Where Xie Tiancheng is from

Xie Tiancheng is an all-round calligrapher and painter. He has performed well in all fields of calligraphy, oil painting, and Chinese painting (figures, landscapes, flowers and birds). His works have also been successfully selected by the world's art auction giant, Sotheby's New York, and auctioned at a reserve price of thirty thousand dollars. Although he has been living abroad for a long time, many of his works have also appeared frequently in our country's auction houses in the past two years, and all of them have been collected by some collectors at a good price. His works have been affirmed by Chinese painting and calligraphy circles and collectors, who unanimously agree that Mr. Xie Tiansheng's works have blended the essence of ancient and modern Chinese and Western paintings, and have promoted the exchange and development of Chinese and Western painting culture.

Chinese Name: Xie Tiancheng

Nationality: Chinese

Ethnicity: Han Chinese

Birthplace: Xinyi County, Guangdong

Date of Birth: November 1950

Occupation: Calligrapher and Painter

Major Achievements: His works were selected by Sotheby's New York

Representative Works: "Smoke and Rain on the River and the Mountain".

Basic Introduction

Xie Tiancheng, born in November 1950, a native of Xinyi County, Maoming City, Guangdong Province, is an all-around calligrapher and painter. He is very outstanding in all fields of calligraphy, oil painting and Chinese painting (figure, landscape, flowers and birds). His works were successfully selected by the world's art auction giant, Sotheby's New York, and started with a reserve price of thirty thousand dollars. Although he has been living abroad for a long time, many of his works have also made frequent appearances in our country's auction houses, and all of them have been collected by some collectors at a good price. His works have been affirmed by Chinese painting and calligraphy circles and collectors, who unanimously agree that Mr. Xie Tiansheng's works have blended the essence of ancient and modern Chinese and Western paintings, and have promoted the exchange and development of Chinese and Western painting culture. His works are skillfully conceived, difficult to create, novel and artistic, and everywhere show the style of a great man, and have a broad space for appreciation in the domestic market.

Current Positions

Xie Tiansheng is the director of Liu Haisu Art Institute; visiting professor of Peking University Resources College; honorary professor of Traditional Culture College of Beijing Oriental University; visiting professor of Shanghai Film Academy of Fine Arts; member of the National Steering Committee of Urban Sculpture Construction; vice president of the World Federation of Fine Artists of the U.S.A.; art director of the World Association of Chinese Artists; art director of the World Federation of Collectors. ; Director of the U.S.-China Cultural and Artistic Exchange Promotion Council; Honorary Professor of the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts, U.S.A.; Vice President and Artistic Director of the U.S.A. International Cultural and Artistic Exchange Society; In June 2013, he was also appointed as a visiting professor of Guangxi University School of Fine Arts.

Painting Style

He is the favorite disciple of the master painter Mr. Liu Haisu, he inherited Liu's wild and unrestrained style of painting, and created his own style of vertical ink painting and figure painting. 1995, Xie Tiancheng resided in the U.S. and began his life in the Western painting world. He boldly combines Chinese ink, paint, rice paper, abstract consciousness and modernist color sensibility, rubbing Western painting concepts and techniques into his Chinese paintings, greatly enriching the expressive effect of Chinese paintings. He has created a number of works with Tibetan Buddhism as the theme of profound meaning, the thick texture of the picture highlights the effect of light and dark of Western painting, the line processing is unique, the technique is pure and sophisticated and very personalized, reflecting his profound calligraphy and painting skills.

Biography

Life

Born in November 1950, Xinyi County, Guangdong Province, he was a keen lover of art since his childhood, and at the age of 7, he practiced calligraphy, painting and carving, and at the age of 13, he received formal training in sketching, and at the age of 17, he was admitted to the secondary school of the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts.

Graduated from Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 1968, he exhibited his paintings in Guangzhou in 1982, and his works were appreciated by art master Liu Haisu, who invited him to study Chinese and Western painting in Huangshan Mountain, and he was accepted as a disciple by Liu Haisu.

