The artist who specialized in painting lotus is Zhang Daqian.
Chang Dai-Chien (张大千, May 10, 1899-April 2, 1983), formerly known as Zhengquan (正權), later changed his name to 爰 (爰), his initials Jiyuan (季爰), and his name Dazhan (大千), alias Dazhanjushi (大千居士), Shimaili Hongkonger (下里港人), and the name of his residence is Dafengtang. He was born on May 10, 1899 in Anliangli, a suburb of Neijiang City, Sichuan Province (now "Bashoi" in Park Bay, Neijiang City), to a scholarly family, and was a Chinese ink painter and calligrapher.
Painter of Lotus
Zhang Daqian's Lotus is pure and beautiful, elegant and elegant, combining the two opposites of "quiet as a virgin, moving as a rabbit", and it is full of immortality when viewed from afar, which is similar to Zhou Dunyi's Lotus, which is "not to be trifled with". It is a combination of the two opposing beauties of "stillness like a virgin" and "movement like a hare".
Zhu Da is good at birds and flowers, landscapes, but also the history of the lotus painting of the saint, its birds and flowers inherited from Chen Chun, Xu Wei, the tradition of painting birds and flowers. The development of broad-brush capitalist painting method, which is characterized by symbolism and allegory, and the painting of flowers, birds, fish and insects for exaggeration, with its peculiar image and concise modeling, so that the image of the painting is prominent, the theme is clear, and even birds, fish eyes painted as "white eyes to the people", as a way to express their own lonely and cynical character, thus creating an unprecedented flower and bird, landscape painting, and also the history of lotus painting master. This created an unprecedented bird and flower modeling.