Try To Talk About The Zhanghongliang Watercolor Art Style

With hundreds years of development, Chinese watercolor art enjoy great reputations in the world by its brilliance and uniqueness. Since the1980s,a large number of young watercolor artists engaged in exploring creating the own art style of Chinese watercolor art. they are full of innovations and courage, and focus on displaying the characteristics of the times and the national spirit. Zhang Hongliang is one of the most eminent youth.He is devoted to the development and prosperity of the Lingnan watercolor art makes outstanding contributions to the growth of Chinese watercolor art.Zhang Hongliang, is the most unique and prominent artist in the field of Lingnan or even Chinese watercolor art. His works keep the traditional Chinese watercolor art’s style color blend and combine the graph composition style of mural and color choosing style of western oil painting. Affected by the aesthetic ideas of the Chinese traditional Confucian, Zhang Hongliang, with deep analysis the artistic spirit of the Lao Zi and Zhuang Zi, thinks that "perfect combination of artistic language and idea is the embodiment of Artists natural and artistic life’s integration". He advocates the Zhuangzi’s idea "no self "and" reactive "," unknown "in spirit, pursues the freedom of" clarification of mind taste like". because of his based on local culture and paying attention to common life and society, and national spirit and characteristics of the times. Zhang Hongliang watercolors, passes on the spirit of beauty, profound spiritual connotation and even social thinking to the audience, so as to enhance the style of watercolor art.This article focuses on Zhang Hongliang’s works and aesthetic concepts. With analyzing his works, the characteristics of his watercolor art style is abstracted. And his learning experience, the growth of his style of art and his artistic spirit are also being researched in this article. This study is the first detailed analysis,research and summary of Zhang Hongliang watercolor art style. I hope it can inspires the creation of the contemporary watercolorist, and provide valuable information for future theoretical research and artistic practice in this regard.