What are Chen Danqing’s top ten paintings?

The top ten famous paintings by Chen Danqing include: "Shepherd", "Entering the City Part Three", "Institute of Chinese Studies", "Just Over 60 Years Old, Styling Designer Xie Xing, Artificial Flowers", "A Pair" "Young Shepherd", "Street Theater", "Enter the City Part 2", "Khampa Man", "Khampa Man", "Khampa Man 2", "Entering the City".

1. "Shepherd"

Chen Danqing's representative work "Tibet Series - Shepherd" equals the Chinese contemporary art auction record set by Zeng Fanzhi's "Mask Series 1996 No. 6" last year The record also made this Shanghai painter join the billion-dollar club for the first time.

2. "Entering the City No. 3"

"Entering the City No. 3" was created in the year following the "Tibet Series". Chen Danqing once had a detailed memory of the work: "In 1980 I stayed in school after graduation, and the following year I took out some of the sketches I had already made while in Lhasa and continued to create. The impression I was most fascinated by at that time was the simple appearance of Tibetans tugging on each other's sleeves to prevent them from getting lost.

< p>3. "Institute of Chinese Studies"

"Institute of Chinese Studies" was painted by Chen Danqing to celebrate the 90th anniversary of Tsinghua University. It is also the only large-scale creation he made during his time at Tsinghua University. "New Weekly" (Issue 330, September 2010) is well-known for the cover of the special topic "Republic of China Style"

4. "Just over 60 years old, stylist Xie Xing, fake flowers".

Chen Danqing turns his painting objects to "models". Chen Danqing seems to have been encouraging himself to return to the "ignorant age" and paint as simply as possible. But as a creator with insights into art history, " "I don't know that I know" is a state that is difficult to achieve.

5. "A Pair of Young Shepherds"

In "A Pair of Young Shepherds", Lan Lan Under the sky, the gray-green grassland is filled with foraging sheep. In front of the stone wall, a pair of young shepherds are leisurely sharing the details of life. The path they are standing on is not plain and full of gravel.

6. "Street Theater"

In the diptych "Street Theater", Chen Danqing juxtaposed major events from different eras: the first one, source The streets of Beijing were photographed by American photojournalist David Turnley 18 years ago.

7. "Entering the City Part 2"

The strong sunlight created by the picture makes the painting more luminous and the characters also appear more vivid. Therefore, it is more three-dimensional. When expressing Tibetan men, Chen Danqing takes into account the facial structure and uses the brush lightly, making the characters vivid and interesting.

1982. In 1983, Chen Danqing gave up his teaching position at the Academy of Fine Arts and went to the United States to start his artistic career in a foreign land. "Khampa Man" created in 1983 is a work from this period.

9 , "Kangba Man 2"

Chen Danqing said: "If you have seen the herdsmen in the Kham area, you will definitely feel that they are real men. I see them standing in groups every day on the streets, exchanging decorations or selling ghee. Their eyes are bright, their foreheads are thick, their braided hair and hanging belts sway when they walk, and their heavy steps are brave and steady. They are really majestic and enviable. "

10. "Entering the City"

"Entering the City Part 1" depicts three girls walking holding each other's clothes; "Entering the City Part 2" depicts a baby holding a breast in his arms The wife is grabbing her husband's long sleeves, which is the one that has been published the most. This painting "Entering the City, Part 3" is an oil painting based on one of the many different variations of the sketch of the couple entering the city.