张道兴1935年4月26日出生于河北沧州县。现为海军政治部创作室专业画家，国家一级美术师，享受国家政府特殊津贴。，擅长中国画、书法及篆刻。
1962年以来，曾多次参加全国美展，全国书展及国外书画交流展，作品多次获奖或为国家收藏。其中中国画作品参加四、五、六、七、八、九十届全国美展、首届中国画展、首届中国画人物展、纪念香港回归中国艺术家展、中国画百年展、首届北京国际美术双年展等。中国画创作的代表作有：《茶岭春》、《让路》、《不尽长江滚滚来》、《脚踏着祖国大地》、《春雨江南》、《喜鹊叫喳喳》、《茅山听雨》、《儿子》、《待发》、《大秧歌》、《晚归》、《海的容颜》、《儿子》为第八届美展优秀作品，《待发》获解放军全军文艺新作品奖二等奖。
书法作品参加全国第二、三、四、五、六、七、八届书展首届篆刻展，二十世纪书法名家大展。1990年在香港大会堂举办"张道兴书画张"。1991年在中国画研究院举办"张道兴中国画新作展"。1994年在马来西亚举办"张道兴画展"。1995年在北京中国美术馆举办“张道兴书画展”。
1997年在澳大利亚新南威尔士洲美术馆举办的"中国新文人画展"。1998年参加美国哥伦比亚大学举办的"中国书画展"。张道兴的艺术创作注重传统与创新、摆脱固枝、得益于书、画、印的通学与互补，注重笔法、魔法、色法构成的结合，注重书法性与塑造性的结合努力把握创作的分寸感，以寻求艺术个性的综合提升。

张道兴强调画面体制，如作文章，因一时思想情绪所异，文字每每变化殊术，所谓因势利导、乘机为制者是，即称其为“新”。其新，当然不只是完全可见的构图的、色彩的或用笔的地方，更有观念的、意欲的和理想的方面。“艺术意欲”，是艺术创作和艺术审美的主要能源之一。看张道兴的书法，可以感受到他机发矢直、涧曲湍回的表现力。这种力量，也同样可以在他的人物画中觉察。
在同样年龄的画家之中，张道兴的画有明显的现代意识，那也是构成他的画区别于同类画风的所在。区别，有特点才能有所区别。作为颇富才华的全能型画家，要在风格上与人区别开来，臻乎上乘，不考虑独造是不可想象的。熟悉生活、抽象题材，通过创作积累经验，把内容与形式结合起来，要具体到造型的夸张变形、点线面的组合、色彩的运用等等，最终酿造出自己的符号语言，展露自己的面貌，不是简单事。
以强烈的色彩铺张来强调画面的气氛，在浓重的装饰感中寄托内心的浓情。无论小品还是巨制，无论历史人物还是当代民风，要在轻松的状态下完成。用以造型的元素，从点、线、面到墨块、色彩、肌理，从民族传统的审美习惯到世界现代的审美特征，瞬间吸纳其中，化作一炉。绘画的皴法与书法的飞白，虚实相间，疏密有秩，藉乎此，尺幅内部件虽多、人物虽众，仍可秩序井然、层次分明，可见张道兴随类赋彩与经营位置的本事。
在长期的艺术实践中，张道兴形成了自己的笔墨方式与符号特点，质言之，是重表现、重意象、个性鲜明的水墨艺术原则。在这一原则下，画家自由驱动笔墨、色彩，使其本体美感得到独立昭示而又相互和谐匹配，并构成以笔墨意韵为主要美感的图式效果。
从作品中，不难看出他取法北碑书法用笔、宋元山水画皴法及金农书法的笔墨特点，并从中领悟点、线、面的力度、个性、韵味，形成了方峻奇厉的笔法个性，使他的线极富表现性又具绵长柔韧、朴拙方正、内聚外放的特点。他常用方笔、侧锋组织线的节奏并加入“斧劈”般的皴法，使点、线、面、色结合完成人物造型与气氛渲染，并以重墨的铺染形成跳跃性，调整张力，使之在重法度、讲笔墨的前提下，趋于洒脱而获得自由，见出灵性。在点、线、面、色的完美结合中，重现着一种新的抒情方式和审美价值，以对大海母题的尽情表现，构筑了张道兴的绘画美学，在法度与自由之间，画家使我们相信那里存在一个更为广阔的天地。
