Tchang Ta-Ts'ien; Un Grand Peintre de la Chine Contemporaine by Chu Ling. Chang Dai Chien, Chinese Paintings Published by Paris: Editions Euros, 1960, Hardcover. Condition: Good+. No Jacket. 1st Edition. First edition, first printing. Small octavo, 23.2x16.8cm. Pages 47 Firm binding, internally fine. 30 plates, plus 7 text illustrations. Text in FRENCH. Chang Dai-chien or Zhang Daqian (Chinese: 張大千; Wade–Giles: Chang Ta-ch'ien; 10 May 1899 – 2 April 1983) was one of the best-known and most prodigious Chinese artists of the twentieth century. Originally known as a guohua (traditionalist) painter, by the 1960s he was also renowned as a modern impressionist and expressionist painter. In addition, he is regarded as one of the most gifted master forgers of the twentieth century.