程十发

程十发 简介 1921年生，逝世于2007年7月17日。原名潼，室名步鲸楼，斋号不教一日闲过之斋、三釜书屋、修竹远山楼。（程，古代度量名。寸之千分之一曰发，十发为一程，十程为一分，十分为一寸。）上海松江人，自幼临习古人画谱，1941年毕业于上海美术专科学校国画系，并在上海大新公司举办过个人画展。1952年入上海人民美术出版社从事连环画和插图创作。1956年入上海画院任画师。1957年赴云南傣族、景颇族自治州体验生活。60年代前后主要画人物，尤多西南少数民族生活题材，与黄胄以西北少数民族生活为主体互相辉映。70年代后多作戏曲、历史题材人物，并大量画戏笔花鸟。90年代前后又潜心山水画的创作。擅人物、山水、花卉、鸟兽及连环画和书籍插图。人物画取法于梁楷、贯休、陈洪绶、任伯年诸家，并吸收民间艺术营养，融会贯通，形成了鲜明的个人风格，被誉为“程家样”；山水画大气磅礴，意境古厚；花鸟走兽皆传神精工。工书法，得力于秦汉木简及怀素狂草、陈洪绶行草，善于将草、篆、隶结为一体，潇洒灵秀，奇趣横生。为全国政协委员、中国文联委员、中国美术家协会理事、中国国家画院院务委员，西泠印社副社长，上海中国画院院长，上海美协副主席、上海交通大学教授、全国文联及上海文联委员，上海吴昌硕研究会会长。作品广泛发表于国内外报刊杂志，出版作品和画集甚多。1957年国画《歌唱祖国的春天》获第一届全国青年美展一等奖；《儒林外史》插图获1995年莱比锡国际书籍装帧展览银质奖；作品《昆曲》入选第八届全国美术作品展览并获奖，作品参加文化部“中华世纪之光”中国画提名展；1992年作《牡丹花》、1998年作《早春幽谷》藏上海中国画院；中国美术馆藏《丽人行》被选入百年中国画展。曾赴日本、美国、新加坡、澳大利亚和香港访问、讲学并举行画展。1986年被列入英国剑桥大学所编《世界名人录》。1991年在上海美术馆举办‘程十发画展’，盛况空前。1996年将自家收藏的元明清名家古画122幅捐献给国家，获得好评。还被授评为‘上海市文学艺术杰出贡献奖’。子，程多多，擅人物。



Cheng Shifa (1921-2007)
Born in Songjiang, Shanghai, Cheng Shifa graduated from the Shanghai School of Fine Arts in 1941. In 1950, he started working on comic works. He joined Huadong People's Fine Art Publishing House as a resident artist in 1953 and concentrated in comics and poster drawings. In 1956, Cheng was appointed to Shanghai taking part in the founding of Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy. He received first prize at the "First National Young Artist Exhibition" in 1957. In 1980, he held his first overseas exhibition in Tokyo and Osaka, organized by Rongbaozhai and held . He further participated in the "Modern Chinese Painting Exhibition" by the Department of Culture in San Francisco in 1982. Two years later, he was appointed as the Director of the Shanghai Painting Academy. He received the "Distinguished Worker Award" from the Chinese Government's Culture Department in 1991, and the Shanghai City Outstanding Contribution Award in 1993. He donated 122 pieces personal collection of classical paintings dated from Sung to Qing dynasty to China in 1996. Two years later, he was invited to participate in the major Canadian exhibition, "Modern Chinese Paintings". In 1999, he held a large sole exhibition in Shanghai. In 2004, the Songjiang District Government built a monumental Cheng Shifa Art Museum. He is now a council member of the Chinese Artists' Association, and Dean of the Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy.


程十发艺术年表
1921年 辛酉 1岁
四月十日（农历三月初三）出生于上海松江县城西门外岳庙镇莫家巷。取名潼，小名美孙，乃取其祖父程子美之孙含义。程家世代行医，祖上从皖南移居枫泾镇，程潼之父程欣木与母丁织勤由枫泾迁往松江定居。

1923年 癸亥 3岁
全家由莫家弄迁出，移居马路桥西富家弄。

1926年 丙寅 6岁
受同邑张祥河后裔孙张定九的启蒙，学习写字画画。张定九赠送了两本书，一是胡佩衡主编之《山水入门》，另一本是青山草堂《竹谱》，培养了幼年程潼对绘画的兴趣。

