Zhang Daqian's self portrait is in the specific historical and cultural background of China, the awakening and examination of self consciousness is the best carrier of the artist's emotional release, personality, ideal and spiritual sustenance. From Zhang Daqian's self portrait in the theme and style of the evolution, we can get a glimpse of a generation of artists creative style and mentality; the creative motivation and creative mode of deeply, we can also appreciate the wise man living in the life circumstances, historical background, cultural tradition and Western art of the trial thought and interpretation.Self-portrait is a special portrait for painters to describe their images, manifest spirit of time and lead off emotions. It has won people's fondness and love ever since ancient times. In foreign countries, artists hid their images ingeniously in the world-famous works, and onymous functions also have joking tastes. Later, self-portrait became an independent art form and appeared in Western art circle. Colorful masterpieces in various forms and great quantities reached the peak in the Renaissance Period, while artists at this time were regarded as excellent and outstanding individuals in the West, which affirmed and developed the art form of self-portrait.Chinese self-port originated from the Eastern Han Dynasty, and there is the record of Wang Xizhi "trying to paint his self-portrait by looking at the mirror" in The Book of Jin. After Song and Yuan Dynasties, some works were handed down officially, and it prevailed most in the Qing Dynasty. However, because of the hierarchy viewpoints of confucianist and influences of painting of man-of-letters "being elegant and graceful without pursuing similarity in form", these self-portraits were not obvious at that time, and most of them are entrusted in landscape paintings of point view figures like profound scholars, fisherman, etc.Modern time is an important period for Chinese self-portrait to emerge independently in large scale. Under the influence of Western humanistic thought, self-awareness awakened gradually and Chinese painters who had been seeking for a way out for the nation began to pay attention to themselves and art. They integrated the essence of Chinese figure painting "being lifelike" ingeniously into the creation of self-portrait, either to commemorate, or express their ambitions, trying to make up the absence of humanity in Chinese art history, and Zhang Daqian is outstanding among them. Zhang Daqian always painted his self-portrait in April of Chinese lunar calendar, in which was his birthday, and almost several pieces of works came out every year. All along his life, there were hundreds of such works. Most of the paintings were extemporaneous play. They are of various forms, designed skillfully and are of profound meanings. They have natural, unrestrained and refined self-mockery humor and unconventional and leisurely temperament.
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