Tan Zekai

• Tan Zekai was born in Chaling Hunan, courtesy name was Zutong, art name was Ping Zhai and Tian Sui Ge. He was a calligrapher, especially good at semi-cursive style. His mentor were Weng Tonghe, He Shaoji, Qian Feng, Yan Zhenqing. His calligraphy is powerful and majestic hand, and also good at Bang Shu.

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    Zhao Yunhe, courtesy name is Ziyun, was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu. He is good at panting landscape, flowers, seal carving and cursive script.

  • Zeng Yongsheng

  • Liu Zizhang

  • Hua Dagui

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  • Yuan Songnian

    Yuan Songnian was born in Panyu Guangfong, graduated from St. John’s University. He was a painter of Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy. Through studying Western painting, he created a new style of Chinese painting.

  • Zhao Shuru

    Zhao Shuru(1874-1945) was born in Yinxian (now Ningbo) Zhejiang. Original name was Run Xiang, courtesy name was Xian Chen and Shuru, later he changed his name to Shi Zhe, art name was Ren Chang, in his later years he named himself Ernu Laoren also known as Shu Ru. Late Qing Dynasty, he appointed in a government post named ‘Tong Zhi’ in Fujian Province. After the Republic of China was established, he lived in seclusion in Shanghai. He is good at epigraph, painting and calligraphy, flowers, plants, insects and animals, especially painting horses ,and can be called “the Zhao Mengfu of modern times”.