1928年 戊辰 8岁
父亲程欣木逝世，家道艰难，从此由母亲一人抚养成人。入白龙潭小学读书。

1934年 甲戌 14岁
小学毕业，入松江震旦大学附属光启中学。于书画、诗文、史地多有爱好，对京昆剧、民间工艺等亦皆有兴趣。

1938年 戊寅 18岁
进入上海美术专科学校攻读国画，受业于王个簃、李健、汪声远等。

1939年 己卯 19岁
教师李健以“一程十发”之意为其取字“十发”，后遂以“程十发”为名。

1941年 辛巳 21岁
从上海美术专科学校毕业。其后五年未谋职业，专心于研究传统绘画。举办毕业后首次个人画展，黄口孺子，尚缺知音。之后开始以更加发奋钻研绘画。此间，常回松江旧居潜心钻研，临摹古人山水及人物画。

1942年 壬午 22岁
与美专同学张金锜结婚。张氏籍杭州，乃书画家张子固侄女。

1946年 丙戌 26岁
进上海工业银行，任秘书。

1949年 己丑 29岁
上海解放，为适应时代需要，自带铺盖到松江天马山农村体验生活，并绘制了以“农民同地主对账讲理”为题材的年画《反黑田》。这幅作品被生生美术公司出版，由此受到鼓舞，开始投入精力钻研连环画。入华东人民美术出版社，任美术创作员。创作第一本连环画《野猪林》。因初学初创，画面只有人物上半身，故被人戏称为“半部野猪林”。

1950年 庚寅 30岁
母亲丁织勤病故。继续学习绘制连环画，以自创的将西洋名画演绎为线条画的临摹方法，结合学习陈洪绶、任伯年的人物画技法。取斋名为“步鲸楼”，借明代传神画家曾鲸之名以自勉。

1951年 辛卯 31岁
创作连环画《风雪东线》，将稿费捐给国家，支援抗美援朝。

1952年 壬辰 32岁
华东人民美术出版社改名为上海人民美术出版社，仍在此任职。潜心研究丢勒、荷尔拜因、安格尔的古典油画，及其素描人物画。创作连环画《葡萄熟了的时候》等。

1953年 癸巳 33岁
创作连环画《毕加索的和平鸽》、《冬天和春天》。与丁浩合作画连环画《老孙归社》。

1954年 甲午 34岁
绘制连环画《东郭先生》、《列宁的故事》六则。绘制《中国古代寓言故事》插图二十六幅。创作年画四条屏《林冲》。接受外文出版社约稿，为英文版《儒林外史》作插图。其后三年间，创稿一百余件，最后择其极优者二十幅定稿。

1955年 乙未 35岁
尝试以中国写意画技法创作彩墨连环画《画皮》，将文人画与民间画的因素结合到一起，取得了较好反响。为数种外文版小说《不怕鬼的故事》绘制彩墨插图。为《新民晚报》撰写故宫藏画赏析文章《春灯读画录》八篇。

1956年 丙申 36岁
创作彩墨连环画《孔乙己》。绘制彩墨连环画《姑娘与八哥鸟》及线描插图《神笔马良》。为李季长诗《幸福的钥匙》绘制插图，以细毫小毛笔仿欧洲铜版画艺术效果。

1957年 丁酉 37岁
参与筹建上海中国画院，任画师。国画作品《歌唱祖国春天》获中国全国第一届青年美展一等奖。参加文化部组织的赴云南写生团，赴云南德宏傣族、景颇族自治州一带采风，受到少数民族物貌风情的启发，开始在国画上尝试创新。从此画风发生剧变。上海美协为其办个人汇报画展，展出国画《象脚鼓舞》、《泼水节》等作品。创作云南少数民族题材水墨连环画《召树屯和喃喏娜》。作彩色连环画《哪吒闹海》。为《红楼梦》创作彩墨插图。

1958年 戊戌 38岁
为郭沫若所作历史剧本《蔡文姬》作插图。创作《红楼梦仕女屏》等。

1959年 己亥 39岁
作国画《小河淌水》。《儒林外史》插图获华东地区书籍装帧一等奖，同时获德国莱比锡国际书籍装帧银奖。为蒋星煜的历史小说《海瑞的故事》小说绘制封面及插图。是年，改斋名为“不教一日闲过之斋”。

