Chen Banding

• Chen Banding, courtesy name was Jing Shan and Jing Lu, art name was Zhuhuan Jushi and Shen Weng, born in Shaoxing Zhejiang. He grew up in a poor family and moved to Shanghai to make a living in 1894, and through the introduction of an acquaintance, he met Ren Bonin and Wu Changshuo. He learned painting techniques from them, in addition, Wu Guxiang, Wu Shixian, Gao Yongzhi, Lu Lianfu and other scholars. He worked at the Peking University Library after 40 years old. Later, he became a professor at the National Beiping Art College. In the 1940s, he participated in numerous exhibitions and charities. Since the 1950s, he served as the vice director of the Beijing Chinese Painting Institute, the chairman of the Chinese Painting Study Group, the director of the Chinese Artists Association, the researcher of the Chinese Artists Association, the staff of the Central Literature Museum, the member of the Committee for Reforming the Chinese Written Language, the member of the Third China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, the member of the Second, Third and Fourth of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference. He was good at painting flowers and landscapes, calligraphy and seal carving. His well-known works are “Loquats of perpetual summer” and “Yellow flowers”.

• relevant artists

  • Wang Xuetao

    Wang Xueteo, courtesy name was Xiao Feng, art name was Chi Yuan, born in Cheng’an Hebei, a well-known Chinese modern freehand bird-and-flower painter. He served as director of the Beijing Painting Institute, director of the China Artists Association, vice president of the Beijing Branch of Artists Association, representative of the Beijing City Seventh National People’s Congress, managing member of the Beijing Fifth China People’s Political Consultative Conference, member of the Central Union Committee of the Democratic Party of China, commissioner of Beijing city.

  • Ma Wanli

    Ma Wanli, courtesy names are Yunfu and Manlu, art name is Danian, was born in Wujin, Changzhou, Jiangsu. He was a famous painting and seal curving artist and art educator. He left legacies with poet, painting, calligraphy and seal curving. He is famous for especially flower-and-bird painting and one of the greatest artists of China.

  • Wang Shensheng

    Wang Shensheng, whose name is Rong and courtesy name Shensheng was a master of flowers and birds in the Republic of China. He once made a living by painting charcoal paintings in Shanghai. Wang Shensheng is good at flowers and birds, landscapes and can be freehand brushwork as well as freehand brushwork. He is especially famous in the painting circle for his small freehand flower and bird paintings. During the Republic of China, it was as famous as Chen Banding and Wang Xuetao.

  • Cao Kejia

    Cao Kejia was born in Beijin. He was good at Chinese painting and cats. He was a teacher at Academy of Arts & Design, an Executive of Light Industry Department Craft Art Company and a member of China artists association.

  • Wu Changshuo

    Wu Changshuo (1844-1927), a prominent Chinese calligrapher, painter and seal carver of the late Qing Dynasty, formerly known as Jun Qing, courtesy name was Changshuo, art name was Kutie, born in Anji Zhejiang. In his childhood, he was influenced by his father and began to like painting and seal carving. He learned regular script from Yan Lugong and Zhong Yuanchang, clerical script from Han Dynasty stone carving, seal script from Tang Dynasty stone carving. The brushwork was influenced by Deng Shiru and Zhao Zhiqian. He was good at painting flowers and had a unique style of painting such as brush movement and composition. In ink brushes, flowers such as plums and peony, trees and stones were noble and beautiful, and his brushstrokes were vigorous and breathtaking.

  • Zheng Xiaoxu

    Zheng Xiaoxu was a modern Chinese politician, poet, and calligrapher. He was good at regular script, and one of the advocates of “Tong Guang School”.

  • Qi Baishi

    Qi Baishi (1864-1957), courtesy name was Wei Qing, art name was Bin Sheng, Jiping Laoren and Baishi Shanren, a prominent contemporary Chinese painter. He became a painter from a carpenter and he succeeded in painting. Many of his works had plants and animals.

  • Ye Gongchao