Then, about ten years ago, Chang began the splashed-ink style of landscape painting for which he is now renowned. This style merges together traditional and modern modes of painting.
他擷取敦煌壁畫中瑰麗的用色與流暢的線條，一掃過去「文弱」的風格，而以氣勢磅礡的潑墨山水廣受稱譽。民國四十五年，大千先生五十六歲時，在法國巴黎與現代畫大師畢卡索會晤，兩人並互贈作品。