Abstract: ZHANG Da qian was born in turbulent modern China in which fine arts witnessed its revolution which had not taken place for a thousand years. In such a period of turmoil, ZHANG was not involved in the revolution. However, he not only inherited the traditional artistic styles, but got the fame of “first man for five handred years”. In 1949, due to changes of situaiton, he migrated overseas and met Picasso, which was called the summit meeting of art masters from East and West. Later, with the traditional art as the main style of cultural spirit and change of it into ink splash, he had created the new painting style in accordance with the modern abstract visual aesthetic experience. Hence, he has been called “a painting giant in modern China” by Western scholars.