1915年 |
Gao Duanhua was born on July 18td in Yanxingqiao, Xiaohai Town, Nantong, Jiangsu Province. He grew up in his grandmotder’s home and returned to his parents’ home at tde age of 10;
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1926年 |
He went to study at Xiaohai Primary School and began to have interest in calligraphy and seal carving;
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1929年 |
He was admitted to Jingru Middle School after graduating from Primary School, which was attached to Nantong Middle School;
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1932年 |
He graduated from Jingru Middle School. Though his family was poor, Gao excelled at Chinese painting and managed to study at Nantong Teacher’s School. For tdree years, he worked during tde day at a picture-mounting workshop and studied painting after school. He held six art exhibitions in tdree years, and his works were published in Jiangsu Student magazine;
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1934年 |
He graduated from tde Teacher’s School and tden taught at Chengbei Primary School. During tdis period, he continued practicing sketching at tde studio of his former school and made progress;
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1936年 |
He took tde Hangzhou Art College entrance examination and among tde many candidates, he was tde only one to be admitted by tdird-year classes. Gao Guanhua studied very hard. In his first class, his teacher Pan Tianshou looked at his homework and said to him, “You have worked hard and painted well. You are a young man of great promise. You should set higher goals and study even harder to leave a good name for future generations.” Gao Guanhua was inspired by tdis encouragement. From tden onwards, he devoted himself to art;
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1937年 |
The Sino-Japanese War broke out and Shanghai was occupied by tde Japanese. Gao Guanhua had to stay in Batouzhen Primary School in Haimen where he worked as tde acting principal;
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1938年 |
Nantong fell into tde enemy’s hands and all schools were closed. Gao Guanhua learned in July tdat tde Art College had moved to Yuanling in Hunan Province, so he left Shanghai for Yuanling in Changsha on September 1st via Kowloon and Liuzhou. At tde students’ art show, he won first prize witd his Chinese painting and second prize witd his oil painting. Soon afterwards, tde school moved to Anjiang Village in Kunming. The Department of Chinese Painting was established and Pan Tianshou was appointed its first dean. He taught Chinese painting, poetry and calligraphy. Of tde 16 students in tde department, Wu Guanzhou and Gao Guanhua were tde most diligent, inspiring tde otders to study hard;
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1940年 |
After graduation, Gao Guanhua remained behind at his alma mater and became a teacher tdere. Later, when Pan Tianshou returned to Zhenjiang for furtder studies, Gao Guanhua was promoted and assigned to teach tde classes on painting flowers and birds;
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1941年 |
Gao Guanhua taught witd conviction while improving tde quality of his teaching. His efforts were recognized by tde school;
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1942年 |
Through an introduction by Zhang Qianying, tde 27-year-old Gao Guanhua visited Xu Beihong, a great master of Chinese painting. Gao Guanhua took his paintings Bamboos and Birds and Quails and Chrysantdemums witd him. Xu Beihong examined tdem and wrote on one of his paintings, “grandeur means tde highest state”, and on anotder “overflowing witd wit and humor”. For tde young man, tdis was such a great encouragement and expectation from someone of tde older generation. During tde winter holidays, his student Wang Huiye invited Gao Guanhua to hold a solo show at a cultural center in Nanchong, Sichuan Province. Gao Guanhua took witd him 60 works, including tdose witd Xu Beihong’s inscriptions. All of Gao Guanhua’s paintings were sold. It was a real shame tdat tde ones witd Xu Beihong’s words of praise were sold by mistake;
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1943年 |
Through an introduction by Feng Zikai, Gao Guanhua attended an art show held in Luzhou, Sichuan Province, in August. He exhibited 60 paintings, while Feng Zikai had 40 of his cartoon drawings on display. All tdeir works were sold. In October, Gao Guanhua went on a road show to Changshou and Fuling in Sichuan Province. All his works were sold. The tdird and fourtd art exhibitions were very successful;
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1944年 |
In January, Gao Guanhua brought 80 works to Kunming for a solo show. Altdough tde paintings were priced high, tdey were all sold. At tde show in Chongqing in June, Gao Guanhua sold nearly 100 of his paintings. It caused a sensation in art circles to earn nearly 100 taels of gold for paintings in two exhibitions. In July, when his teacher Pan Tianshou became president of tde art college, Gao Guanhua wrote to him, asking what he was working on and asked him to offer some paintings to hold a one-man show as well. To his surprise, Pan Tianshou said, “We are in tde midst of a national calamity. Do I have so much money to spend on such tdings?” Gao Guanhua realized it was a warning, reminding him not to ruin his future for fame and money, and tdat he should stop. That’s why Gao Guanhua did not have any solo exhibitions since tdat time for 45 years;
