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Cai Weilian
Born1904
Died1939 (aged 34–35)
Kunming, Yunnan, China
NationalityChinese
OccupationPainter
Spouse Lin Wenzheng

Cai Weilian ( Chinese: 蔡威廉; 1904–1939) was a Chinese painter.

Early life

A young Cai Weilian with parents and siblings in Germany, c. September 1912.

Cai Weilian was born and raised in Shaoxing, Zhejiang; of Chinese philosopher Cai Yuanpei's seven children, Weilian was reportedly his favourite. [1] She studied oil painting in both Belgium and France. [1]

Career

Cai specialised in modernist oil painting and became a professor at the Hangzhou-based National Academy of Art in 1928. [1]

Later years

Cai Weilian married fellow artist Lin Wenzheng and relocated to Kunming, Yunnan. She died after childbirth in 1939. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Sullivan, Michael (2006). Modern Chinese Artists: A Biographical Dictionary. University of California Press. p. 7. ISBN  9780520244498.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Cai Weilian
Born1904
Died1939 (aged 34–35)
Kunming, Yunnan, China
NationalityChinese
OccupationPainter
Spouse Lin Wenzheng

Cai Weilian ( Chinese: 蔡威廉; 1904–1939) was a Chinese painter.

Early life

A young Cai Weilian with parents and siblings in Germany, c. September 1912.

Cai Weilian was born and raised in Shaoxing, Zhejiang; of Chinese philosopher Cai Yuanpei's seven children, Weilian was reportedly his favourite. [1] She studied oil painting in both Belgium and France. [1]

Career

Cai specialised in modernist oil painting and became a professor at the Hangzhou-based National Academy of Art in 1928. [1]

Later years

Cai Weilian married fellow artist Lin Wenzheng and relocated to Kunming, Yunnan. She died after childbirth in 1939. [1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Sullivan, Michael (2006). Modern Chinese Artists: A Biographical Dictionary. University of California Press. p. 7. ISBN  9780520244498.

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