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Zhang Renxi (, 15 December 1918 – 27 July 2010), also known as Zhang Renxi(张仁熙), Jiaye(迦叶), Shengshi (胜是, Buddhist name), and House of Flowing Water Sound Listening(听沨楼), was born in Quanzhou City, Fujian, China. He was a Chinese artist and poet, best known for his exquisite Chinese paintings of birds and flowers as well as fine seal carvings and calligraphy work. ==Biography== His father died ten months after he was born, and his widowed mother lived on needlework to support the family. At 7 years of age, Zhang Renxi found copies of ''The Mustard Seed Garden Atlas'' and ''Ancient and Modern Celebrity Pictures'' in the drawers of his father’s coffin, and used these to practice calligraphy. To earn money, he painted and sold Spring Festival couplets in the local marketplace. He received two years education in primary school, but was unable to continue his studies due to poverty. He became an apprentice to a doctor, then a painter, and later, a proofreader and reporter for the "Fujian Daily" newspaper. *1938, Buddhist Master Hong Yi(Li Shutong, 李叔同) favor the stone stamp of Abbot Jue Yuan of Tongfo Temple made by Zhang, and invited the seal cutter Renxi Zhang to come and granted him the Buddhist name Shengshi(胜是), and be very close after then. *He was a reporter for ''Fujian Daily'' stationed in Shisi City during the second world war, and built up friendship with Huang Yongyu(黄永玉) who studied at Jimei Secondary School. *1977, recognized Ye Shengtao, Yu Pingbo, and Liu Haisu as mentors, and became good friends. *1981, became a member of the Chinese Artists Association. *1986, served as vice president of Xiamen Painting and Calligraphy Academy. *1989, served as the consultant of the Hong Kong Fujian Painting and Calligraphy Research Association. *1994, won the Philippines' International Cultural Exchange Gold Medal of Honor, the Taiwan ROC Fourth Poetry, Calligraphy, Painting, Photography Exhibition on the works of Chinese Painting Jinling Award 金岭奖, a member of the California Association of Chinese Art. *held solo exhibitions in several cities in the U.S., Taiwan, Singapore and China, and was involved in Japan's "Chinese first class painting and calligraphy exhibition" in 1986, and participated in Nagoya "Japan Ink Painting Exhibition on behalf of writers" in 1993. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Zhang Renxi (artist)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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