Artist: Zhang Youxiang
Era: Late Modern
Status: First Class Artist of China
Name of Artwork: Year After Year of Surplus (The Chinese characters for surplus and fish are homonyms.)
Type of Painting: Ink & Color on Paper
Zhang Youxiang was born in Mei County, Guangdong Province, China in 1935. He is a First Class Artist of China, a professor at Guangxi University, an appointed Honorary Academician and Visiting Professor at the British Royal Academy of Arts, a Director of the World Artists of Calligraphy and Painting Association in Canada, and a Vice Dean of the China International Painting Institute. He is adept at painting carp in fine brushwork. The style of his artworks is fresh and natural, vivid and lively, and dazzling without being tacky. He has traveled to Japan and Korea to participate in exhibitions. Many of his paintings have been collected by lovers of art in the United States, France, Canada, Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, and other places. He has been given such honorific titles as the “Contemporary Famous Artist of Calligraphy and Painting” and a “World Famous Artist of Calligraphy and Painting” jointly by several organizations both inside and outside of China, including the World Calligraphers and Painters Association of Canada and the International Artists Association Center.
創 作 者：張友祥
時 代：現代
身份級別：一級美術師
作品名稱：年年有餘
畫 種：水墨設色、紙本
張友祥，1935年生於廣東梅縣。廣西大學教授，一級美術師。被聘為英國皇家藝術研究院榮譽院士和客座教授，世界書畫家協會加拿大總會理事，中國國際畫院副院長。長於工筆鯉魚，作品已形成清新自然、生動明快、豔而不俗的藝術風格。曾到日本、韓國參展，多幅畫作被美國、法國、加拿大、日本、新加坡、臺灣等地愛好者收藏。被加拿大世界書畫家協會、國際美術家聯合會等國內外多個單位聯合授予「當代書畫藝術名人」和「世界書畫藝術名人」等榮譽稱號。