93岁高龄的程及因病于2005年8月4日凌晨在美国去世。8月10日,程及画展在中国美术馆开幕,他生前一直抱有落叶归根、回国办画展的夙愿,画家本人也一再表示将参加开幕式,但此次展览变成了遗作展。程及先生1912年生于江苏无锡,1947年应邀赴美举办个人水彩画展,同年定居美国纽约。他一生在艺术上取得骄人业绩,曾在美国各州画年会上获得金奖五十余枚,1953年受聘美国国家画院、1962年选入终身院士、1965年又当选为美 The 93-year-old Cheng and his illness died in the United States on the early morning of August 4, 2005. On August 10, Cheng and his art exhibition opened at the National Art Museum of China. During his lifetime, he has always had the will to return home and hold an exhibition. His painter himself said that he will attend the opening ceremony again and again, but this exhibition has become a legacy exhibition. Born in Wuxi, Jiangsu in 1912, Cheng He was invited to the United States to hold a solo exhibition of watercolor in 1947 and settled in New York, the United States of America. He has made remarkable artistic achievements in his life. He has won over 50 pieces of gold medal at the Annual Painting Annual Meeting of the States in the United States, the National Academy of Painting in 1953, the Permanent Academician in 1962, the United States in 1965