Liang Tianzhu () (1916–2011) was a Chinese painter. Born to a peasant from

Qingdao Qingdao, Mandarin: , (Qingdao Mandarin: t͡ɕʰiŋ˧˩ tɒ˥) is a prefecture-level city in the eastern Shandong Province of China. Located on China's Yellow Sea coast, Qingdao was long an important fortress. In 1897, the city was ceded to G ...

Shandong province Shandong is a coastal province in East China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River. It has served as a pivotal cultural and religious center ...

, Liang was originally a doctor, and later learned to paint. He was influenced by

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. After retirement, he travelled; visiting famous scenic spots in China. A trip to

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inspired him to develop his innovations in Chinese landscape paintings. Art theorist Wang Luxiang said: "Liang Tianzhu’s creative exploration will exert a tremendous influence on Chinese landscape painting." The traditional Chinese painting artist Zhang Ding said "Liang should be considered as the greatest discovery after Huang Qiuyuan and Chen Zizhuang in contemporary Chinese landscape painting field." In 1991, Chinese Painting Research Institute (now China National Academy of painting) awarded Liang the first Special Painter. Liang's works have a spacious, vigorous personal style, which formed a new pattern of contemporary Chinese landscape painting. Liang Tianzhu Album of Painting, Tianjin Yangliuqing Fine Arts Press, 1989

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Liang, Tianzhu 1916 births 2011 deaths Painters from Shandong Chinese landscape painters Artists from Qingdao 20th-century Chinese painters