Lin Fengmyan

Born in Meixiang, Guangdong Province, in a family of stone carver. After leaving school, like many of his peers, Lin applied for participation in the curriculum in France (Chinese 勤工儉學). Lin from April 1921 began to study at the Dijon School of Art, and six months later transferred to the Paris Higher School of Fine Arts. So, with his compatriot, Xu Beihong , Lin spent several years in Europe. In 1923 he moved to Berlin. In 1925, he returned to China, where he became the director of the Beijing Art College (Chinese 北平 藝術 專門 學校). In his lectures, he talked about both traditional Chinese painting and the traditions of European art. He published his articles and also translated articles from other languages. ^[1] In 1928, with the support of Cai Yuanpei , the National Academy of Arts (now the China Academy of Arts ) was founded. Lin became its first director ^[2] .

Many of his earlier works were destroyed by the Japanese during the Sino-Japanese War, while most of his later works were destroyed during the Cultural Revolution. In 1964, a personal exhibition of Lin Fengmyan's works was held in the Hong Kong City Hall. Since 1966, he was actively criticized during the Cultural Revolution , part of his work at that time was destroyed. In 1977 , after the end of the Cultural Revolution, he emigrated to Hong Kong, which at that time was under the sovereignty of Great Britain ^[3] . In 1977, he was allowed to leave China based on his desire to reunite with his family in Brazil. But instead, he headed to Hong Kong, where he remained until his death on August 12, 1991 . In recent years, he recreated his previously destroyed works. In addition, in 1979, personal exhibitions were held in Shanghai and Paris , in 1989 - in Taipei and Beijing . ^[four]