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Yingzhao Liu
(b. 1956 China)
Yingzhao Liu is one of China’s best known realistic painters. Born in 1956 in Heilongjiang
Province, China, Yingzhao Liu received a Bachelor of Art from Harbin
Normal University and went on to receive his Master of Fine Arts degree
from LuXun Academy of Fine Arts, China’s largest art academy. In 1992,
he became a lecturer in the Department of Oil Painting at TianJin
Academy of Fine Arts and later a Professor at the
Academy of
Art Design at TianJin University of Science and Technology.
Working in a style that is most accurately described as “Magic Realism”,
Liu reaches for the sense of heightened reality in each painting. In
this photo realistic style, not a brush stroke is to be seen. He paints
still lifes of classical Chinese antiquities, which are depicted against
decorative backgrounds, and in a more simple composition, his focus may
be on a vase of flowers or a glass filled with strawberries. This
impressive artist compels you to sit down and enjoy the feast he has
prepared for you. Yangzhou’s still life’s are flawless in his
depiction of the subject. His use of color and light, bring these
vibrant images to life. He is also an accomplished painter of the
figure; his imaginative figurative works usually feature beautiful
Chinese women.
Yingzhao
has exhibited in America, China, Taiwan,
Indonesia, Macco, England and
Japan. Numerous paintings have been sold by Christie’s in Hong Kong at
their annual auctions of art from mainland
China. His paintings have been published in the following Chinese Magazines:
China Oil Painting; Art; Art Observer; Northern Art; Academic of Art;
and Album of Oil Paintings by 100 Contemporary Artists.
Yingzhao
Liu spends much of his time in the United States these days, where he
has been embraced by the American art collectors.
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