1960年 庚子 40岁
在上海中国画院收汪大文、毛国伦为学生。发表连环画《李秀成》。《孔乙己》、《画皮》获全国连环画评选二等奖。

1961年 辛丑 41岁
绘制三十八幅彩墨连环画《亚碧与山罗》。应《羊城晚报》之约，绘制彩墨连环画《阿Q正传一O八图》。为上海科教电影制片厂科教片《任伯年的画》撰写电影剧本。

1962年 壬寅 42岁
应《新民晚报》之约，创作连环画由曹禺画剧改编的连环画《胆剑篇》。被列入瑞士出版的《世界版画家名人录》。

1963年 癸卯 43岁
作国画《我们的朋友遍天下》。绘制年画屏条《黄道婆的故事》、《武则天》等。

1964年 甲辰 44岁
创作《红楼梦人物》彩色插图。作国画《春雨》。“四清”运动开始，受到政治迫害。

1966年 丙午 46岁
“文革”开始，受到攻击。

1968年 戊申 48岁
境况日艰。闲时钻研热水瓶造型、室内家具及照相机造型，以备日后被迫改行时解决生计。

1972年 壬子 52岁
稍可进行国画创作。被邀请参加“第36届国际威尼斯双年会”的美术展览，但无法成行。

1973年 癸丑 53岁
作《边寨节日》、《春晴又喜花一新》等。

1975年 乙卯 55岁
仍处厄境中。多画出淤泥而不染的荷花，人物则每写屈原题材，借以抒发报国无门、每被冤屈的悲剧情怀。

1976年 丙辰 56岁
闻周恩来逝世，创作国画《伟躯静卧花叶中》，以寄哀思。为《西湖民间故事》绘制彩色插图。

1977年 丁巳 57岁
获得平反，并恢复党籍。

1978年 戊午 58岁
《李时珍问药图》获上海科普画展荣誉奖。作《屈灵均像》。深入广西壮族自治区采风，壮族文艺工作者即兴创作了“美酒献给老画家”的节目。

1979年 己未 59岁
《西湖民间故事》彩色插图获全国书籍装帧展览会荣誉奖。《程十发花鸟习作选》画册由上海人民美术出版社出版。作《藤花长青》、《周勃》等。

1980年 庚申 60岁
与夫人张金锜、次子程多多赴四川成都，为美术动画片《鹿铃》设计人物造型体验生活。赴日本参加由荣宝斋与日本东京西武百货举办的“程十发作品展”。

1981年 辛酉 61岁
人民美术出版社出版《程十发近作选》大型画册。上海人民美术出版社再版连环画《胆剑篇》。为陈毅小说《归来的儿子》创作插图。自1979年至是年，杭州西泠印社先后出版《程十发书画》一至九集。为画室更名“三釜书屋”。作《采药图》、《升庵老人》等。

1982年 壬戌 62岁
出席美国旧金山举办“现代中国画展”开幕式。水墨动画《鹿铃》在第十三届莫斯科电影节获最佳动画片奖。创作《瑶寨来客》、《衣被天下之愿望》等。

1983年 癸亥 63岁
任西泠印社副社长。赴北京中南海紫光阁创作大型布置画《长乐图》、《老梅新枝》等。

1984年 甲子 64岁
任上海中国画院院长，党支部副书记。赴香港中文大学讲学。作《李贺诗意图》等。

1985年 乙丑 65岁
赴新加坡南洋美术专科学校讲学。赴澳门参加“程十发、韩天衡中国书画印刻艺术演讲会”。被列入英国剑桥大传记中心《世界名人录》。《大吉祥》获1985年中国首届体育美术展览荣誉奖。

1986年 丙寅 66岁
出席香港“现代中国画展览会”及讨论会。书陆士衡《文赋》，由陈明雕成六面屏风，捐赠给松江博物馆。

1987年 丁卯 67岁
赴澳大利亚访问、讲学。赴广州出席集雅斋举办的“上海中国画院书画展”。

1990年 庚午 70岁
任吴昌硕艺术研究协会会长。

1991年 辛未 71岁
个人捐画三十幅，折合款六十万元，买房十套，帮助解决上海画院职工住房困难。 “程十发全家画展”在上海美术馆开幕。

1992年 壬申 72岁
被授予中华人民共和国文化部先进个人奖。

1993年 癸酉 73岁
被授予上海市文化艺术杰出贡献奖。古吴轩出版《当代中国名画家全集•程十发》。夫人张金锜逝世，终年七十六岁。

1994年 甲戌 74岁
香港《名家翰墨》杂志出版《程十发特集》。

1995年 乙亥 75岁
先后与澳门市政厅、上海美术馆举办《程十发作品回顾展》，并出版《程十发画集》。应邀两度出访日本，并举办国画讲座。专访日本东京帝国博物馆，阅读梁楷、牧溪作品五次之多。