总观张道兴的作品，我们注意到贯穿其创作始终的便是那种海洋般的诗意情怀；那种大气、直觉、灵动与美感的表达都反映出画家对生活、人生、历史、世界的敏锐感受能力。在张道兴的作品《归晚》、《海的容颜》、《赶海》中，人为的表现与环境的气氛渲染及笔墨的运用等，都见出一种诗化的艺术综合能力，在点、线、面及色彩交响的节奏韵律中，分明感受到画家心灵深处激情奔涌与诗意情怀的碰撞和思想情感火花的闪烁。在他的笔下，海作为自然的象征，显现出中国艺术传统那种不是出于摹仿而是心灵体悟的意象性特征，因而给画家的艺术带来了多姿多彩与耐人寻味的风范。
张道兴的作品以军旅和历史题材、少数民族题材为主。他的创作不是一种表象的表现，而是具有浓厚的生活气息。张道兴的艺术特点：一是造型把握得好，真是、朴实，不做戏剧化的表象；二是方意识的线，绵长柔韧，朴拙方正，有现代风韵；三是笔、墨、色构成的结合，书写性与塑造性的结合，由此反映出他笔墨格调和品位。他的画总体给人的感觉是:朴实无华、凝重大度。我们欣赏他的作品，会有一种积极向上的感觉，会有一种诗意的激情，会受到一种心灵的震撼。
张道兴清楚地看到，中国画语言方式中的笔墨，虽可视为种种形态的点线面，但统统离不开书法用笔，完全不同于西洋画中没有笔法的线。在中国画中，笔法可以决策线的面目，而线的面目又可以确立形的特征，而形的特征又自然推导出作品的风格。由之，为了强化个人风格，他便从书法用笔的创新开始。张道兴的太爷张濂是晚清的翰林，写得一手极好的颜体字，以草书融入楷书，风格独具。
张道兴自幼喜爱书法，亦由习颜入手，后来转入向赵子昂，上追二王，兼及苏米，在20世纪8年代的书法热中，在探索强化个人绘画风格的同时，他又开始由帖转碑，临习金文、汉隶，特别在河南观赏了近千万北魏墓志之后，更加致力于魏碑。魏碑的宽博刚健，导致他笔法形态的化圆为方，中锋与侧峰并用，魏碑的计白当黑，颜体的外紧内松，启发了他两度空间的经营和平面构成的张力，形成了自觉以书法之变带动画法之变的意识。自此他画中书写性魏碑式方笔，为了引导和调整人物造型、空间结构、色墨配置以至意象形成的纽带，他独具一格的新面貌渐渐突现出来。

张道兴的作品风格鲜明，自成一家。书画印三位一体，相得益彰，恰到好处，以其深厚的文化底蕴，著称于画坛。纵观其绘画历程，以80年代中期为界，明显地分为两个阶段：业余习画和专业创作。50岁以前打基础，60岁前后出成果，堪称大器晚成。他早期的作品，淡雅素净、画面简练，多以青年女子入画，如《月上歌墟》等，女孩子们结伴出行，打理生活，找寻属于她们的快乐。画家认为，“文艺工作者的使命，就是通过自己的作品把生活中一切物质的、实际存在的东西作精神和情感的真实转换与传递”。以他那般善良淳朴的平民意识，与劳动者休戚与共，深情地讴歌《劳动者寿》 ，希望其作品能为他们带去一份快乐、一份祝福。那淡淡的笔墨，儒雅的线描所构成的一幅幅生活画面，把我们带进闲适祥和的生活情趣中，留连忘返，陶乎其乐。读过这些早期作品后，我曾对画家说，就这么画下去也行，也是一条路子。道兴老师点头称是。但他却中途易辙，画风陡变。早先，他对笔法的了解很含糊，认为笔法只是为着造型需要，没想到线在造型以外还有独立地位。
后来，他着重研究了金农和吴昌硕，从其线条、笔法中获得启发。金农的作品从头到尾贯以方笔，浑厚老辣。吴昌硕则以金文篆书入画，线条舒展活灵、力透纸背。笔法不同，则作品面貌绝然不同，可见笔法是实现艺术个性化的基础。基础符号不同，决定画面效果不同，一如建筑，草木结构、砖瓦结构还是钢混结构，决定所建房子的质量不同。
他的变法由书法引起。他自小写帖，以临摹颜体为主、中锋为主。有了求变、创新的要求，转而看了许多墓志、魏碑，尝试改临碑铭，且一改而为方笔，并把这一笔法带进国画创作中，书画互动，以笔法带墨法。这是一个漫长的演变过程，发生于80年代中期。概括起来，画家重点做了两件事：一是笔法改变，变中锋为侧锋；二是调整色彩，入俗出俗。借鉴民间的木版年画、壁画、剪纸、彩瓷等艺术样式中对色彩的运用，以此入俗，红黄蓝绿，大块着色，直接入画，中间很少过渡色。通过色彩反差，强化视觉效果，过渡则靠飞白的大量使用来实现，破解单一色块容易产生的堆积感。黄色以及粉红、粉绿、粉紫等色彩，少见于传统国画，而于生活却易于表现鲜亮的一面，贴近本土及百姓情感要求，为民间艺术所大量采用，用以表现节日的喜庆气氛、丰收的繁忙景象。中国画讲的是点面线、黑白灰，墨分五色，着色要力求淡雅。对民间艺术的吸收与中国画的特定要求乃是一对矛盾，入俗容易出俗难，笔墨很差，流于形式，单凭色彩套用难以建立起新景象，倒跟民间艺术没有区别了。
