Yang Yanwen
male, born in 1939, is a native of Shen country, Hebei province. He is now a member of the Chinese Artists Association, director of the art committee and professional painter at the Beijing Painting Academy. He is also rated as a national first-class artist and has received special allowance from the State Council for his outstanding expertise.
Yang graduated from the Wu Guanzhong Oil Painting Studio of the Beijing Institute of Art in 1963. Being proficient in both Chinese and Western paintings, Yang also does wall painting and other forms of painting. His landscape is characterized by its diversity of themes and techniques. He is noted for full integration of lines and forms as well as colours and ink in the innovative composition into his modern Chinese painting. This distinctive mark featuring both Chinese and Western art is gradually developing into Yang¡¯s unique style with graceful and rhythmical brushstrokes.
His works have been shown in each of the Chinese National Art Exhibitions in China since the 70s. He has also had solo exhibitions staged in the China Art Gallery and other overseas countries including the U.S.A., Canada, Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong. He has received a Gold medal at the 5th Manciano International Art Exhibition in Italy in 1983 as well as many prizes from other established foreign art institutes. His publications include ¡°Lotus Out of Clean Water¡± and ¡°Selected Works of Yang Yanwen¡±. |
