Exhibition period: November 7th to November 14th, 2014

Exhibition location: Hall A and Hall B on the first floor of Shenzhen Guanshan Moon Art Museum

Organizers: Shenzhen Artists Association, Shenzhen Guanshan Yue Art Museum, and Shenzhen Houbaozhai Cultural Media Group

Tang Chunde, an excellent local painter and contemporary powerful landscape painter from Shenzhen, was born in southern Hunan. He loved his hometown's mountains and devoted himself to painting the beautiful rivers and mountains of his motherland.      

More than 40 works by Tang Chunde will be exhibited this time, many of which are giant landscapes created by recent life sketches. Tang Chunde studied under famous scholars such as Zhong Zengya and later traveled around the world, traversing the north and south of the Yangtze River. As the saying goes: "Read ten thousand books, travel ten thousand miles.". This experience has created Tang Chunde's unique art style. His ink painting techniques are profound and old-fashioned, mostly drawn from high mountains and flowing water, long rivers and waterfalls, ancient villages in deep mountains, rural farming, and wild fishing songs. His painting style is wild and unrestrained, and the composition of his paintings is full and substantial. The painting moves freely from near to far, with the intention to follow the brush and the brushstrokes are vigorous. He has a state of "sweeping freely, the peaks and ridges come in order, the pen tip is cold and the trees are thin, and the ink is light and wild clouds are light".       

The phrase "there is painting in poetry, there is poetry in painting" perfectly interprets the wonderful charm of poetry and painting in Tang Chunde's works. The strong poetic sentiment emanates from the ink and painting, showcasing the charm of poetry and ink across thousands of miles of rivers and mountains. The ancient charm of the mountains perfectly embodies its vigorous brushwork, local sentiment, and rustic poetry. The mountains and rivers also reflect the painter Tang Chunde's broad mind and spontaneous nature.