhangYuan,andZhangJiyuan,alsocalledZhangDaqian,hisaliasisDaqianLayBuddhist,anativeofNeijiang,SichuanProvince
Heisawell-notedartistoftraditionalChinesepaintingintheworld
HehadbegunlearningtraditionalChinesepaintingfromhischildhood,followinghismother,elderbrotherandmother’ssister
In1917,hetooksea-voyageeastwardtoJapantolearndyeingandpaintingskillstogetherwithhiselderbrother
In1919,hecamebackfromJapan,livedinshanghai,tooksomefamousmastersashisteacheragain,tostudyChinesewriting,painting,poemsandaChinesepoeticgenre
HehadtraveledtoandfrobetweenShanghaiandNeijiangforthreetimes
In1923,hemovedhishousetoShanghai
ZhangDaqianhadbecomefamousinthepaintingfieldofChinaasearlyaswhenheonlywasmorethan