Cheng Wu-fei (

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: 費成武 ; 30 December 1911 – 24 August 2000) was a Chinese

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Biography

Born in 1911, Chen Wu-fei was a student of

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at the Department of Fine Arts of the National Central University of Nanjing where he met his future wife Chang Chien-ying, both would win

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grants to study overseas in Britain, where they enrolled in the

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from 1947 to 1950 Chen, participated in the painting event in the art competition at the

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. Chen was married to Chang Chien-ying in 1953. Following the rise of the

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, the couple opted to permanently stay in London. Much of his later life was dedicated to an academic career.

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