Qiucen wang

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Qiucen Wang (1913-1993), born in Jiangsu Province, is a Chinese painter who specialize in traditional Chinese portrait and landscape paintings.

[edit] Biography

Qiucen Wang apprenticed in Shanghai to start his painting career at the age of 12. By 1940, he was already well recognized in the artist circle, having held several personal exhibitions in Shanghai and Chongqing. He joined KMT party and held civil positions in the 1930s in the Shanghai Municipality. After Communist Party took over China in 1949, he was determined to be "anti-revolutionary" and forced to the countryside for "re-education".

After the 1980s, he was finally released from his exile and invited by Suzhou government to help founding one of its major export-oriented enterprises as its principal art designer. However, due to his political history, he was never allowed to be recognized publicly and to hold any significant position.