成功的借鉴应是多元的、立体的系统工程，以防顾此失彼，力求相得益彰。画家对民间艺术及传统文人化的笔墨成就实行嫁接，强调笔墨的人格化、品质化、情感化、精神化要求，达到出俗的目标，实现画面形态与内容涵盖的完美统一。张道兴性情温和，宠辱无惊，极其平常、平和地生活于我们大家之中，彬彬有礼，不事声张，得一个绰号叫“张老道”。道者，事物的一般规律也。把握规律方能成竹在胸，安身立命。他于哲学上所下功夫，恐不亚于在宣纸上付出的劳作。哲学是大智慧，造就大手笔。

成功的借鉴应是多元的、立体的系统工程，以防顾此失彼，力求相得益彰。画家对民间艺术及传统文人化的笔墨成就实行嫁接，强调笔墨的人格化、品质化、情感化、精神化要求，达到出俗的目标，实现画面形态与内容涵盖的完美统一。张道兴性情温和，宠辱无惊，极其平常、平和地生活于我们大家之中，彬彬有礼，不事声张，得一个绰号叫“张老道”。道者，事物的一般规律也。把握规律方能成竹在胸，安身立命。他于哲学上所下功夫，恐不亚于在宣纸上付出的劳作。哲学是大智慧，造就大手笔。
仔细想来，后天所学固然重要，性格、性情一样重要。性格决定命运，而修养可以改变命运。性格如水，流淌在日常平凡的时光里。有一回笔者观摩一大批名家联袂作画，场面很大，及到一幅丈二匹脱稿，众人首推道兴老师执笔题款，他则一让再让，到底让与另一位名家。事不大，印象深，当时的情形一直留在脑子里。
一个近70岁的人怎么可以如此精力充沛，富有朝气。交谈中，张道兴使用频率极高的一个词汇叫“状态”，生活状态、精神状态、社会状态、笔墨状态等等，而尤以精神状态为首要。作为画家，不同的精神状态一定会在画面中有所表现。而状态有赖于调节，这就迫使画家一定要深入生活。从大院到大海、从机关到基层，来来往往，年复一年，在走动中捕捉灵感，在换位中接受教育。
张道兴不喜张扬，而50年来，他在中国人物画创作上可以说是成就斐然。自第四届全国美展以来的历届全国美展和首届中国画展、首届中国画人物画展，都有他的作品参展。《不尽长江滚滚来》、《脚踏着祖国的大地》、《春雨江南》、《茅山听雨》、《儿子》、《待发》、《大秧歌》，以及近作《海的容颜》等颇具影响的作品，表明他在艺术观念和绘画语言的探索上总是与时俱进，并形成了自己的艺术面貌。
张道兴多才，绘画、书法、篆刻皆有成就。如今，年过古稀的张道兴，在艺术的生涯上，又开始了创新。他说，在今后的日子里，他要在笔法、书法和画意上有所突破。
张道兴是一位潜心艺术、性格平和、生性淡薄的人。他的座右铭是“千方百计淡化环境，千方百计强化自己”。丹青之路虽如苦旅，笔墨书写的却是快乐人生。

Zhang Daoxing was born in Hebei, Cangzhou in April 26, 1935. The room for the creation of Navy Political Department of the professional painter, artist at the national level, the state special government allowances. China Artists Association, vice director of Art Council of Chinese painting, painting, calligraphy and seal cutting at Chinese.
