1904

Fu Baoshi 傅抱石 ( 1904 -1965 ) was born on October 5, in a poor family, in Nachang  

Jiangxi Province, in China..

To help his family, he was apprenticed in a ceramics factory, awakening his interest

for Art.

1921

1933

He went to Japan  to study the History of Oriental Art, in the Tokyo School of Fine Art.

He created his own style by integrating elements of Japanese painting and western

painting to the traditional Chinese ink painting.

1934

10.05 14.05 exhibition of 175 works inTokyo  Japan; (calligraphy and seals ).

1936

24.07 28.07 exhibition of 112 works in Nanchang. ( calligraphy and seals )

Back to China,  he began teaching in the Central University, now Nanjing UnIversity.

(  Art Department ), then in Chongqing.

1942

September exhibition of 100 works in Chongqing, ( landscapes and characters)

He participated in some collective exhibitions but devoted his time, to his research

1949

He was the Director of the Jiangsu Province Chinese Painting Academy.

1959

To celebrate the tenth anniversary of the Foundation of the Republic of China,

he collaborated with  Guan Shanyue (1912-2000 ) in the monumental wall painting,

 ( 5.5 m x 9 m ) of the Great Hall of the People in Beijing : Such is the Beauty of our Rivers

and Mountains and Streams.                                                                      

1960

He participated in the nature study trip of the leading painters in Jiangsu.

( 1500 kms across six provinces and a dozen Chinese cities.)

1965

He died of cerebral hemorrhage on September 29 in Nanjing.

His children Fu Xiaoshi the eldest son and his daughter  Fu Yiyao fifth child of the grand

master, followed the footsteps of their father; they are both painters.

1985

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of his death, the Government decided to transform

his former residence located at 132 Hankou Road, in Nanjing, into a memorial.

1987

Inauguration of Fu Baoshi Memorial.

First retrospective of Fu Baoshi in the United States. 90 works presented successively

to the Cleveland Museum and then to the Metropolitan of New York.

2011

16.10 08.01  Chinese Art in an Age of Revolution: Fu Baoshi ( 1904–1965 ) Cleveland Museum

2012

30.01 29.04  Chinese Art in an Age of Revolution: Fu Baoshi ( 1904–1965 ) The Metropolitan Museum

Danièle Sicard

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 Fu Baoshi  傅抱石 - Mount Lu
 

Fu Baoshi  傅抱石 - Album page from Landscpaes of the Four Seasons (1950)
© Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford

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