Yang Yi

• Yang Yi (楊逸), courtesy name Dongshan (字: 東山), and also known by the pen names Lushi (号: 魯石), Wujian (無間), and Guanxue Weng (盥雪翁), was born in Shanghai. He was a poet and a painter. Along with figures like Yao Seng (姚僧), Wang Kun (汪琨), and Gao Yong (高邕), he co-founded the Yuyuan Calligraphy and Painting Charity Association (豫园书画慈善会). Yang Yi became an important figure in the Shanghai School (海上画派) of painting during the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China period.

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  • Pan Feisheng

  • Fan Haolin

    Fan Haolin (1885-1962), courtesy name was Shao Yun, was born in Chongming. In his childhood, he leaned painting from father, leaned Western painting from early age, and later he learned landscape painting from Lu Hui. He taught at Suzhou Art College. He was good at painting Kunqu, Biwa and children. Around 1920,he established the Leng Jiang Painting Association in Suzhou, and later he moved to Shanghao to sell paintings and earn a living. Librarian of Shanghai Museum of Literature and History, painter of Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy, member of Chinese Artists Association and Shanghai branch, member of Chinese Musician Association Shanghai branch, member of Shanghai Chinese Calligraphy and Seal Cutting Research Association, member of Peasant-Worker Democratic Party. He wa proficient in music, painting landscapes were influenced by Wang Xiang and Shi Tao, also good at painting clouds, smog, willows and other Jiangnan landscapes.

  • Weng Xiaohai

  • Zhu Quanzheng

  • Sha Fu

    Sha Fu, courtesy name Shanchun, with the alias Su'an and Xiangjin Waishi, was born in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province. He was a painter during the late Qing Dynasty and was born into a family of artists. He was particularly skilled in figure painting, beautiful women portraits, and flower-and-bird painting.