ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP
Skin tones are most beautiful in natural light because they reflect the surrounding atmospheric color. Paint better by painting the nude from life.
Hongnian Zhang is a Chinese American oil painter who works in the Western academic tradition. Works by this gifted artist have been exhibited and acquired by museums, galleries, corporations and private collectors across the globe. In 2000, Zhang and his wife, artist Lois Woolley, co-wrote The Yin Yang of Painting. This book explains his philosophy and methods of painting. In 2008, China’s Ren-Min Mei-Shu Publishing Company selected Zhang as one artist in their Living Masters monograph series on Chinese Contemporary Distinguished Oil Painters. Hongnian Zhang has taught oil painting in America for many years, at both the graduate program of New York Academy and the Woodstock School of Art. Recently, Mr. Zhang accepted a position as Professor of Oil Painting at Fudan University’s Shanghai Institute of Visual Art. He is currently working with other Chinese artists to establish an Association for Epic and Historical Painting. He divides his time between China and the United States.
Solo Exhibitions:
2008 Song of Endless Sorrow: the Saga of Yang Gui Fei, San Marino Gallery, Pasadena, California
2007 Summer, Fletcher Gallery, Woodstock, New York
2005 New Works, Fletcher Gallery, Woodstock, New York
2004 Woodstock Landscapes, Fletcher Gallery, Woodstock, New York
2003 From the Garden, Fletcher Gallery, Woodstock, New York
2001 Light and Life, Fletcher Gallery, Woodstock, New York
2000 Works on Paper, Fletcher Gallery, Woodstock, New York
1999 New Works, Fletcher Gallery, Woodstock, New York
1998 New Chinese Paintings and Prints, Fletcher Gallery, Woodstock, New York
1997 New Views of Tibet, Loretta Goodwin Gallery, Birmingham, Alabama
1994 The Visual Touch, Imavision Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1993 The Universal Pageant, James Cox Gallery, Woodstock, New York
1992 Portraits of a Colony, Accomack Museum of Plimoth Plantation, Plymouth, Massachusetts
1991 The Year of Tibet, China House of Art, New York, New York
1988 A Universe of Humble Truth, Grand Central Art Galleries, New York, New York
In an effort to maintain our non-toxic environment, the Woodstock School of Art does not permit the use of turpentine or mineral spirits. Additionally, please refrain from wearing perfume, cologne or scents of any kind. Learn more.
$390 ($330 tuition + $60 model fee)
April 29–May 1, 2019, Monday–Wednesday, 9 AM–4 PM
Please note that for workshops lasting all day there is a one-hour break from twelve noon to one PM. Students are invited to bring lunch and eat at the school or may go to any of the local dining establishments. The school does not provide lunch or refreshments.
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