In 1983, Hong Kong (Ta Kung Pao) introduced Chinese cultural celebrities such as Feng Youlan, Zong Baihua, Wang Li, Qigong, Xie Tiancheng, and in 1983, the national magazine "Fine Arts" published the ink scroll "Li River Smoke and Rain", and the "People's Daily" published the ink scroll "Smoke and Rain on the River and Mountain".

Academic exchanges

In 1986, at the invitation of Mr. Katagiri Shiraten, director of the South Painting Institute in Tokyo, Japan, he went to Tokyo, Japan, for art exchanges, and his works were appreciated and collected by the Japanese painting giants Higashiyama Kuiyi and Hirasanov.

In 1987, he was invited by Mr. Coleman, the director of New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts to hold a painting exhibition in the United States, and went to New York, Boston, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C., for art exchanges, and he was appointed as an honorary professor of art by the New Orleans Academy of Fine Arts. Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House publishes an annual exhibition of works by Chinese famous artists Li Keran, Bai Xueshi, Liang Shunian, Zhang Bu, and Xie Tiancheng; holds a painting exhibition in Shanghai, where Shen Roujian, chairman of the Shanghai Fine Arts Association, Cheng Shifa, a famous painter, and Han Tianheng, a seal carver, attend the closing ceremony. Wen Wei Po", "Jiefang Daily", "Books and Paintings" commented on his art.

Artistic Achievements

In 1988, Xie Tiancheng accompanied Master Liu Haisu to Huangshan Mountain, and prepared for the establishment of "Li River Painting and Calligraphy Institute" with Master Liu Haisu. In December of the same year, the "Li River Painting and Calligraphy Institute" was established, and Xie Tiancheng became the president.

In 1989, Xie Tiancheng collaborated with James, an American modernist painter, and the newsletter of Chinese artists reported that this collaboration "opened up a new path for the fusion of Chinese and Western painting". He went to Hong Kong to meet with Master Liu Haisu, who wrote a letter to the French master Zao Wou-ki, introducing Tiancheng to meet and exchange ideas with Zao Wou-ki in Paris. In the same year, he held a painting exhibition in Taiwan, and the Taiwan Artist featured Xie Tiancheng's art. The People's Daily reported the news of the exhibition. Taiwan Times featured the exhibition.

In 1990, Xie Tiansheng was selected to be included in the Dictionary of Contemporary Chinese Painters; participated in the group exhibition of Chinese paintings at the Greenwich Museum in England; his works were appreciated by Francis Bacon, the world's master of painting; participated in the exhibition of paintings by famous painters of the Song Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty in the Republic of China, which was featured in the Taiwan's The Artist. Artistic exchanges with Hu Nianyi, a famous painter in Taiwan.

In 1991, exchanged and cooperated paintings with the famous Malaysian painter Tse Tim Sung. Participated in the painting and calligraphy exhibition of Chinese cultural celebrities sponsored by Asian Cultural Exchange Center. In the same year, he went to Macao to hold a painting exhibition, and his art was featured in Macao Daily News and Macao Television.

In 1992, he participated in the Tokyo International Art Annual Exhibition, with participants including Xie Tiansheng, Matisse, Monet, Ding Shaoguang and Chen Yifei. People's Daily published his ink landscape painting "Hazy Autumn Rhythm"; received by the Speaker of Singapore Parliament, Mr. Tan Shu Kwan. Invited by the Asia-Pacific Museum in Los Angeles, USA to hold a successful exhibition, was appointed as the director of the U.S.-China Association for the Promotion of Cultural and Artistic Exchanges.

