Materials and Appreciation of Plum Blossom by China Modern Painter Pan Tianshou.

Pan Tianshou (1897— 197 1) was born in Ninghai, Zhejiang. Formerly known as Tianshou, the word Dayi,No. Changshou, alias Ashou, Lazy Taoist, Leipotou Fengshou, etc. He studied in Hangzhou and Shanghai in his early years and graduated from Zhejiang First Normal University. At the age of 27, he was a professor at Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts. Later, he served as a professor and dean of several art colleges, and was the dean of the National Art College. After the founding of People's Republic of China (PRC), he served as vice chairman of Zhejiang Federation of Literary and Art Circles, vice chairman and chairman of Zhejiang Artists Association, vice chairman of China Artists Association, deputy to the National People's Congress, vice president of East China Branch of Central Academy of Fine Arts, and president of Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts. 1958 was hired as an honorary academician of the Soviet Art Institute. Good at Chinese painting, calligraphy and seal cutting. He is the author of History of Painting in China, History of Calligraphy in China, Listening to Tiange Poems, Talking about Governing India, Collection of Pan Tianshou's Fine Arts, Collection of Pan Tianshou's Painting and Calligraphy, etc. Pan Tianshou is an outstanding master of Chinese painting and an important founder of modern Chinese painting teaching. Established a complete teaching system, Zhang Daqian is a master of Chinese painting with world influence. His outstanding achievements in creation are inseparable from his profound academic accomplishment, profound life accumulation and extensive friendship between teachers and friends. Besides painting, he dabbled in poetry, ancient prose, drama, music, calligraphy and seal cutting. I have made friends with famous masters Picasso at home and abroad, such as Qi Baishi, Xu Beihong, Huang, Yu Feichang, etc., and my skills are extraordinary.