Grandmaster Zhu Bingren

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Bronze is me, and I am bronze.

Zhu Bingren

In middle age, Zhu Bingren chose to start from scratch, picking up the ancestral bronze hammer once again. Beginning with a bronze signboard, he went on to create his first bronze door, his first bronze mural, his first bronze hall, and his first molten bronze artwork.

In this way, he not only “clad” the Leifeng Pagoda in bronze, but also contributed to the construction of over a hundred bronze buildings and projects both in China and abroad, earning the title “Father of Contemporary Chinese Bronze Architecture.” At the same time, Zhu Bingren pioneered the “mold-free controllable” molten bronze technique, with his works collected by the National Museum of China, the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, and the Singapore Chinese Cultural Center, among others.

He combines the talents of poetry, calligraphy, painting, seal carving, and bronze artistry in one, creating the majority of his life’s work and leading Chinese bronze culture to its pinnacle.

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Honors and Titles

-Master of Chinese Arts and Crafts

-National Intangible Cultural Heritage Representative Inheritor of Bronze Sculpture

-Researcher, Chinese National Academy of Arts

-Cultural & Creative Consultant, Palace Museum

-Member, Xiling Seal Art Society

-One of the “Three Elders of the Grand Canal” for its UNESCO World Heritage Nomination

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Published Works

  • 2004Contemporary Chinese Bronze Architecture
  • 2010Jie Xing Rong Yi
  • 2010Fanyin Da Tong – Zhu Bingren Art Collection
  • 2011Zhu Bingren & Zhu Junmin: Two Generations of Bronze Architecture Art
  • 2015Clouds – Selected Poems of Zhu Bingren
  • 2015July Wind
  • 2016Local Voices
  • 2018Casting Mountains and Seas – Xiling: Zhu Bingren’s Bronze Seal Carving Art
  • 2023Research on the Inheritance and Development of Bronze Sculpture Techniques
  • 2023Traveling Hangzhou with Zhu Bingren
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Key Patents

  • 1998 – Multi-layered Engraved and Carved Bronze Reliefs
  • 2003 – Multi-Etching Cast-Like Bronze Technique and Its Products
  • 2003 – Purple-Gold Engraved Bronze Sculpture Technique
  • 2008 – Mold-Free Controllable Metal Casting Method
  • 2016 – Rapid Organic Anti-Corrosion Protective Coating for Metal Surfaces
  • 2018 – Metal Artwork Casting and Forming Method
  • 2019 – Production Method for Copper Murals
  • 2020 – Processing Method for Golden Oxide Film on Brass Products