Vice-president of the Academy of Chinese painting in Beijing
Member of the branch of the Union of Chinese Artists
President of the Association for the Research of flowers and birds painting
 

1915

Cui Zifan  崔子范 was born in the county of Laixi, in Shandong Province, China.

As a child, he loved calligraphy and painting but his family ( farmers ), did not

have the means to buy the material. Also he practiced on a board with a chalk.

1940

He studied at the Academy of Political and Military of Yan'an then at the school of

the Party of Yan'an.

1956

He was General Secretary of the Academy of Painting of Beijing. Qi Baishi  齐白石 

Honorary President at the time, became his friend and encouraged him to paint.

He exhibited in many countries, Russia, Sweden, United States, Canada, Germany,

Hong Kong, but also Japan and Singapore.

He founded the Cui Zifan Art Museum in Qingdao, with the city of Laixi.

2011

Cui Zifan passed away, at the age of 96.ns.

Danièle Sicard

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Solo exhibitions  selection

1992

10.03 24.03 Cui Zifan : Master of the unbridled brush Alisan Fine Arts Hong Kong  

1995

A Selection of Paintings by Cui Zifan-A Contemporary Master of the People's Republic of China

Pacific Asia Museum Pasadena

2011

03.03 23.03 Donation de Cui Zifan Museum of the Academy of Fine Arts  Beijing  China

Collective exhibitions  selection

1987

Contemporary Chinese Paintings Yale University Art Gallery New Haven  United States

2001

Between Two Cultures: A Selection of Nineteenth and Twentieth-Century Chinese Paintings

 from the Robert H. Ellsworth Collection The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York  United States

2003

The Asian Collections Art Gallery of New South Wales Australia

2005

23.09 12.02 Chinese Painting from he C.P.Lin Collection Hong Kong  China

2013

Bonds of Memory: Wan Qingli’s Collection of Chinese Art Hong Kong Museum of Art China

2018

Forever Icons Alisan Fine Arts-Aberdeen Hong Kong  Chinea

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Collections  selection

China Central Academy of Fine Arts  Beijing

United States

Metropolitan Museum of Art New York

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