 Dai-Chien Chang is primarily known as Daqian Zhang
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This biography from the Archives of AskART:
|  "Zhang Daqian (1899-1983) casts a long shadow over the modern history of Chinese painting. As a painter, he was known for his singular ability to mix traditional techniques and styles with contemporary ideas and currents. As a collector, he accumulated important examples from all genres of Chinese painting and left behind copious seals and inscriptions. As a forger, Zhang so mastered the art of deception that his fakes were purchased unwittingly by nearly every major art museum in the United States—the MFA included. Indeed, the first question asked by experts when a work is considered suspect is: “Could this be by Zhang Daqian?”
Quoted from: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Zhang Daqian: Painter, Collector, Forger
Saturday, December 15, 2007 - Sunday, September 14, 2008
Born in a family of artists in Neijiang, Sichuan, China, he studied textile dyeing techniques in Kyoto, Japan and returned to establish a successful career selling his paintings in Shanghai. A staunch supporter of the Kuomintang, he left China in 1948 and moved to Mogi das Cruzes, Brazil, and then to Carmel, California, before finally settling in Taipei, Taiwan.
Sullivan, Michael (2006). Modern Chinese artists : a biographical dictionary. Berkeley, California: University of California Press
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