Sixteen Styles of Painting and
Purchase of Paintings

SIXTEEN STYLES OF PAINTING AND PURCHASE OF PAINTINGS

After viewing the exhibits on display at the International Art Museum of America, many people mentioned that paintings created by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, which are among those exhibits, are divided into sixteen different painting styles. They want to have a more detailed understanding of those sixteen painting styles. Therefore, we provide below a brief introduction to those different styles. The achievements of H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III are myriad. Let us put aside, for now, twenty-nine of the thirty large categories of achievements contained in the book H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. Concerning only one of those thirty large categories—painting achievements—H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has founded sixteen different painting styles. This is in addition to being able to paint paintings of all other currently existing schools, such as the realist, abstractionist, and impressionist schools.

The sixteen distinctive styles of painting that H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has independently created are as follows:

1. The “Chaoshi” style;
2. The “Chouxiang Yunwei” style;
3. The “Wenfeng” style;
4. The “Fangfa” style;
5. The “Menglong” style;
6. The “Xiangtong” style;
7. The “Fanjuan” style;
8. The “Pomo Xiantiao Xiezhen” style;
9. The “Weiyin” style;
10. The “Fanpu” style;
11. The “Miaoxie” style;
12. The “Pomo Weiyun” style;
13. The “Kuangxi” style;
14. The “Yousi” style;
15. The “Banqi” style; and
16. The “Thickly Piled Patches of Color” style.

H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has a solemn attitude toward the art of calligraphy and painting. Although He has painted more than 10,000 paintings, He has burned up almost all of them. As long as H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is dissatisfied with a picture He painted, He will surely burn it up. There have been numerous occasions when He openly burned up His paintings, including those already nicely mounted. Such is the unusual conduct of one with a sense of responsibility toward art. Through investigation, it has been determined that there are now only 197 authentic paintings by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III that exist in the world. Nevertheless, the International Art Museum of America is also unsurpassed in the world as a whole in the variety and number of authentic paintings by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III that it has collected and displayed. However, our museum still has not collected paintings of the sixteenth style of painting called “Thickly Piled Patches of Color.” Our museum is also somewhat deficient in a small portion of the other fifteen painting styles. Additionally, as the inherently highest leader of Buddhism in the history of Buddhism, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III is busy benefiting living beings and performing Buddhist matters and thus has no time to paint. Furthermore, H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has refused to accept a request from the International Art Museum of America to purchase His works of art from Him.

Therefore, our museum has decided to purchase paintings by H.H. Dorje Chang BuddhaIII from art collectors. However, as the value of works by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III has risen, numerous counterfeit paintings have appeared. Many fake paintings are stamped with seals that H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III previously used, but they were stolen from H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III in 2001. Consequently, it is challenging to differentiate counterfeit paintings from authentic ones. That is why the International Art Museum of America has established strict inspection procedures for its purchase of any painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III. Our museum will purchase any authentic painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III stamped with His three-dimensional fingerprint seal (either on the front or back of the artwork) and is a type of painting our museum is deficient in or does not have. The purchase price for such a painting will be US$300,000 to US$900,000 per square foot, depending on the grade of the work. Our museum will purchase any oil painting by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III that belongs to the “Thickly Piled Patches of Color” style of painting that He founded. Whether such a painting is one of scenery or one of flowers and plants, its purchase price will be US$1,000,000 per square foot. However, suppose it is a sunflower or waterlily painting in the “Thickly Piled Patches of Color” style, as long as it is proven to be an authentic painting signed by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III, whether or not it has a fingerprint seal. In that case, its purchase price will be more than US$1,000,000 per square foot.

Although our museum is currently displaying three paintings lent to it temporarily created by H.H. Done Chang Buddha III and that belong to “The Thickly Piled Patches of Color School,” our museum is still seeking to purchase paintings in this style. Those willing to sell any such painting they have collected should first mail a photograph of the artwork to the International Art Museum of America. They should enlarge the three-dimensional fingerprint seal on the artwork to at least two square inches. After we have made an initial evaluation of the photograph, we will give the notice to examine the picture itself. No review or recommendation from an artist whose works are exhibited at the International Art Museum of America will be accepted in that examination. Only experts hired by the museum will examine and determine the authenticity and price of all such paintings.The following is a brief introduction to the sixteen styles of painting created by H.H. Dorje Chang Buddha III:

1. The “Chaoshi” style: Such paintings are even more lifelike, appealing, detailed, and beautiful than the actual subjects they portray.
2. The “Chouxiang Yunwei” style: The actual appearance of the subject portrayed is changed in these captivating ink-wash paintings, resulting in an unconventional image that both looks like yet does not look like the real subject.
3. The “Wenfeng” style: Brushwork skills suggestive of scholarliness and poetic charm embody these paintings.
4. The “Fangfa” style: This delightful painting style is lively yet natural, producing a dynamic and fascinating effect from scattered ink.
5. The “Menglong” style: Realism and non-realism are combined to capture the subject’s image, resulting in a seeming likeness but actual non-likeness of the subject. Brushstrokes and color application produce an intense fanciful look to these paintings, a lovely, hazy look in which the real and the surreal mingle.
6. The “Xiangtong” style: These paintings have a rustic and childlike charm. With the mindset of an innocent child, the artist casually wields his brush without being led by pre-conceived notions, applying a seasoned adeptness that conveys an impression of simplicity and purity.
7. The “Fanjuan” style: Numerous strokes of the brush reveal an air of scholarliness. Although a myriad of brushstrokes are applied, there is no sense of disorder; rather, artistic talent based on profound and extensive knowledge is expressed.
8. The “Pomo Xiantiao Xiezhen” style: The splash-ink technique is merged with the center brush-tip technique to create realistic paintings of landscapes.
9. The “Weiyin” style: These impressionist paintings have reached such a high level that if any small portion of the full painting were isolated, it would be an exquisite impressionist painting in and of itself. These paintings express a dreamy, illusory state, and any small part of them can be enlarged to form its own beautiful, aesthetically enjoyable painting.
10. The “Fanpu” style: These paintings express the artistic conception of returning to original purity and simplicity. With unfettered hand and mind, the artist applies his most mature skills free of the slightest attachment and with minimal, natural strokes of the brush.
11. The “Miaoxie” style: Subtle, fine brushwork and freehand brushwork blend into one. White lines are formed through the delicate, refined, marvelous application of ink rather than through the use of white paint. The artist produces the effect of a realistic painting with meticulous attention to detail even though He applies the freehand style.
12. The “Pomo Weiyun” style: Although bold and vigorous hues of watery ink are used, a rich charm is evinced that is both subtle and wonderful.
13. The “Kuangxi” style: Such paintings fuse rough and precise artistry. The roughest, most rigid, most vigorous brushstrokes of the large-scale freehand style are masterfully combined with the fine, delicate brushstrokes of the realistic style, resulting in elegance amid roughness.
14. The “Yousi” style: Mostly applied in figure painting, this technique uses gossamer-like fine lines to form the subject’s contours.
15. The “Banqi” style: Such paintings appear to be in the style of those imprinted from engraved plates, but they also manifest the flair of the brush. Deep within them is an inexhaustibly enchanting quality that is both natural and lively. They are ink-wash paintings, not paintings imprinted from engraved plates.
16. The “Thickly Piled Patches of Color” style: Thickly applied oil colors are piled up, giving the painting a three-dimensional look with elegant, vigorous charm. The overall effect is produced through rough brushwork and a sense of surrealism.