Zhang Yan (; born 18 November 1963) is a Chinese

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, documentary director. Two of his paintings, '' Iron Staff Lama'' (1993) and '' The Cradling Arm'' (2013), are collected by the

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. These are the first living artist's works, which are permanently preserved by the Vatican Museum.

Life

Zhang Yan was born in 1963 in

Neijiang Neijiang (; Sichuanese Pinyin: Nui4jiang1; Sichuanese pronunciation: ; ) is a prefecture-level city in the southeast of Sichuan province, People's Republic of China. It is located on the Tuo River, midway between the two major cities of Chengdu ...

Sichuan Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...

, China. He began to study Chinese painting at the age of 12 and began to study Western painting at the age of 17. He worked as a documentary director during 1992 to 2002. In 1992, he worked in the editorial department of Tibet TV Station, where he was committed to studying Tibetan culture and history as well as local Buddhism. When he came back to Beijing in 1997, he joined the CCTV News Review Department, as the director of “The Time and Space of the East, the Son of the East” column. He participated in “The 72-hour Hong Kong Return Program” in Hong Kong. In the following year, his two documentaries participated in the Hungarian International Television Festival. In 2001, he worked for “The Exploring and Discovery” column and produced the documentary ''China Train''. And also he participated in the joint live telecast with the

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“Ancient Civilization and New Discovery, the Archaeology Action of Egyptian Pyramids” column. In 2005, Zhang Yan, as a reporter from the CCTV "Walking Through China" column, made a special trip to the Memorial Hall of the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre in the invasion of China, and filmed the feature film "The Memorial Hall for the Victims of the Nanjing Massacre in the Invading China". As an artist, his two paintings were collected by the

permanently in 2017. The two oil paintings are '' Iron Staff Lama''(1993) and '' The Cradling Arm''(2013). Pope Francis collected his charcoal strokes painting “Snow Saint” and hung it up in his living room. Zhang Yan has opened an egalitarian and profound cultural dialogue between Eastern and Western civilizations. In 2018, he was ranked number 18 on the Chinese contemporary art list. In 2019, his work "Prayer" was exhibited at Trump National Golf Club, New Jersey, USA.

References

External links

Getarts.cnZhang Yan：That's Tibet

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