Zhang Daqian (Chang Dai-chien) - Peach Blossom Spring 1982

Zhang Daqian (Chang Dai-chien) - Peach Blossom Spring 1982

Peach Blossom Spring 1982
209x92cm splashed ink and colour on paper, hanging scroll
Sold for: USD 34.64 million
Auction house: Sotheby’s, Hong Kong
Sale date: 05 April 2016
Seller: Robert H. Ellsworth Collection
Buyer: Anonymous buyer

Zhang Daqian or Chang Dai-chien (Chinese: 張大千; pinyin: Zhāng Dàqiān; 10 May 1899 – 2 April 1983) was one of the best-known and most prodigious Chinese artists of the twentieth century. Originally known as a guohua (traditionalist) painter, by the 1960s he was also renowned as a modern impressionist and expressionist painter. In addition, he is regarded as one of the most gifted master forgers of the twentieth century.