1996年 丙子 76岁
向上海画院捐赠家藏宋元明清书画精品一百二十二件。赴台湾参加文化交流活动。上海教育出版社出版《程十发画集》。上海人民美术出版社出版《程十发捐赠藏画选》。

1997年 丁丑 77岁
赴香港参加“庆祝香港回归十人画展”。赴美国旧金山休养，居于次子程多多的寓所“九松山庄”。

1998年 戊寅 78岁
应邀参加中国、加拿大两国在加拿大举办的“20世纪中国当代绘画展”，并与加拿大总理克里斯蒂安共同主持闭幕式。在上海举办“程十发捐赠藏画展”。

1999年 己卯 79岁
在上海中国画院举办“程十发、程多多父子绘画、摄影展”。

2000年 庚辰 80岁
在比利时举办“程十发、姚逸之师生国画展”，并参观访问法国、德国、荷兰。上海中国画院建院45周年之际，举办“程十发艺术”大展，并出版大型画册《程十发艺术》。

2001年 辛巳 81岁
获“全国第六届年画展荣誉奖”。

2003年 癸未 83岁
非典期间，创作国画《深山采药抗非典》表达抗击非典决心。创作《竹报平安》捐给上海市慈善基金会。出席在上海举办的《桃李情——程十发师生艺术展》。

2004年 甲申 84岁
为邓小平诞辰一百周年创作国画《松柏长青图》。《中国近现代名家画集—程十发》由人民美术出版社出版。当代大师国画典藏《程十发》香港现代教育出版社出版。上海松江区设立程十发艺术馆。

2005年 乙酉 85岁
为纪念抗日战争胜利六十周年创作《岁寒三友》，以表拒绝战争永保和平之愿望。是年8月，因病住华东医院。

2006年 丙戌 86岁
被中国文联授予“国家造型艺术终身成就奖”。

2007年 丁亥 87岁
7月17日，在华东医院逝世。

Cheng Shifa's Chronological Table
1921，1 year old
He was born in Mojia Lane，Yuemiao Town，to the west of Songjiang County，Shanghai on April 10，given the name of Tong，and the name of Meisun at birth，which stands for his grandfather Cheng Zimei's grandson. The Chengs practiced medicine for generations. Their ancestors moved from South Anhui to Fengjing Town. His father Cheng Xinmu and his mother Ding Zhiqin moved from Fengjing to settle down in Songjiang.

1923，3 years old
The family moved to Fujia Lane，west of Malu Bridge.

1926，6 years old
Zhang Dingjiu，his countryman Zhang Xianghe's descendant，initiated him into calligraphy and painting. Zhang sent him two books—Introduction to Landscape edited by Hu Peiheng and Manual of Bamboo by Qing Shan Cao Tang，which cultivated his interest in painting in his childhood.

1928，8 years old
His father passed away，so the financial situation of his family became difficult. He was brought up by his mother alone from then on. He went to Bailongtan Elementary School.

1934，14 years old
He finished elementary school，and enrolled in Guangqi Middle School in Songjiang affiliated to Aurora University. He was interested in calligraphy，painting，poetry，history and geography. He also loved Peking Opera，Kun Opera and folk crafts.

1938，18 years old
He enrolled in the Shanghai College of Painting to study traditional Chinese painting under Wang Geyi，Li Jian and Wang Shengyuan.
1939，19 years old
He was given the courtesy name of “Shifa” by his teacher Li Jian，as quoted in Explaining and Analyzing Characters: “One Cheng equals ten Fa (Shifa)”. So，he used the name “Cheng Shifa” since then.

1941，21 years old
He graduated and concentrated on studying traditional painting unemployed in the next five years. An unsophisticated young man at that time，he held the first personal painting exhibition after graduation，but it was not popular. Then he studied painting even harder after that. During this period，he often returned to his former residence in Songjiang to practice copying landscapes and figures by the ancients.

