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L: 38 5/8 in(98cm) W: 19 1/4 in(49cm) Zhu Qizhan (May 27, 1892-April 20, 1996) was a Chinese artist known for merging the color concepts of Western art and the calligraphic brushwork of traditional Chinese painting into a personal style. Zhu Qizhan, courtesy name Qizhai, art name Erzhan Laomin, was a native of Taicang, Jiangsu province. In 1912, he entered the Shanghai Fine Arts College. In 1917 he studied Western oil painting with the prominent painter Fujishima Takeji (1867-1945) at the Kawabata Art School in Tokyo. He taught in the Shanghai Fine Arts College and Shanghai Xinhua Private Art School when he was young. He became a first-class artist in the Shanghai Academy of Chinese Painting, an honorary professor of East China Normal University, and an honorary professor of the Fine Arts Department of Shanghai University. He also worked as the standing secretary of the Shanghai Artist Association, a consultant to the China Artist Association, and a consultant to the Xiling Seal Art Society. In 1991, he received the first Shanghai Literature and Art Outstanding Contribution Award.
