DOI: 10.25136/2409-8744.2020.2.31891
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Jitai Wang

Abstract: This article examines the artworks of Zhang Xiaogang as a prominent representative of the modern Chinese painting, peculiarities of his mastery formed in different periods of his creative path under the dual influence of Chinese and Western painting. Transformation and evolution of painting concepts and formal artistic means, claimed in the painter&rsquo;s &ldquo;Bloodline-Big Family&rdquo; series, demonstrate how the &ldquo;own historical memory&rdquo; forms new expressive forms of paint…

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