Zhang Daqian

• Zhang Daqian, courtesy name Ji Yuan, and Buddhist name Daqian, was a renowned Chinese modern artist born in Neijiang, Sichuan, with ancestral roots in Panyu, Guangdong. His reputation in poetry, calligraphy, and painting, alongside Qi Baishi and Pu Xinyu, earned him the titles “Southern Zhang, Northern Qi” and “Southern Zhang, Northern Pu.” Together with Huang Junbi and Pu Xinyu, he was also known as one of the "Three Masters Crossing the Sea."

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    Li Zuhan (李祖韓, 1891-1964) was a painter from Zhenhai, Zhejiang Province, during the Republic of China period. His courtesy name was Zuo'an (左庵). He was the eldest son of the businessman Li Weizhuang and the older brother of the renowned female painter Li Qiujun.

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  • Feng Chaoran

    Feng Chaoran (1882-1954), courtesy name was Chaoran, art name was Di Ge, born in Wujin Jiangsu. He was good at Chinese painting and calligraphy. Initially, he often painted women, and later, many of his works had landscapes, flowers, trees, were painted powerfully and attractively.

  • Cai Yimin

    Cai Yimin, a calligrapher and painter of the Shanghai School, made friends with Wang Yiting, Huang Binhong, Zhang Daqian and others.

  • Xiong Songquan

    Xiong Songquan. Modern painter. Good at landscape painting, flower-and-bird painting and portrait. Can paint by left hand. Excels at painting animals and became famous for it.

  • Zhang Shanzi

    Zhang Shanzi, courtesy name was Shan and Zhanzi, art name was Hu Chi, born in Neijiang Sichuan, a modern painter, an older brother of Zhang Daqian. He was also a master of the tiger painting.

  • Pu Ru

    Pu Ru was born in Beijing, the grandson of Prince Gong. He was good at painting landscapes, bird-and-flower, animals and calligraphy.

  • Yu Jianhua

    Yu Jianhua, real name is Yukun, used to used Yude, courtesy name is Jianhua. A historian of Chinese painting, Chinese painter and art educator. Contributed to modern art industry.

  • Jiang Hanting

    Jiang Hanting (1903-1963), courtesy name Hanting, art name Hanting Jushi, pen names Jiang Hong and Shixi, was a modern and contemporary painter born in Yushan Town, Changshu, Jiangsu Province.

  • Zhao Hongtao

  • Wang Zhen

    Wang Zhen, courtesy name was Yi Ting, art name was Bailong Shangren, Meihua Guanzhu and Haiyun Shanzhu, etc. He was a well-known painter and merchant of the late Qing Dynasty and the early period of Republic of China, one of the representatives of the Shanghai School. His paintings combine the characteristics of Ren Bonian and Wu Changshuo, and he formed a school of painting himself.

  • Qian Shoutie

    Qian Shoutie, courtesy name was Shu Ya, art name was Shou Tie, born in Wuxi Jiangsu, a Chinese modern painter and calligrapher, one of the founders of the Chinese Painting Society. He specialized in Chinese painting, calligraphy, and seal carving.

  • Wang Geyi

    Wang Geyi, courtesy name is Qizhi, art name is Geyi. Studied calligraphy and seal carving from Wu Changshuo.

  • Ye Weishen

    Ye Weishen with the other name as Xun, was born in Hang County, Zhejiang Province. He specializes in portraits and floral paintings. For a long time, he lived in Shanghai and sold paintings for a living. He is a representative painter of the modern sea school. In 1925, he founded "Suyue Gallery" with Wang Yiting and others.

  • Wang Tingjue

  • Wang Jilin

    Wang Jilin was born in Yiling Town, Danyang City, Jiangsu Province. He loved plum trees all his life, and grew plum trees, composed poems about plum trees, and painted plum trees.

  • Wu Hufan

    Wu Hufan, originally named Yi Yan, courtesy name Yujun, later changed his name to Wan, and his pseudonym was Dongzhuang. He also used the name Qian and signed his works as Hufan. Born in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province, he was an important figure in modern Chinese painting and also a renowned expert in calligraphy and painting appraisal.

  • Zhang Qin

    Zhang Qin (1861-1949), other name was Zheng Yao, courtesy name was Li Guang, art name was Yi Shan, born in Haiyou, Sanmen Xian, Zhejiang Province. A prominent scholar, educator, calligrapher, and grandfather of Zhang Wenjin who is a Chinese diplomat. During the Qing Dynasty he passed an examination that was prescribed by the government, after that he became supervisor of the Jingshi University, the editor of the National History Museum, the chief editor of the Meritorious Museum, the supervisor of the Ministry of posts, and the principal of Beijing Woman’s Normal School.

  • He Haixia

    He Haixia was born in Beijing. In his early years, he learned painting from Zhang Daqian. He was one of the greatest artists of Chang An style panting. Right after he was appointed as a vice-director of The Shaanxi national painting center, He became a Beijing Chinese art researcher. He is good at painting landscape and flowers, had a powerful stroke and beautiful style.

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  • Yu Fei’an

    Yu Fei’an was born in Beijing. Original name is Yu Kuizhao, changed it to Yu Zhao later. A modern Chinese painter. After enrolling in a normal school in 1912, he taught at a private normal school and a private art department at North China University, while teaching at the National Painting Research Center attached to the antique exhibition hall. After 1949, He was a researcher of the Institute of Ethnic Art of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, the vice president of the Beijing Chinese Painting Research Association, and the vice president of the Beijing Painting Academy.