张之光，男，陕西泾阳县人。1972年进修于西安美术学院，1976年调入该院《延安画刊》编辑部做美编工作。1980年任国画系教师。曾任西安美术学院国画系主任，花鸟专业硕士研究生导师。现为西安美术学院国画系教授，中国美术家协会会员，陕西国画院特聘画师。
1989年作品《春蕾》获第七届全国美展铜奖；1992年作品《雪压冬云》参加“纪念在延安文艺座谈会上讲话50周年”全国美展；作品《有鹤来仪》参加第八届全国美展；1997年参加陕西当代中国画展·十五人风格探索进京展；2001年参加文化部主办的“百年中国画大展”。
先后出版有《张之光画集》、《张之光小品集》、《中国逸品十家》、《长安十家》、《人物画名家小品·张之光》等画集多部。

Male, person of in relief county of Shaanxi short for the Jinghe River. 1972 attend in a advanced studies at Xi'an academy of fine arts, transferred into 1976 this courtyard " Yan'an pictorial section of a newspaper " editorial office does the United States to arrange the job. Held the post of traditional Chinese painting to fasten a teacher 1980. Ceng Renxi installs traditional Chinese painting of academy of fine arts to fasten a director, adviser of graduate student of Master of major of painting of flowers and birds in traditional Chinese style. Fasten a professor for traditional Chinese painting of Xi'an academy of fine arts now, chinese artist academician,
1989 work " Chun Lei " obtain beauty of the 7th whole nation to exhibit cupreous award; 1992 work " Xue Yadong cloud " attend " souvenir is in Yan'an speaks 50 years on literary informal discussion " countrywide beauty is exhibited; Work " the crane comes appearance " attend beauty of the 8th whole nation to exhibit; Attended Shaanxi 1997 15 people style explores · of contemporary China art exhibition to be exhibited into Beijing; Attended culture ministry to sponsor 2001 " picture of hundred years China is exhibited greatly " .
Publish early or late have " Zhang Zhiguang draws volume " , " collect of Zhang Zhiguang essay " , " Chinese ease tastes 10 " , " Chang'an 10 " , " the character draws Zhang Zhiguang of · of essay of a person of academic or artistic distinction " collect waiting for a picture.