1993 in Guilin, Spain, the national television and Beijing television shooting Xie Tiancheng splash color landscape painting techniques; CCTV in Guilin to shoot Xie Tiancheng art feature film. 1994 selected in the "Chinese contemporary literary and artistic celebrities Dictionary"; March 16 to participate in the hundredth birthday of Liu Haisu masters in Shanghai; Liu Haisu art in Guilin, the establishment of the Research Institute (Shanghai Wenwen Newspaper news) Institute was set up! Documents to the Haisu master read; August 18 to Shanghai to attend the death of Haisu master memorial service; December should be invited by the Hollywood film art community to go to Los Angeles art investigation.

In 1995, Xie Tiancheng held an exhibition at the Sky Gallery in Los Angeles, which was featured in Sing Tao Daily, World Journal, International Daily, and Overseas Chinese Newspaper, and in March, he went to New York to participate in the New York National Art Exposition, where his modern paintings and his large splash of ink and dunhuang figures were appreciated by the art world.

In 1997, Xie Tiancheng was invited by the Governor of Hawaii, Mr. Gonuda, to visit the state of Hawaii, and his works were collected by the state government. And asked Xie Tiancheng to make a painting in the governor's name to present to President Jiang Zemin who will visit Hawaii.

July 1998 in New York City, the United States of America in Soho, the famous gallery exhibition of modernist paintings, the United States National Library collection of his works, in August in Los Angeles, the United States for the world-famous monks Master Nebula and his mother statue.

In 1999, he created a large ink portrait of former Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping in Los Angeles. In the same year, Taiwan's Founding Father Memorial Hall accepted Xie Tiancheng's work "Cloudy Mountain Picture".

In March 2000, he participated in the Academic Symposium on Chinese Painting in the New Century, which was attended by famous art critics Zou Dazhen and Zhou Shaohua.

In 2001, he was awarded the title of Honorary Citizen by Pasadena, the famous city of Los Angeles, USA. In the same year, he created Guilin landscape paintings for the newly elected President of the United States, W. Bush, which were collected by him.

In 2001, former U.S. President Bill Clinton received Xie Tiansheng and collected his work "Landscape of Guilin".

In March 2003, the Chinese ambassador to Singapore, Mr. Zhang Jiuheng, presented Xie Tiancheng's works to the foreign minister of Singapore.

In March, CCTV filmed Xie Tiancheng's artistic life (30 minutes long).

October, Xie Tiancheng's works were collected by Chairman Mao's Memorial Hall in Beijing, and a certificate of collection was issued.

In January, 2004, Xie Tiancheng was awarded the Grand Prize in the National Western Landscape Painting Exhibition.

Tianjin People's Fine Arts Publishing House contracted to publish the book "Xie Tiancheng Ink Splash Landscape New Technique".

World Buddhist leader Master Nebula received Xie Tiancheng and collected his works.

Beijing Zhongnanhai collects three pieces of Xie Tiancheng's works and issues a certificate of collection.

In June, Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing presented Xie Tiancheng's works to the Indonesian Foreign Minister and the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Malaysia.

In June, Xie Tiancheng participated in the auction of Chinese famous paintings in Beijing for the first time, and the Beijing Oriental International Auction Co., Ltd. auctioned the ink landscape painting, which sold for 380,000 yuan.

August, China commemorates the centenary of Deng Xiaoping, the Central Office of the **** collects Xie Tiancheng's work "The Thoughts of the Sons and Daughters of the Li River", and issues a certificate of collection.

October, Tang Jiaxuan, State Councilor of the State Council of China, presented Xie Tiancheng's work to the Prime Minister of Thailand as a national gift.

In October, Xie Tiancheng's work "The Remains of the Great Tang Dynasty" was selected for the 10th National Art Exhibition.

January 2005, Xie Tiancheng signed a formal contract with the U.S. Presidential Commission broker to create a series of colorful paintings of Tibetan style (minimum reserve price of 30,000 U.S. dollars for the works).

In June, Japanese Prime Minister Ryutaro Hashimoto receives Xie Tiancheng and collects his works (in Beijing).

Liu Dawei, president of the China Art Association, leads Lu Yushun, Zhao Zhenchuan and others, to hold an exhibition of paintings by Chinese and American artists in Los Angeles, U.S.A., where Xie Tiancheng is jointly exhibited with famous painters Ding Shaoguang and Li Zijian.