1942，22 years old
He married Zhang Jinqi，his schoolmate at college. Ms. Zhang，native of Hangzhou，was the niece of Zhang Zigu，the famous calligrapher and painter.

1946，26 years old
He worked as secretary in Shanghai Industrial Bank.

1949，29 years old
Shanghai was liberated. He stayed in Tianmashan in rural Songjiang for a change，and created a New Year painting entitled “Protest against Unregistered Lands” about farmers settling accounts with landowners，which was published by Sheng Sheng Art Company. Encouraged by the publication，he began to focus on comic strips. He worked as a painter in East China People's Fine Arts Publishing House. He created his first comic strips entitled “The Boar Forest”. All the characters had only the upper parts of their bodies in the strips，for he was a beginner，so the book was nicknamed “Half of the Wild Pig Forest”.
1950，30 years old
His mother passed away. He still studied painting comic strips，using his self-invented copying method of delineating famous western paintings，while learning painting figures from Chen Hongshou and Ren Bonian. He named his studio “Following Jing”after Zeng Jing，the realistic painter in the Ming dynasty，as an encouragement.

1951，31 years old
He created comic strips entitled “Fierce East Line”，and sent the royalties to the government to support the War to Resist the U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea.

1952，32 years old
He still worked in East China People's Fine Arts Publishing House，which was renamed Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House at that time. He studied the classical paintings and figure drawings by Dürer，Holbein and Ingres. He created comic strips including “When Grapes are Ripe”.

1953，33 years old
He created comic strips entitled “Picasso's Dove” and “Winter and Spring”. He co-created with Ding Hao the comic strips entitled “Old Mr. Sun Back to the Co-op”.

1954，34 years old
He painted comic strips entitled “Mr. Dongguo” and a series of six “Lenin's Stories”. He painted 26 illustrations of “Ancient Chinese Fables”，and created a four-part New Year painting entitled “Lin Chong”. Invited by Foreign Language Press，he illustrated the English version of “The Scholars”. In the next three years，he created over 100 works，and cherry-picked the best 20 ones for illustrations.

1955，35 years old
He created ink-and-color comic strips entitled “Painted Skin” with the Chinese Xie-Yi style，combining elements from both literati and folk paintings，which received strong response. He painted ink-and-color illustrations for several foreign language versions of the novel” No Fear of Ghosts”. He also wrote eight reviews，“Review on Paintings under Lanterns”，on the paintings collected in the Palace Museum for Xinmin Evening News.

1956，36 years old
He created ink-and-color comic strips entitled “Kong Yiji” and “A Girl and a Mynah” as well as a delineated illustration named “Ma Liang and his Magic Brush”. He also created an illustration for Li Ji's long poem “Happy Keys”，in which he imitated the European copperplate etching effect with the thin-hair brush.

1957，37 years old
He participated in the founding of China Academy of Painting，Shanghai，and worked as a painter there. His traditional Chinese painting entitled “Singing for Spring in Motherland” won the first prize in the First China National Exhibition of Young Artists' Works. He joined the painting group to Yunnan organized by the Ministry of Culture，and collected source material in the Dehong Dai and Jingpo Autonomous Prefectures in Yunnan Province. Inspired by the local customs and scenery of the ethnic minorities，he started his innovation in traditional Chinese painting，thus leading to a tremendous change in his painting style. The Shanghai Artists Association held his personal exhibition，where many traditional Chinese paintings such as “Elephant-Foot-Shaped Drum Dance” and “Water-Splashing Festival” were on display. He created ink-and-wash comic strips entitled “Zhao Shu Tun and Nan Nuo Na” based on the ethnic minorities in Yunnan. He painted color comic strips “Nezha Conquers the Dragon King” and ink-and-color illustrations for “Dream of the Red Chamber”.
1958，38 years old
He illustrated Guo Moruo's historical play “Cai Wenji”，and created paintings including “Ladies in Dream of the Red Chamber”.

1959，39 years old
He created a traditional Chinese painting entitled “Wading in the Stream”. His illustrations for “The Scholars” won the first prize in the Book Design Competition in East China as well as Silver Prize in the International Book Design Competition in Leipzig，Germany. He painted the cover and illustrated Jiang Xingyu's historical novel Hai Rui's Story. He renamed his studio “Not Idling the Time Away” this year.

1960，40 years old
He took Wang Dawen and Mao Guolun as students in China Academy of Painting，Shanghai. He published his comic strips “Li Xiucheng”. His works “Kong Yiji” and “Painted Skin” won the second prize in the National Comic Strips Competition.

