Cai Weilian
Cai Weilian | |
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Born | 1904 |
Died | 1939 (aged 34–35) |
Nationality | Chinese |
Occupation | Painter |
Spouse(s) | Lin Wenzheng |
Cai Weilian (Chinese: 蔡威廉; 1904–1939) was a Chinese painter.
Early life[]
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/Cai_Yuanpei_with_his_wife_and_children_in_Germany.jpg/220px-Cai_Yuanpei_with_his_wife_and_children_in_Germany.jpg)
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[]
- ^ a b c d Sullivan, Michael (2006). Modern Chinese Artists: A Biographical Dictionary. University of California Press. p. 7. ISBN 9780520244498.
Categories:
- 1904 births
- 1939 deaths
- People from Shaoxing
- 20th-century Chinese painters
- Deaths in childbirth
- Chinese women painters
- Chinese art educators