Zhang Daqian

Chang Ta-ch'ien (10 May 1899-), painter and dilettante, gained an international reputation for both his paintings in several classical styles and for his copies of the Tunhuang cave paintings in Kansu. A native of Neichiang, Szechwan, Chang Ta-ch'ien was one of the eight children of Chang Huai-chung and Tseng Yi, herself a painter. Chang had […]

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Sorghum

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'anyĆ¼, Kwangtung. He was ten years […]

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Gao Lun

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'anyĆ¼, Kwangtung, was the birthplace of Kao Chien-fu. He was the fourth of six sons to be […]

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