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Vice Dean of the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts
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1893
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Yan Wenliang 颜文梁 ( 1893-1988 ) was born on July 20 in Suzhou, Jiangsu Province
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China.
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1922
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With several friends, he founded the Suzhou School of Fine Arts.
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1928
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He moved to study in France, at the National School of Fine Arts in Paris.
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His pastels, Kitchen, The Workshop and his oil painting The Ruiguang Pagoda in Suzhou,
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were selected for the Salon de Printemps in Paris.
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1931 / 1937
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Back in China, he was Director of the Suzhou Academy and taught Art at the National
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Central University of Nanjing, then at Zhejiang University in Shanghai.
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He devoted his life to the practice, the education and the diffusion of the new art.
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1978
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He published a book summarizing his approach to color: Comment on color.
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1988
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He died on May 1st, at the age of 94.
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Danièle Sicard
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