Since 1962, has participated in the national art exhibition, the National Book Fair and overseas calligraphy exchange exhibition, award-winning works or for the national collection. The painting works Chinese to participate in the four or five, six or seven, eight, ninety national art exhibition, the first exhibition, the first China Chinese painting exhibition, Hongkong Memorial Exhibition, Chinese painting artist regression Chinese Centennial Exhibition, the first Beijing International Art Biennale, etc.. Representative works: the creation China painting "spring", "Cha Ling way", "endless rolling to the Yangtze River", "foot", "motherland", "Jiangnan Spring", "the Maoshan magpies twitter machines", "son", "ready", "big", "late yangko dance", "sea" face, "son" as the eighth art exhibition of outstanding works, "momentum" won the two prize of the PLA Art New award.
The calligraphy works in the national second, three or four, five or six, seven or eight national book fair first exhibition of seal calligraphy exhibition, twentieth Century. 1990 held in Hongkong City Hall Zhang Daoxing painting zhang". 1991 in the Chinese Painting Institute held Zhang Daoxing new exhibition of Chinese painting". Zhang Daoxing exhibition in Malaysia in 1994". 1995 Zhang Daoxing art exhibition held in Beijing China Art museum".
New Chinese literati exhibition held in New South Wales, Australia in 1997". 1998 to participate in the Columbia University, China painting and calligraphy exhibition". Zhang Daoxing's works focus on the tradition and innovation, get rid of solid branches, thanks to the calligraphy and painting of the school and complementary, with a focus on the style of writing, magic, color, focus on the combination of calligraphy and shaping of creative efforts to grasp the sense of propriety, to seek to promote the artistic personality.

Zhang Daoxing stressed that the picture system, such as the article, because of the temporary mood of the differences, but words tend to vary with the so-called opportunity for business, in the light of its general trend is, which is called "new". The new, of course not only fully visible, or the composition of the color pen, more ideas, desire and ideal aspects. "Artistic desire" is one of the main sources of artistic creation and aesthetic appreciation. Zhang Daoxing's calligraphy, he can feel the machine made arrow straight, Qu Jian back to the expressive force of turbulence. This power can also be perceived in his character paintings.
In the same age of the painter, Zhang Daoxing's paintings have modern consciousness obviously, it is composed of his painting style is different from similar. Distinction, characteristics can be differentiated. As quite talented omnipotent painter, to distinguish between style and people, almost superior, do not consider the creation alone is unthinkable. Familiar with life and abstract themes, the experience accumulated through the creation, the content and form of combination to the specific shape exaggeration, point line combination, the use of color and so on, eventually make their symbolic language, to show their face, is not a simple thing.
With a strong color spread to emphasize the atmosphere of the picture, in the strong sense of their inner passion decoration. No matter whether sketches or masterwork, historical figures and contemporary folk, to complete in a relaxed state. Used to shape the elements, from point, line, face to ink block, color, texture, from the traditional aesthetic habits of the world to the modern aesthetic characteristics, instantly absorb them into a furnace. The calligraphy and painting Cunfa feibai, real and virtual density rank, by this way, although the interior size figures while still numerous, orderly, distinct, visible Zhang Daoxing with the type of color and the location of business.
In the long-term artistic practice, Zhang Daoxing formed his own painting way and symbol characteristics, in essence, is the art principles of performance, imagery and personality. Under this principle, the painter free driving ink and color, make the body get independent and mutually harmonious beauty that match, and formed with ink as the main aesthetic schema effect.
