Lian Ju - Artist Info

About Lian Ju

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Ju Lian
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    Ju Lian was active during the late 19th century in Guangdong.  He was one of the founders of the Linnan School.  Many important artists from this school, such as Gao Jianfu, Gao Qifeng and Chen Shuren, were Ju Lian's students.

    Works by Ju Lian are represented in several Important Museum collections including: The Birmingham Art Museum, Birmingham, UK and The Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia.

    Note: The Collector, Dr. K S Lo (1910-1995) was the entrepreneur and founder of Vitasoy in Hong Kong.  In 1936 he attended a talk in Shanghai about the benefits of the soy bean.  This had a dramatic impact on him, as he had witnessed great malnutrition of the people in Hong Kong after the World War.  Dr. Lo created an af...

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