Zhang Yan (oil painter)

Zhang Yan
Born (1963-11-18) November 18, 1963 (age 60)
Neijiang, Sichuan, China
OccupationArtist, director
NationalityChinese
GenreOil Painting
SubjectTibetan Paintings
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese张焰
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhāng Yàn
Website
www.getarts.cn

Zhang Yan (Chinese: 张焰; born 18 November 1963) is a Chinese oil painter, documentary director. Two of his paintings, Iron Staff Lama (1993) and The Cradling Arm (2013), are collected by the Vatican Museums.[1] These are the first living artist's works, which are permanently preserved by the Vatican Museum.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Cina-Musei Vaticani: collaborazione culturale. Donate due opere del maestro Zhang Yan". AGENSIR. 2017-06-03.
  2. ^ "Cina-Musei Vaticani: collaborazione culturale". Museivaticani. 2017-05-31.
  3. ^ "Cina, donate al Papa due tele d'autore "a nome del popolo cinese"". lastampa. 2017-06-01.