Yang Shanshen - Artist Info

About Yang Shanshen

Name variants

Yang Shan-Shen, Yang Shanxing, Yang Shan Shen
  • Biography

    Yang Shan Shen (1913 - 2004) was born at Chiqi, Taishan in Guangdong Province. He was one of the masters of the Lingnan* School. In addition to being greatly influenced by two masters of the Lingnan School, Gao Jianfu and Gao Qifeng, Yang was also inspired by Japanese ink painting. In 1936, Yang travelled to Japan and was enrolled into the Domoto Art Institute, Kyoto and studied with the well-known painter Domoto Insho.

    In 1970, he was awarded an honorary degree from the Chinese Academic Research Institute, Taiwan. In 1999, he was awarded "Fellowship for Achievement in Visual Arts" by the Hong Kong Arts Development Council. In hi...

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