Cai Weilian
Also recorded as Cài Wēilián
Cai Weilian
Liangyou, 1928-01-30, p. 24 (retrieved 29 December 2024) · Public domain
- Born
- 1904 · Shaoxing.
- Died
- 1939 · Kunming.
- Nationality
- Republic of China · Qing dynasty
- Occupation
- painter
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• Name — Cai Weilian • Born — 1904 • Birthplace — Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China • Died — 1939 1904 • Place of death — Kunming, Yunnan, China • Occupation — Painter • Spouse — Lin Wenzheng Cai Weilian (蔡威廉; 1904–1940) was a Chinese oil painter and professor.
Early life
• Illustration — 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 seven children, Weilian was reportedly his favourite. She studied oil painting in both Belgium and France.
Career
Cai specialised in modernist oil painting and became a professor at the Hangzhou-based National Academy of Art in 1928.
Later years
Cai Weilian married fellow artist Lin Wenzheng and relocated to Kunming, Yunnan. She died after childbirth in 1939.
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