Artist of the day: Artist of the Day, May 30, Zhang Wen Xin, a Chinese painter (#1582)

Zhang Wen Xin (1928) is a Chinese Asian Modern & Contemporary. He was an artist at the Beijing Fine Art Academy.

Zhang Wen Xin is a Master Signature Member of the Oil Painters of America (OPA) and a member of the China Fine Artist Association. He has been a member of OPA since 1993 and has been the recipient of cash awards for excellence every year from 1994 through 2000.He graduated from the Department of the North China University in 1949. He also studied physics at the Beijing University.

Zhang Wen Xin graduated in 1948 with an arts degree from North China University. In 1949-1951, he studied physics in Peking University. Upon graduation, he briefly attended Konstantin Maksimov's classes at the Central Art Academy. Zhang worked in the Beijing Municipal Fine Arts Company and later became a professional painter in the Beijing Painting Academy.

Zhang Wen Xin's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from $531 to $205,659. Since 2006 the record price for this artist at auction is $205,659 for THE SUMMER HARVEST IN XINING

Zhang is known for his oil paintings (some of which were included in the collections of the China Art Gallery and the Museum of the Chinese Revolution) and sculptures.

For many years, he resided in Albuquerque, New Mexico but has since returned to Beijing, China.

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