Member of numerous literary and artistic societies

1865

Huang Binhong  黄宾虹  (1865-1955 ) was born on 27 January into a merchant

family, in Jinhua, Zhejiang Province  China.

His family was originally from the province of Anhui.

After failing several public examinations, he devoted himself to Art.

He studied with painters and then opened his own school in Anhui.

1909

He lived in Shanghai and studied painting and edited literary magazines.

1929

He founded the Literary Institute of Shanghai.

1937

He moved to Beijing and taught at the Academy of Painting.

1948

He was appointed professor at the National Academy of Art, then in various

schools.

Most of his landscapes were inspired by memories of his travels in Guangxi,

Guangdong  and Sichuan provinces.

1953

He received the title of Outstanding Painter of the Chinese People.

1955

He died on March 25, in Hangzhou, at the age of 90.

He is buried in the Nanshan cemetery in Hangzhou.

1957

His last house was transformed into a memorial museum.orial.

1999

A gallery, dedicated to the works bequeathed by the artist to the State, was created

at the top floor of the West Lake Pavilion, in the heart of the Zhejiang Provincial

Museum in Hangzhou.

Danièle Sicard

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Huang Binhong, Waiting for the Ferry in Sichuan (circa 1948–9). Ink and colour on paper © Ashmolean Museum, University of Oxford - from Michael Sullivan Collection
 

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