Kao Weng (3 July 1889-2 November 1933), known as Kao Ch'i-feng, artist. A leading painter of the Lingnan-p'ai [Lingnan school], he worked to combine the excellences of Chinese and Western painting. The fifth son of Kao Pao-hsiang, a physician who was interested in art, Kao Ch'i-feng was born in P'anyü, Kwangtung. He was ten years […]

Kao Lun (12 October 1879-22 June 1951), known as Kao Chien-fu, artist. He was a leader of the Lingnan-p'ai [Lingnan school] of painting, which combined Japanese, Western, and Chinese painting techniques and which placed new emphasis on realism. P'anyü, Kwangtung, was the birthplace of Kao Chien-fu. He was the fourth of six sons to be […]

Ch'en Shu-jen 陳樹人 Ch'en Shu-jen (1883 - 4 October 1948), anti- Manchu revolutionary, served Sun Yat-sen and his cause as director of party affairs in Canada and the United States (1916-22). In 1923 he became director of the general affairs department of the Kuomintang. He held various posts in the Kwangtung provincial government until 1927. […]