1961，41 years old
He created 38 ink-and-color comic strips entitled “Ya Bi and Shan Luo”. Invited by Yangcheng Evening News，he created ink-and-color comic strips entitled “108 Pictures of The True Story of Ah Q”. He also wrote the script for a popular science movie “Ren Bonian's Paintings” by Shanghai Popular Science Movie Studio.

1962，42 years old
Invited by Xinmin Evening News，he created comic strips entitled “Gallbladder and Sword” adapted from the play written by Cao Yu，which then was recorded in Celebrity Painters of the World published in Switzerland.

1963，43 years old
He created a traditional Chinese painting entitled “Friends Everywhere” as well as New Year hanging scrolls including “Huang Daopo's Story” and “Wu Zetian”.

1964，44 years old
He created color illustrations entitled “Characters in Dream of the Red Chamber” and a traditional Chinese painting entitled “Spring Rain”. The “Four Clean-Ups” Movement started，and he was prosecuted during this period.

1966，46 years old
The Cultural Revolution began，and he was criticized during this period.

1968，48 years old
His life became even more difficult. When he had some time，he studied the design of Thermos，indoor furniture and cameras，in case he would be forced to give up his painting career in the future.

1972，52 years old
He was allowed to create a few traditional Chinese paintings. He was invited to the art exhibition of the 36th International Venice Biennale，but failed to attend.

1973，53 years old
He created paintings such as “Festival Celebration on the Frontier” and “New Blossoms in a Sunny Spring”.

1975，55 years old
He was still ill-treated. He often painted Qu Yuan，an ancient Chinese patriotic poet，as well as virtuous lotuses to express his pathetic feelings of being wronged.

1976，56 years old
Hearing about the death of Zhou Enlai，he created a traditional Chinese painting entitled “Great Man Lying in Flowers and Leaves” to express his grief. He painted color illustrations for “The West Lake Folk Stories”.

1977，57 years old
He was rehabilitated and was restored the CPC membership.

1978，58 years old
His “Li Shizhen Asking about Herbs” won an honor in the Shanghai Popular Science Painting Exhibition. He created “Portrait of Qu Yuan”. He went to collect source material in Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region，during which some Zhuang art workers improvised a show of “Fine Wine for the Painter”.

1979，59 years old
The color illustrations of “The West Lake Folk Stories” won an honor in the National Book Design Exhibition. The album entitled Selections from Cheng Shifa's Flower-and-Bird Paintings was published by Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House. He created works such as “Blossoming Wistaria” and “Zhou Bo”.

1980，60 years old
He went to Chengdu，Sichuan with his wife Zhang Jinqi and his second son Cheng Duoduo to learn the life there for the character design in the fine arts cartoon “The Deer Bell”. He also went to Japan for the Cheng Shifa's Painting Exhibition held by Rong Bao Zhai，Beijing and the Seibu Department Stores，Tokyo.

1981，61 years old
The album entitled Selections from Cheng Shifa's Recent Works was published by People's Fine Arts Publishing House，and the comic strips “Gallbladder and Sword” was re-published by Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House. He illustrated Chen Yi's novel “Returned Son”. From 1979 to this year，the first nine volumes of “Cheng Shifa's Calligraphic Works” and Paintings were published successively by Hangzhou Xiling Printing House. He renamed his painting studio “San Fu ('Humble Income')” He created works such as “Collecting Medical Herbs” and “Yang Sheng'an”.

1982，62 years old
He attended the opening ceremony of the Modern China Painting Exhibition held in San Francisco，USA. His ink-and-wash cartoon “The Deer Bell” won Best Animated Picture in the 13th Moscow Film Festival. He created works such as “Guests in the Yao Houses” and “Wishing All People Warm and Sound”.

1983，63 years old
He became the vice president of Hangzhou Xiling Printing House. He went to the Hall of Purple Light in Zhongnanhai，Beijing to create large-sized paintings including “Joy” and “New Branches of a Plum Tree”.

1984，64 years old
He became president as well as vice secretary of the CPC branch of China Academy of Painting，Shanghai. He went to give lectures in the Chinese University of Hong Kong. He created works including “After a Poem by Li He”.

