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Goldfish
in the Pond, 48*85cm.
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Narcissus
Welcomes the Spring, 65.5*45.5cm.
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Colorful
Face Looks Towards Heaven, 54*100cm.
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Wang Changkai, a student of Wu Guanzhong, graduated from the
Beijing Academy of Art in the late 1950s. He spent the next few
decades on creating his unique style of Chinese oils, and finally
made the breakthrough in the late 1980s.
Many Chinese artists have attempted to transpose Western oil
techniques into the realm of traditional Chinese painting in order
to create a genre of “Chinese oils.” Wu Guanzhong once
remarked that his efforts to do so made him an “art rebel”
until he succeeded in creating the first truly Chinese oil painting.
Wang Changkai is now carrying forward what his mentor Wu Guanzhong
started.
Wang Changkai brings both vigor and refinement to his works that
celebrate Chinese scenery and social customs. In his portfolio
are depictions of common life as it is lived in the mountains
to on rice terraces and in the jungle.
Wang combined the traits of light and color skills traditionally
used seen Western oil painting with oriental painting skills common
in creating a special artistic approach of his own. Having spent
years mastering his personal style, Wang Changkai’s career
has finally entered maturity.
Wang Changkai puts all his energy into his art as he tries to
write a new chapter in the history of Chinese oil painting. If
Wu Guanzhong was the forefather of Chinese oil painting, Wang
Changkai is its perpetuator.
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