In September, Xie Tiansheng went to Ningxia Autonomous Region to help the poor, and four pairs of calligraphy works worth 80,000 yuan were donated to the Ningxia Hope Project.

In October, Chen Tianhao, Art Director of Sotheby's Auction Headquarters, visited Xie Tiancheng in Beijing and selected his works to participate in the Sotheby's Auction.

In November, Xie Tiancheng participated in the auction of Beijing Oriental International Auction Company, and his 6-feet landscape painting was sold at 80,000 RMB.

In April 2006, Chen Tianhao, Art Director of Sotheby's headquarters in New York, invited Xie Tiancheng to Thailand to establish Xie Tiancheng's creative studio.

In 2007, Beijing Arts and Crafts Publishing House published "Xie Tiancheng Ink Splash Chinese Painting Masterpieces"

Mark, a 75-year-old student of the French master Chagat, traveled to Beijing for an exchange of artwork with Xie Tiancheng and viewed six series of Tiancheng's works.

In 2008, a special issue of the National Art Museum of China was published to introduce Xie Tiancheng's ink-splash painting art.

Roger, the president of the World Olympic Committee, collected Xie Tiancheng's painting and calligraphy work "One World, One Dream".

Xie Tiancheng, together with painters Cui Zimo and Yang Yan, were invited to participate in a large-scale pen meeting to celebrate the success of China's Olympic Games at the National Stadium.

Xie Tiancheng met with internationally renowned connoisseur Huang Junshi in Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, to view Tiancheng's fine paintings and collect his fine albums.

Xie Tiansheng was appointed as a member of China City Sculpture Art Committee.

Xie Tiansheng met with Nobel Prize-winning scientist Yang Zhenning.

Xie Tiancheng and Xue Linxing visited Japan with CCTV.

People's Fine Arts Publishing House publishes Xie Tiancheng's Selected Chinese Paintings

In 2009, People's Fine Arts Publishing House publishes a large-scale album of Chinese celebrities "Fine Arts China", with Wang Xijing, Wang Chengxi, Xie Tiancheng, and Jia Haoyi selected.

May 22, 2009 in the U.S. White House by Senator Kennedy transferred Xie Tiansheng's two works to President Obama, as the President's private permanent collection.

Xie Tiansheng held solo exhibitions in Shenzhen and Guangzhou.

China's master painter Zao Wou-ki in Paris, viewing a book of Xie Tiancheng's fine paintings (sent to Zao's home by Consul Zeng of the Chinese Embassy in France).

Xie Tiansheng's works were invited to participate in the Beijing Rongbaozhai Famous Artists Painting Exhibition.

On January 9, 2010, he held a solo exhibition in Shanghai.

January, China's authoritative periodical "Collection World" monthly, 12 consecutive columns about Xie Tiancheng's achievements.

On March 1, 2010, Xie Tiancheng had a painting exchange with master painter Zao Wou-ki at his home in Paris, France.

On June 15, 2010, Xie Tiancheng's 6-foot landscape painting hit a new high at the Third Contemporary Fidelity Painting and Calligraphy Auction in Nanjing, China, selling for 535,000 RMB (80,000 USD).

On December 29, 2010, Xie Tiansheng was awarded the World Outstanding Chinese Contribution Award by the Fifth Annual Conference of World Chinese Business Leaders.

Collections

The works of Xie Tiansheng have been collected by the U.S. Presidents Bush Sr., Clinton, Bush Jr. Collection of the French Prime Minister Jacques Chirac; Collection of the Thai Crown Prince Mahawajiralongkorn; Collection of the Norwegian King Hala; Collection of the Singaporean Speaker of Parliament Chen Shuqun; Collection of the Australian Foreign Minister Evans.

Works Appreciation

Xie Tiancheng's First Vertical Ink Splash Figures and Landscape Paintings: