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The Artist |
Shizhong Yan Shizhong Yan is one of the finest artists of our time. His talent has been respected and admired throughout his forty-year career, during which he has created numerous critically acclaimed masterpieces. His paintings have been displayed, published, collect Prior to Shizhong Yan's immigration to the United States, he was a professor at the Shandong Fine Art Institute, and he received the official title of First-Class Artist, the highest rank granted to artists in China. He was a member of the Chinese Artist Association and a member of the Board of Judges in the Shandong Oil Paintings Association. Talent, education, and dedication are the keys to success. Shizhong Yan was born in the east coast city of Qingdao in 1947, and with the guidance of his architect father, he displayed artistic talent at a very young age. At 16, he was one of thirty students out of thousands of applicants admitted to the Central Academy of Fine Arts, the best art school in China, and the sch Shizhong Yan's passion for art has remained constant throughout his career. Even today he enjoys painting as much as he did in his teenage years. Shizhong Yan has this to say about his craft: to produce paintings of everlasting value, an artist needs wisdom, a constant willingness to learn, and a spirit of creativity, hard work, and perseverance. |
ed, and awarded by galleries and museums in the United States, China, Japan, France, Australia, Canada, Taiwan and Hong Kong. 
ool that has educated most of the top artists in China today. He graduated after four years with excellent marks, and was then one of seven students admitted to the China National Academy of Fine Arts for a two year masters degree. During this time he was instructed by the most famous oil painting master in China, Professor Quan Shan Shi, the honor professor of the Repin Academy of Fine Arts. Professor Shi had a heavy influence on Yan's work, and after these six years of study, the ability Yan earned to grasp the essence of the European Realism oil painting technique created a solid basis for the outstanding artistic ability he has today.