Pride of the Piegan
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He sits with the weight of memory quietly on his face — the profile of an elder whose long life and hard-won stories are held in a single, somber gaze. Liang’s brushwork keeps the background and edges loose, so your attention settles on the chief’s lined features, the deep shadow across his brow, and the luminous spread of white feathers that crown him like a halo of history. The warm ochres and muted earth tones give the image a measured dignity, while the small, deliberate accents of red and blue in the bonnet and beadwork bring a restrained vitality to the composition. There is a storytelling hush here: you can almost hear the cadence of a remembered battle and feel the responsibility the speaker hands to his listener. As a small-format canvas, the piece reads as an intimate encounter — a quiet, respectful portrait that lingers after you look away.
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About Old Chiefs Story SMALLWORK EDITION ON
Old Chief´s Story<br> SMALLWORK CANVAS EDITION
“Many years ago,” says artist Z. S. Liang, “this Lakota chief fought bravely in the Battle of the Little Bighorn. Now he recounts the story of the battle, when just as today he donned his golden-eagle-feather war bonnet. There is sadness in his eyes and his mouth is drawn tight. The story is almost finished. It is up to you, the listener, to remember, and tell the story when he is done.”
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Z.S. Liang, born in China in 1953 and raised in a family of artists, published his first painting at age 6 in a children's magazine. His art education spanned two continents, beginning at the Central Academy of Fine Art in Beijing and continuing to the Massachusetts College of Art and Boston University. His award-winning paintings hang in both corporate and private collections around the world and several of his murals are permanently on display in New York City. His works are in corporate and private collections throughout the United States and many other countries, including Sheraton Corporation, Marriott Corporation, Weseda University Tokyo and the West Point Museum. Among the many awards Liang has received are the Best of Show and People's Choice at the American Society of Portrait Artists, the Arthur Ross Award for Painting at the Classical America New York, and the Lila Acheson Wallace Award for Painting at the Society of American Illustrators. Liang's paintings have been featured in the Artist's Magazine and the International Artists.
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