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Pan Tianshou (1897-1971)
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Pan Tianshou (1897-1971)
CHINA, Zhejiang, Ningbo
Born in Ninghai county of Ningbo, Pan Tianshou was a calligrapher, painter, and art educator who was also known as Dayi or Shouzhe. When he was young, he studied under Jing Hengyi and Li Shutong, who later became Master Hongyi, and was both highly regarded and influenced by Wu Changshuo. Among his several positions in the art field, he worked as a teacher in the Shanghai Fine Arts School, served as president of the National Chongqing College of Art, and was the vice chairman of the China Artists Association. He authored History of Chinese Painting, Collection of Pan Tianshou's Paintings, Collection of Pan Tianshou's Calligraphy and Paintings, and History of Chinese Calligraphy.
With an emphasis on cultivation, Pan adhered to traditional Chinese painting styles, but also experimented with various other forms of art such as folk art painting, Chinese ink painting, finger painting, poetry, and seal carving. During the Cultural Revolution, he was accused of conspiration, and as a result, he was subjected to torture and most of his paintings were destroyed. What survived is just one poem which reads, Don't be critical of a small cage; your mind can be as spacious as heaven and earth. The web of right and wrong is woven; since the dawn of time |
