Chen Xiaofeng (Chinese: 陳嘯風; pinyin: Chén Xiàofēng), born Chen Wuyong (Chinese: 陳武勇), pseudonyms Nanshan Daoren (Chinese: 南山道人), Xianhua Shanren (Chinese: 仙華山人), is a Chinese painter, calligrapher and scholar of the new Zhe School.

Chen Xiaofeng
陳嘯風
Born
Chen Wuyong

Known forPainting
Chinese name
Traditional Chinese
Simplified Chinese
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinChén Xiàofēng
Wade–GilesCh'en Hsiao-feng

Life

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Chen was born in Pujiang, Zhejiang. In his early childhood, Chen studied Ren Bonian, Wu Changshuo, Zhang Shuqi, Wu Fuzhi, Zheng Zuwei and other paintings from local squire in Pujiang. In his youth, he went to Hangzhou and studied with Professor Wu Shanming, and then studied at Nankai University. In 1988, he founded the Youth Art Society, and from 1989 to 1990, he was the president of the Hushu Society in Hangzhou; in 1995, he was one of the founders of Dazhen National Institute that media described as "Three Masters of Qiantang".[1] Chen was elected the President of Wulin Academy of Arts in 2002 and taught as the visiting professor of Nanchang Institute of Technology.[2]

Artworks

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Many of Chen's artworks were figure paintings and paintings of landscape that incorporate the characteristics of both the Southern and Northern schools.[3]

 
Chen Xiaofeng, Reading the Golden Sutras

References

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  1. ^ ""Three Masters of Qiantang", Tonglu host joint exhibition of calligraphy, painting and printing". Zhejiang News. Archived from the original on 26 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Pujiang to host exhibition of Chen Xiaofeng's paintings". China Network Television, CCTV. Archived from the original on 26 March 2020.
  3. ^ The Transfiguration of Ink and Water - Selected Works by Chen Xiaofeng. Culture and Art Publishing House. 2013. ISBN 978-9-8879-2363-3.

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