Wang Naizhuang

CHINA, Zhejiang, Hangzhou

Wang Naizhuang, also known as Wang Zhou or Jinglian Zhaizhu, is a calligrapher and painter. He studied Western painting at the Shanghai Art Academy in 1947, and later studied under the well-known artists Xu Beihong and Wu Zuoren at the China Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. Among his numerous positions, Wang has worked as a professor in the Department of Fine Arts at Tsinghua University in Beijing, the director of the Chinese Artists Association, an adviser for the Modern Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Association, an honorary director of the Association of Artists in Taiwan, and a visiting professor at the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts in Singapore.
Wang learned ink-wash painting and calligraphy from Li Kuchan and eventually developed his own contemporary style of Buddhist artwork. His work has been selected for several exhibitions, and he was awarded twice by the Ministry of Education in Singapore for his achievements. Wang’s painting of Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva was in the Exhibition of Buddhist Arts by Contemporary Artists, sponsored by Beijing Research Academy of Chinese Painting in 1990. His calligraphic piece, Words of Master Hongyi, is carved onto the Stele Wall at Fo Guang Shan Monastery in Kaoshiung, Taiwan. In addition, he published Flower and Bird Paintings of Wang Naizhuang and Collections of Paintings from Wang Naizhuang.