Cai Weilian

Cai Weilian
Cai Weilian, c. 1928
Born1904
Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China
Died1939 (aged 34–35)
Kunming, Yunnan, China
OccupationPainter
SpouseLin Wenzheng
In this Chinese name, the family name is Cai.

Cai Weilian (Chinese: 蔡威廉; 1904–1940)[1] was a Chinese oil painter and professor.[2]

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.[3] She studied oil painting in both Belgium and France.[3]

Career

Cai specialised in modernist oil painting and became a professor at the Hangzhou-based National Academy of Art in 1928.[3]

Later years

Cai Weilian married fellow artist Lin Wenzheng and relocated to Kunming, Yunnan. She died after childbirth in 1939.[3]

References

  1. ^ Sung, Doris (2023-12-31). Women of Chinese Modern Art: Gender and Reforming Traditions in National and Global Spheres, 1900s–1930s. Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. pp. 236–237. ISBN 978-3-11-079892-0.
  2. ^ Sullivan, Michael (2006-04-03). Modern Chinese Artists: A Biographical Dictionary. University of California Press. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-520-24449-8.
  3. ^ 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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