Chen Zizhuang (

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: 陈子庄;

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: Chén Zizhuāng) (1913–1976) was a Chinese

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ist from

Wanxian Wanzhou District ( zh, s=万州区 , t=萬州區 , p=Wànzhōu Qū) is Chongqing's second most populated urban core area on the upper reaches of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze River in China. It is currently governed as a district of Chongqing M ...

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province. He trained in the ''

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'' tradition but changed to a more expressive '' xieyi'' () style in his sixties following the styles of

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and

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. He taught at

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. He died poor and destitute but his work was rediscovered after his death, prompting Yan Xiaohuai to characterise him as 'the Chinese van Gogh'. He influenced many Chinese artists including Li Huasheng and Wu Fan.

References

* Michael Sullivan, ‘Modern Chinee Artists – A Biographical Dictionary’ , University of California Press

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p22. 1913 births 1976 deaths Painters from Chongqing 20th-century Chinese painters {{China-artist-stub