冯长江是顶尖的中国实力派画家，其以现代女性为主题的工笔重彩作品，在国际艺术界中载誉甚丰。他1943年7月出生于西安，祖籍河南省滑县人。曾任中国美术家协会会员、中国书法家协会会员、山西省画院院长。

 

    冯少时喜爱绘画，先习西洋绘画，后攻中国水墨画，再转传统工笔重彩。1974年曾随中国著名美术史家、工笔画家潘絜兹先生学习中国传统工笔重彩及古代壁画的复制，先后对中国芮城永乐宫、秸山青龙寺、繁峙岩、高平开化寺及太原娄睿墓等处壁画进行了大量长时间的临摹复制及研究，从中得益甚丰，为形成以后的艺术风格奠定了坚实的基础。

 

    冯长江主攻人物画、旁及山水等其它题材，尤擅长大场面制作。他笔下的现代女性，造型优美而富东方韵味，显示出其坚实的绘画基本功及卓越的艺术表现能力。其作品着重中国传统线描的节奏韵律，同时融入西洋绘画丰富的色彩语汇，形成鲜明的个人艺术风格，并具浓厚的时代气息。

   

    其处女作《红绸舞》首展于中国美术馆，先后由《美术》、《中国画》等专业刊物发表推介。《血与火》于1982年荣获有美术界诺贝尔奖之称的法国巴黎春季沙龙美展金质奖章，以及1984年的山西省首届文学艺术创作金牌奖，并被中国美术馆收藏。《飞花时节》荣获第六届全国美术作品展铜奖。《大河上下》荣获建军六十周年全国美术作品展览一等奖，和山西省第二届文学艺术创作特别奖。个人事迹被收录《文化名人》全国大型电视专题片及《中国现代美术全集》。

 

    冯长江1997年以「世界杰出美术家」身份定居美国。1998年起，其作品进入美国、加拿大的主流画廊，包括美国东方画廊、曼哈顿的中国艺术中心及纽约曼哈顿苏荷区Benedetti Gallery。2001年始，冯的作品成为香港苏富比、佳士得、中国嘉德、北京翰海的固定拍品，深受业内人士和国内外收藏家的追捧。2004年被中国画投资与鉴赏协会评为「二十一世纪最具投资价值的十大画家」之一。2008年，美国著名非牟利官方艺术网站 “十个梦美术画廊”(TenDreams.org) 更评选冯长江为近两个世纪全球三百位最杰出的画家之一，选入其作品十余帧，作为环球优秀艺术作品供世界各地朋友欣赏，其卓越成就及地位与其余五位蜚声国际的华人画家包括陈逸飞等齐名。

    现多件作品被美国白宫、美国大都会博物馆、梵帝岗、联合国、中国美术馆、中国历史博物馆、国家奥委会、深圳博物馆等收藏。

 

Artist Biography

Male, born in the ancient cultural city Xian in 1943, is a native of Hua County, Henan Province. He is now a member of the Chinese Artists Association and the Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Association. He has also been the Dean of Shanxi Art Institute.

 

He developed an interest in painting in his youth and taught himself to be an artist. In 1974, Feng followed the famous painter as well as art historian, Mr Pan Jiezi, to study traditional heavy-color meticulous brushwork painting and the replication of ancient frescoes. Having spent a great amount of time at Yong-le Palace (Rui city), Qing-long Temple (Jie-shan County), Fan-zhi Rock, Kai-hua Temple (Gao-ping), and Lou-rui Tomb (Tai-yuan), Feng has benefited abundantly in his artistic development and founded a solid foundation for his later artistic style.

 

Feng specializes in portraits, but also good in other subjects such as landscape. He is particularly skilled in painting huge scenes. His female portraits are graceful, elegant and full of oriental charm, revealing his profound painting skills and outstanding artistic expression. Feng’s works stress on the rhythm endowed in the traditional use of lines; meanwhile, he integrates them with the spectacular use of colors, thus forming his unique style which reflects a strong sense of modernity.

 

His debut “Dance of Red Silk” was first exhibited at the Chinese Art Museum with full success. The painting was also featured in art magazine such as Art, Chinese Painting, etc. Feng then created numerous heavy-color fine brushwork paintings, which gained him high acclaim in China and overseas. He won the Gold Prize at the Salon Exhibition of France in 1982, the 3rd Prize of the National Art Exhibition in 1984, 1st Prize of the National Art Exhibition in 1987, Gold Medal of Shanxi Art Festival and the First Gold Award of the First Shanxi Literary Foundation. Having been rated officially the ‘Eminent Artist’, his biography was broadcasted in the important TV documentary called the ‘Register of Cultural Celebrities’ in China.

 

Feng relocated to New York in 1997. His first exhibition in the U.S. was held at the Eastern Gallery in China Town, then at the Benedetti Gallery, the Chinese Art Center at Manhattan, and the Prince Street Gallery. After numerous exhibitions, his works gained the high acclaim from collectors in the U.S. publications include “Works of Feng Changjiang”, “Selected Works of Feng Changjiang”, “Selected Heavy Color Paintings of Feng Changjiang”, and “Works of Art of Feng Changjiang”. His works have been collected by the Chinese National Museum, Chinese Historical Museum, Chinese National Olympics Committee, Shenzhen Museum, U.S. White House and the United Nations.