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Chinese painter
A.K.A.
Xiuzhe, Heng-kʻo Chʻen, 陳師曽, 陳师曾, 陳師曾, 陈师曾, 陈师曽, Shih-cheng Chʻen, Huai-tʻang Chʻen, Xiudaoren, Huaitang Chen, Shih-tseng Chʻen, Shizeng Chen, Shizheng Chen, Hsiu-tao-jen
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
2 March 1876
Death:
12 September 1923
The details
Biography
Chen Shizeng (Chinese: 陈师曾; Wade–Giles: Ch’en Shih-tseng; born March 2, 1876, Fenghuang, Hunan, died September 12, 1923, Nanjing, Jiangsu), original name Chen Hengke, courtesy name Shizeng, art name Xiudaoren Xiuzhe, was a Chinese painter and critic, painter, and educator of early 20th-century China. At a time when some Chinese artists were rejecting traditional painting styles in favor of Western influenced styles, Chen championed traditional literati art in his own art and in his A Study of Chinese Literati Painting.