Research Of The Artistic Style Of Zhang Jingshou Pastel Flower And Bird

Jingdezhen is a city which is famous for porcelain with atwo-thousand-year history for ceramic-making, creating an outstandingachievement in China and even the world. Having flourished in the big artstage of porcelain, Zhang Jingshou,the first batch of Ceramic Artists awardedby Jingdezhen government, is an active senior artist. Mr Zhang Jingshou isone of these famous respected with unique artistic style ceramic artists. Whatmore, he still paints with his brush tirelessly at his nineties, aiming to makehis life splendid and wonderful.Mr Zhang Jingshou learned from Cheng Yiting, one of the famous "eightfriends of Zhushan”. He studied so hard to inherit the essence of his teacher.Zhang Jingshou is skilled in painting flowers and birds. The flowers paintedby him vary in shapes and styles. The birds painted by him are all lively andvivid.Mr Zhang Jingshou is fruited in his ceramic art career during his seventyyears of creation. A large number of his outstanding works enjoy a highreputation from home and abroad.During his long-term artistic practice, Mr Zhang Jingshou has formed adistinctive " Zhang’s pastel artistic style" which is characterized in a noveldesign and a skillful brushwork through his constantly innovation andcontinuous development. This article will explore and expound the formationbackground and formation factors of " Zhang’s pastel artistic style" with thecombination of the background of pastel’s development. In addition, thearticle will also research its process of formation with his works of differentperiods, thus forming a deep appreciation of his works.