From the works, it is not difficult to see that he took the pen and ink characteristics method Tangbei calligraphy, Song landscape painting and calligraphy of Jin Nong, and understand the point line and surface strength, personality and charm from the formation of the party, Junqi Li style personality characteristics make his great and long line flexibility, sincere on the outside of the founder, cohesion. He used his pen, party organization front side line rhythm and join the "ax" like Cunfa, the point, line and plane, color combination character modeling and rendering the atmosphere, and the heavy ink spreads the formation of jumping, adjustment of the tension, to speak words in the premise of FaDu, tends to be free the spiritual freedom, see. In the perfect combination of point, line, surface, color reproduction, a new kind of lyric style and aesthetic value, to the sea motif to perform and construct Zhang Daoxing's painting aesthetics, between law and freedom, the artist makes us believe that there is a wider world.
The general view of Zhang Daoxing's works, we note that throughout his writings is the poetic feeling that ocean; express that atmosphere, intuition, inspiration and beauty reflects the painter of life, life, history, world keen ability to feel. In the works of Zhang Daoxing "in the evening", "sea", "sea" in appearance, atmosphere and environment of human and ink performance of the use of, see a kind of poetic art comprehensive ability, the point line surface and synchromy rhythm, feel the painter the soul and passion surging poetic feelings and feelings and thoughts of a spark of the collision. In his works, the sea is the symbol of nature, showing the image characteristics of Chinese art traditional kind of imitation but not out of mind understanding, and thus to the painter's art brings colorful and interesting style.
Zhang Daoxing works with the military and historical themes, the main theme of ethnic minorities. His creation is not a representation, but has a strong breath of life. The art characteristics of Zhang Daoxing: one is the other well, really, is simple, not dramatic appearance; two party consciousness line, long flexible, sincere founder, has modern charm; the three is a combination of pen, ink, color, and shape of the combination of writing, thus reflecting the his painting style and taste. His painting is the overall impression is: chastity, dignified and generous. We appreciate his works, there will be a positive feeling, there will be a poetic passion, will be a shock of the soul.
Zhang Daoxing saw clearly that language China painting ink, although various forms can be regarded as the point, but you cannot do without calligraphy, completely different from western painting style without line. In the Chinese painting strokes can be making line face, and the face line can be established and shape features, and shape features and natural derived works. By the way, in order to strengthen the personal style, he started from the innovation of calligraphy. Mr. Zhang Lian Zhang Daoxing is in the late Qing Dynasty imperial, hand written excellent characters, with unique style of cursive script.

Zhang Daoxing's works of distinctive style, unique. Calligraphy and painting India three-in-one, complement each other, just perfect, with its rich cultural heritage, is famous in the world. Throughout the painting process, with the mid 80s as the boundary, obviously divided into two stages: Amateur painting and professional creation. 50 years ago the foundation, 60 years before and after the results, called a. His early works, elegant Sujing, succinct picture, the young woman painting, such as "Moon Song Hui", the girls travel together, take care of life, to find their happiness. Painter believes that the mission of literary and art workers, is through their own works of life all the material, the actual existence of things for the spiritual and emotional real conversion and transmission". With the civilian consciousness of him as honest, and the workers solidarity, affectionately praise "Shou" workers, hope their work could bring a happy, a blessing for them. The light ink, which refined the line drawing of a picture picture of life, took us into the quiet and peaceful life taste, linger, Tao seems happy. After reading these early works, I once said to the painter, so draws down also goes, is also a way. Xing Xing teacher nodded. But he was halfway to withdraw, sudden change of style. Earlier, his understanding of the style of writing is very ambiguous, think only to other strokes, did not expect the other line in the outside and independent position.
Later, he studied McKinnon and Wu Changshuo, inspired by the lines and brush strokes. McKinnon's works from A to Z consistent with stroke, and sophistication. Wu Changshuo to seal bronze art, stretch, forceful lines huoling. Different strokes, the appearance of the works is completely different, visible is the realization of personalized brushwork art. The basis of different symbols, determine the effect of different picture, as buildings, vegetation structure, brick or reinforced concrete structure, decide the quality of house is built in the different.
