Zhang Daqian was born on May 10, 1899, in Neijiang, Sichuan. He was one of the most famous Chinese （artist）of the 20th century.
At a young age, he （encourage）by his family to paint, In 1917, he went to Japan （learn）painting. Two years later, he went to Shanghai to receive （tradition）painting instruction from two famous Chinese painters. the help of them, Zhang had the chance to study some ancient paintings.
Zhang went to the north in the late 1920s. He （begin）to work with a Beijing painter, Pu Xinyu. Zhang and Pu were so well-known they were honored as "South Zhang and North Pu". It showed their high status（地位）in painting.
In 1940, Zhang Daqian went to the caves（窟）of Mogao and Yulin. He and his group worked hard day and night there. （final）, they studied over 200 paintings. After this experience, his painting skills were much （good）than before. His painting, created in 1978, was sold at very good price in 2021.