1985，65 years old
He went to give lectures in Nanyang Fine Arts Training School in Singapore，and in Macau on Chinese calligraphy，painting，and seal cutting together with Han Tianheng. He was recorded in the IBC Dictionary of International Biography. His “Great Luck” won an honor in the First China Sports Art Exhibition in 1985.

1986，66 years old
He attended the Modern China Painting Exhibition and its seminar in Hong Kong. He calligraphed Lu Ji's “On Essays”，which was carved into a six-part screen by Chen Ming and was presented to Songjiang Museum.

1987，67 years old
He visited Australia to give lectures. He attended the Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition of China Academy of Painting，Shanghai held by Ji Ya Zhai in Guangzhou.

1990，70 years old
He became president of the Wu Changshuo Arts Research Society.

1991，71 years old
He sold 30 paintings and then bought ten apartments with the money (600，000 RMB)，offering them to the staff in China Academy of Painting，Shanghai. The Exhibition of Cheng Shifa's and His Family' Paintings was held in the Shanghai Art Museum.

1992，72 years old
He was awarded “Model Person” by the Ministry of Culture.

1993，73 years old
He received “Award of Outstanding Contributions to Culture” by the Shanghai Municipal government. Famous Painters in Modern China: Cheng Shifa was published by Guwuxuan Publishing House. His wife passed away at the age of 76.

1994，74 years old
Special Album of Cheng Shifa was published in Han Mo Periodical，Hong Kong.

1995，75 years old
Cheng Shifa's Retrospective Exhibition was held successively in the City Hall of Macau and in the Shanghai Art Museum，and Cheng Shifa's Paintings was published. He was invited to Japan twice and gave lectures on traditional Chinese painting there. He visited the Tokyo Imperial Museum in particular for Liang Kai's and Muxi's works for five times.

1996，76 years old
He presented his collection of 122 calligraphic and painting works of the Song，Yuan，Ming and Qing dynasties to Shanghai Academy of Painting. He went for cultural exchange in Taiwan. Cheng Shifa's Paintings was published by Shanghai Education Publishing House. Selections from Cheng Shifa's Presented Collection was published by Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House.

1997，77 years old
He attended the Ten Painters' Exhibition in celebration of Hong Kong's return. He went for a break in the Nine Pine Villa，his second son Cheng Duoduo's residence in San Francisco，USA.

1998，78 years old
He was invited to the 20th Century Modern China Painting Exhibition held in Canada by the governments of China and Canada，and co-hosted the closing ceremony with Jean Chrétien，Prime Minister of Canada. The Exhibition of Cheng Shifa's Presented collection was held in Shanghai.

1999，79 years old
The Exhibition of Cheng Shifa's and Cheng Duoduo's Paintings and Photographs was held in China Academy of Painting，Shanghai.

2000，80 years old
The Exhibition of Cheng Shifa's and Yao Yizhi's Traditional Chinese Paintings was held in Belgium. Besides Belgium，he also visited France，Germany and the Netherlands. The Grand Art of Cheng Shifa Exhibition was held in the year of the 45th anniversary of the founding of China Academy of Painting，Shanghai，and an exhibition album was published.

2001，81 years old
He was awarded an honor in the Sixth National New Year Painting Exhibition.

2003，83 years old
He created a traditional Chinese painting entitled “Collecting Herbs in Deep Mountains to Fight SARS” to express his determination during the SARS outbreak. He also created “Bamboo Reports Safety and Soundness” and donated it to Shanghai Charity Foundation. He attended the Exhibition of Cheng Shifa's and his Students' Works of Art held in Shanghai.

2004，84 years old
He created a traditional Chinese painting entitled “Evergreen Pines and Cypresses” in commemoration of Deng Xiaoping's 100th birthday. Collections of Famous Painters in Modern China: Cheng Shifa was published by People's Fine Arts Publishing House. Traditional Chinese Painting Collection of Modern Masters: Cheng Shifa was published by Modern Education Publishing House，Hong Kong. The Cheng Shifa Art Museum was founded in Songjiang District，Shanghai.

2005，85 years old
He created “Three Friends in Winter: Plum Blossom，Pine and Bamboo” in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of the victory of the Anti-Japanese War，expressing the hope of a peaceful world. He was sent into Shanghai East China Hospital for treatment in August.
2006，86 years old
He was awarded “National Lifetime Achievement in Plastic Arts” by China Federation of Literary and Art Circles.

2007，87 years old
He passed away in Shanghai East China Hospital on July 17. 德名斋 demingzhai.com