Fu Baoshi, or Fu Pao-Shih, (1904-1965) was a Chinese painter from Xinyu, Jiangxi Province. He went to Japan to study the History of Oriental Art in the Tokyo School of Fine Arts in 1933. He translated many books from Japanese and carried out his own research. In painting itself, he brought Japanese visual elements to the Chinese ink painting tradition.
He was the Director of the Jiangsu Province Chinese Painting School and a Vice-Chairman of the Federation of Chinese Artists. He also taught in the Art Department of Central University (now Nanjing University).His works of landscape painting employed skillful use of dots and inking methods, creating a new technique encompassing many varieties within traditional rules. He was able to create an old, elegant style through his integration of poetic atmosphere and painting techniques. He has held many personal exhibitions in China and has won favourable comments.
Fu had strong feelings towards the land of China. During his travel to many places, he recorded the splendors of the rivers and mountains, drawing inspiration from nature and becoming the representative landscape painter of his time.
丰子恺, FONG TSE KA (1898-1975)原名丰润，中国现代画家、散文家、美术教育家、音乐教育家、漫画家、书法家和翻译家。丰子恺者，本名丰润，字子恺，浙江崇德石门湾人也。光绪二十四年（1898）生，有六姊，他的母亲将他生下来后，由于父母亲十分喜爱他，取小名“慈玉”。他在家乡念小学时，有一次，乡下要搞什么选举。小学老师说，乡下人文化低，笔画多的字不好写，为日后考虑，名字应尽量用笔画少的字，因此，“润”字改为“仁”字，老师说，浙江读音“仁”与“润”差不多，“仁”在意义上与“慈玉”的“慈”接近，因此，他的名字就叫“丰仁”了。他就以这个名字进入杭州浙江第一师范学校。师从李叔同学音乐、绘画，从夏丏尊学国文。毕业，与刘质平、吴梦非、刘海粟、姜丹书创中华美育会，办《美育》杂志。又与质平等创办上海艺术专科学校，教西洋美术。
FONG TSE KA (1898-1975),Chinese modern painters and essayist, art educator, music educator, cartoonist, calligrapher and translator. FONG TSE KA was born in 1898 in zhejiang.He had six sisters. his parents very loved him named “ci yu”. FONG TSE KA was studied in Hangzhou first normal school. Li Shu Tong was his teacher of music and painting. After Fong Tse Ka guraduated, he established Chinese Aesthetic Education Association with Liu Hai Su, Liu Zhi Ping, Wu Meng Fei, Jiang Dan Shu and Magzine Mei Yu. And established Shanghai Academy of Arts with Liu Zhi Ping, teaching western painting.
At the early stage of Fong Tsu Ka’s painting, he used TK in his artworks. FONG TSE KA loved art from childhood. He went into Hangzhou first normal school in 1914. Li Shu Tong taught him music and painting. Xia Gai Zhun taught him sinology He called Li Shu Tong was father teacher and Xia Gai Zhun as mother teacher. He was influented by Li Shu Tong in his future. In the fall of 1918, Li Shutong became a monk in Hangzhou tiger run temple, and later Feng Zikai wrote a memorial to his teacher “miss Li Shutong”. Fong Tse Ka organized Tung Yin Painting Society in 1917. After graduated from normal school, established Shang Hai normal college with several students teaching painting. He studied painting, music, and foreign languange in Japan. And retured to Zhe Jiang Shang Yu Chun Hui middle school as a painting and music teacher. He made friends with Zhu Ziqing, Zhu Guangqian and others. He was worked as an editor at the Kai Ming bookstore,and worked as a art professor in Shanghai University, Fu Dan university and Zhejiang university.At the same time, he was painting,and did some literature and literary and artistic aspects of the series translation work. He established Li Da college with friend. During the war he was travelling all over the Southwest of China taught in some schools.
He establised Li Da sociaty, Mao dun, Ye sheng tao, Cheng wang dao, Zheng zheng duo, Hu yu zhi were the members of Li Da sociaty in 1925. Fong Tse Ka worked in Shanghai art university in 1926, and as an editor in Kai Ming book store. 1931 Kai Ming bookstore published his first essay collection. After July 7 incident 1937 he escaped with his family. He edited “cartoon of Japanese invasion of China” . He bacame professor of zhe jiang university in 1939, and professor of Chongqing National University. In 1943, he completed his teaching career, specializing in
painting and writing. Then published “Music knowledge” “Introduction to music””Children’s Music”books for children It has made a lot of work for the popularization of modern music knowledge.FONG TSE KA returned to Shanghai in 1946 published ” Tse Ka cartoon collection”. He worked for Shanghai literature and History Museum. Vice chairman of Shanghai branch of China Artists Association, Standing director of China Artists Association,Vice president of foreign culture association, Vice president of Shanghai literary and Art Federation, Member of the CPPCC National Committee, Dean of Shanghai Chinese Academy of painting, China Artists Association Shanghai branch Chairman,Vice president of the Shanghai Federation of literary and art. FONG TSE KA was a respected modern cartoonist and essayist in china. His paintings and articles to maintain a consistent grace style in the decades,the comic is well-known. Unfortunately there are a lot of Fong Tse Ka’s artworks lost, even published more than 50 album mostly disappeared in the market. cartoon is the most famous artworks of Fong Tse Ka. A few pens describe a scenario vividly.Most of Fong Tse Ka’s artwork are based on children.