The female figure and its dynamics of movement in ballet in Zhang's paintings

Chinese artist Christopher Zhang was born in Shanghai. Since childhood, Christopher has been constantly drawing. This passion of his eventually grew into a desire to become an artist. Christopher went to study at an art school.

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1. After graduation, he was awarded the qualification "Bachelor of Fine Arts". After some time, the artist moved to America. Here he received the title of "Master of Painting".

2. Christopher Zhang's paintings are painted on a specific topic. But he also enjoys working with landscapes and portraits.

3. The artist's canvases have a distinctive feature - they are written in an academic style. Zhang is skilled in the techniques of the Chinese traditional painting style. He also has good calligraphy skills.

4. In the works of the artist, there is a penchant for the realism of the Soviet era and Russian painting of the 19th century. In the plots of the works of the master of the brush, the indigenous people of Tibet and China are mainly depicted. It depicts the national flavor with maximum realism.

5. Christopher succeeds in this due to the fact that he spent a lot of time under the same roof with these people: he studied their life and participated in religious rites.

6. Although Zhang has been living and working in the United States for many years, his soul is permeated with endless love for his homeland. The artist devotes each picture to the image of compatriots who live among the steppes and mountain ranges.

7. The most recognizable and outstanding picture of Christopher Zhang is "Nursing Mother". The work was created using the classic plot of the Madonna and Child. The canvas attracts by the fact that it combines a plot from the Bible with the traditions of the pagans of the East, which is almost impossible.

8. One of the artist's favorite themes is ballet. Christopher believes that ballet is an art form that can most accurately convey the grace and aesthetics of a woman's body.

9. A master of studying the structure of the female figure and the dynamics of her movement in ballet, he spent a lot of time in the studios of ballet troupes.