Xiao Qianzhong

• Xiao Qianzhong, formerly known as Xiao Ying, styled Qianzhong. Dalong Shanqiao, from Anqing, Anhui. The painting style is based on the Song and Yuan Dynasties, and is not trapped by the style of the late Qing Dynasty. Later, together with Chen Shizeng and others, he initiated the Chinese Painting Research Association.

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  • Zhang Hairuo

    Zhang Hairuo, originally named Guo Rong and Guo Yong, with the aliases Xiu Cheng and You Cheng, was from Jiangling, Hubei. He passed the imperial examination in the Jiachen year of the Guangxu era (1904) and was known for his skills in calligraphy, painting, and seal carving, particularly excelling in Han clerical script.

  • 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”.