Pang Xunqin

Pang Xunqin (Chinese: 庞薰琹;1906 – 1985) was a Chinese painter and teacher who, after studying in Paris, moved back to China and gave "traditional decoration art a modern context." Pang was also a co-founding member of the Storm Society, which aimed to bring a Parisian-style art world to China. He was greatly inspired by the French Art Nouveau movement.

Pang was born in Jiangsu. At the age of eleven, he started learning about the traditional Chinese painting of flowers. In 1925, Pang moved to Paris to study oil painting at the Académie Julian. He returned to China in 1930, where he held numerous solo exhibitions and, with Chang Ta-chien, founded the Tai-mong Association. Then, in 1931, Pang co-founded the Storm Society with other artists, including Lin Fengmian. Pang wedded female artist Qiu Ti in 1932. During wars in the 1930s to early 1940s, Pang was forced to move frequently, all the while teaching and painting. He founded the Central College of Arts and Crafts in 1953. However, as a result of the Cultural Revolution, Pang was banned from teaching, being forced into retirement in 1972. Pang was reinstated as a teacher in 1979, when his academic research focused on Chinese traditional crafts and decoration. In 1984, he completed his memoir, which was published by San-Lian Press that year. He died in Beijing in 1985 from complications of gastric cancer. The Pang Xunqin Memorial Arts Museum was founded in 1991 in his hometown, where almost five hundred paintings are exhibited.

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