Lu Yanshao

• Lu Yanshao (1909-1993), a modern painter, courtesy name was Wan Ruo, art name was Di, born in Jiading Shanghai. In 1926, he entered Wuxi Art College. In 1927, he entered Wuxi Art Academy and learned poetry and calligraphy from Wang Tongyu; the following year, he learned painting from Feng Chaoran, and met Wun Hufan, and traveled to the noeth and the south. In 1956, he served as painter of Shanghai Chinese Painting Institute.

• relevant artists

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    Ya Ming is a Chinese artist born in Anhui, China. He left great portraits and landscape paintings. You can see his well-trained skill in bold stroke using ink on his landscape paintings. He held his exhibitions not just in China but in Europe and Asia, Accordingly, He got a high reputation from the world.

  • Wei Zixi

    Wei Zixi was a prominent painter of Jiangsu Chinese Paining Academy. He graduated from Henan Normal University of Art. After the People’s Republic of China was established, he served as painter of Jiangsu Provincial Chinese Painting Academy, honorary director of Xuzhou Chinese Painting Academy, and member of the third China Artists Association.

  • Lin Sanzhi

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  • Tang Yun

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  • Ying Yeping

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  • Xu Zihe

    Xu Zihe, courtesy name is Yi, Xu Yi, Xu Shouchang, a famous modern Chinese painter and calligraphy appraiser. Good at painting landscape, people, flower-and-bird and animals, about landscape he often paints huangshan and canyon. Paints elegant and softly by using a painting technique from Nansong Sijia.