His reform was caused by calligraphy. He had to write posts, copying style, center. The change and innovation, to see many attempts to change the epitaph, Weibei, inscriptions, and instead to pen, and the brush into the traditional Chinese painting, calligraphy and painting calligraphy with ink to interaction. This is a long process of evolution, occurred in the mid 80s. To sum up, the painter is focused on doing two things: one is to change the style, change center for the front side; the two is to adjust the color into a vulgar, vulgar. Use of color in Folk Woodcut, paper-cut, polychrome murals, New Year paintings and other art forms, in order to enter the customs, red yellow blue green, large coloring, painting, the middle little color transition. Through color contrast, enhanced visual effects, the transition depends on the extensive use of feibai to achieve, prone to crack a single color accumulation sense. Yellow, pink, green, purple and other colors, rare in traditional Chinese painting, and in life tend to show a bright, close to the local people and emotional demands, are extensively used in folk art, with festive atmosphere, the harvest festival busy scene. China is the picture of the surface line, black and white ash, colored ink, color to light. On the folk art of painting Chinese absorption and specific requirements is a contradiction, enter the customs to customs, ink is very poor, only a mere formality, it is difficult to establish a new set of color images, but with no difference of folk art.
The reference should be diverse, stereo system engineering, to prevent to care for this and lose that complement each other. The painter of folk art and traditional literati painting practice achievement grafting, stressed the requirements of quality, personality, emotion, spirit of ink, reached a vulgar goal, realize the perfect unity of form and content covers the picture. Zhang Daoxing gentle, spoiled no surprise, very ordinary, and living in the US, refined and courteous, quiet, a nickname called "Lao zhang". The general law of things. Grasp the law to have ready plans to meet a situation, settle down. He is a philosophical work by fear of no less than, pay in the paper on the work. Philosophy is great wisdom, make great pen.

The reference should be diverse, stereo system engineering, to prevent to care for this and lose that complement each other. The painter of folk art and traditional literati painting practice achievement grafting, stressed the requirements of quality, personality, emotion, spirit of ink, reached a vulgar goal, realize the perfect unity of form and content covers the picture. Zhang Daoxing gentle, spoiled no surprise, very ordinary, and living in the US, refined and courteous, quiet, a nickname called "Lao zhang". The general law of things. Grasp the law to have ready plans to meet a situation, settle down. He is a philosophical work by fear of no less than, pay in the paper on the work. Philosophy is great wisdom, make great pen.
Carefully want to come, the acquired learning is important, character, temperament as important. Character determines fate, and self-cultivation can change fate. Character like water, flowing in ordinary time. Once I watch a large number of artists in painting, the scene is very big, and a horse two feet and is unscripted, Hing teacher wrote the inscription, he is a let, in the end to another famous. Things are not impressive, when the situation has remained in the brain.
How can a nearly 70 year old man be so energetic and full of life. Conversation, Zhang Yong use a very high frequency vocabulary called "state", living state, mental state, social status, pen and ink state, etc., especially in the mental state as the primary. As a painter, different state of mind will be shown in the picture. The state depends on regulation, which forces the painter must go deep into life. From the compound to the sea, from the organs to the grassroots, coming and going, year after year, in walking around to capture inspiration in the transposition of education.
Zhang Daoxing does not like publicity, and in 50 years, in his Chinese painting can be said to be successful. Since the fourth national art exhibition since the previous national art exhibition and the first exhibition, the first person Chinese Chinese painting exhibition, has his works in the exhibition. "Don't do", "rolling in the Yangtze River to the foot of the motherland", "spring in Jiangnan", "Maoshan rain", "son", "ready", "big" and "sea yangko dance, recent appearance" etc. the influential works, that he in the concept of art and painting language exploration on always keep pace with the times, and has formed its own artistic style.
Zhang Daoxing more, painting, calligraphy and seal cutting are accomplished. Now, over seventy years of Zhang Daoxing, in the artistic career, began innovation. He said, in the future, he will make a breakthrough in calligraphy, calligraphy and painting.
Zhang Daoxing is a man of great concentration in art, character and nature. His motto is to do everything possible to dilute the environment, do everything possible to strengthen themselves". Although such as Dan road journey, ink is a happy life.