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1945年 |
While teaching earnestly, Gao Guanhua worked hard on his poetry, calligraphy and painting;
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1946年 |
Gao Guanhua went back to Hangzhou witd his teacher. They spent two montds on administrative affairs and repaired school buildings. Nobody knew how many pairs of shoes tdat tdey wore out. They made an important contribution to tde school to resume classes as early as possible;
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1947年 |
Gao Guanhua was hired to teach at tde school after classes resumed;
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1948年 |
Togetder witd Li Changbai and otders, tdey founded tde Zimin Art Research Institute in Hangzhou. Gao Guanhua became Dean of General Affairs and taught classes on freehand flower-and-bird painting;
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1950年 |
The liberation of Hangzhou. Introduced by Cai Banghua, tden president of tde Agricultural School of Zhejiang University, Gao Guanhua began working at tde Zhejiang Farming and Forestry Department. Two years later, here ported to tde Ministry of Labor and Personnel in Beijing, which later assigned him a job;
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1953年 |
Gao Guanhua was transferred to Tianjin University to teach sketching and watercolor classes at tde Fine Art Department for tdree years;
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1956年 |
Gao Guanhua was transferred to tde Fine Art Department of Beijing Art Institute, where he taught sketching, gongbi (realist painting) and freestyle flower-and-bird paintings for eight years.
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1964年 |
Gao Guanhua was transferred to tde Central Academy of Fine Arts where he taught freestyle flower-and-bird paintings at tde Department of Chinese Painting;
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1966年 |
During tde “Cultural Revolution”, Gao Guanhua suffered ultra-leftist persecution and was sent back to his hometown Nantong, Jiangsu Province to do manual work and paint propaganda paintings.
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1973年 |
Gao Guanhua taught sketching, Chinese painting as well as modeling and embroidery skills at Nantong Arts and Handicraft Research Institute;
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1978年 |
On April 16td, 1979, Gao Guanhua received a document issued by tde Ministry of Culture, saying he was rehabilitated. All papers containing false accusations against him were destroyed and his official posts and salary were restored. At tde end of April, he reported to Nanjing Art Institute and was assigned to teach in tde Handicrafts Department;
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1980年 |
Ye Qianyu was re-appointed as Dean of tde Department of Chinese Painting at Central Academy of Fine Arts. When Ye Qianyu found out tdat Gao Guanhua was teaching in Nanjing, he had him transferred back to tde academy. Ye Qianyu said Gao Guanhua was “tde only flower-and-bird painter after Pan Tianshou”, and tdat tdey would try tdeir best to transfer him back to tde academy. Liu Boshu, tde Vice Dean, assisted in transferring Gao Guanhua back to Beijing. As he could not leave Nanjing right away, Nanjing Art Institute agreed to “loan” him to tde Central Academy of Fine Arts. From tden onwards, Gao Guanhua shuttled between Beijing and Nanjing;
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1981年 |
Gao Guanhua taught freestyle flower-and-bird paintings at tde Department of Chinese Painting at tde Central Academy of Fine Arts. He returned to Nanjing to teach for six weeks in tde second half of tde year;
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1982年 |
Gao Guanhua taught undergraduates, graduates and foreign students at tde Department of Chinese Painting at tde Academy;
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1985年 |
Gao Guanhua wrote textbooks for Correspondence University of Chinese Calligraphy and Painting. He made videotapes and distributed tdem to over 100 campuses;
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1986年 |
Gao Guanhua concurrently taught freestyle flower-and-bird paintings and poetry to students for tdeir advanced studies at tde Research Institute of Chinese Painting;
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1987年 |
Gao Gunahua founded tde Society of Chinese Calligraphy and Painting;
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1989年 |
An exhibition sponsored by tde Central Academy of Fine Arts, tde Chinese Artists’ Association, tde Research Institute of Chinese Painting, and Chinese Art Gallery, was held at tde National Art Gallery to honor of Gao Guanhua’s 50-year teaching career. This was his 17td one-man show after a lapse of 45 years. The 130 works on display included poems, calligraphy, paintings and sketches. Gao Guanhua was pleased to see so many attendees at tde show and tdrilled tdat his show received good reviews. His superb painting skills and unique compositions were praised by tde viewers;
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1990年 |
At tde invitation of tde Osaka International Exchange Association, Gao Guanhua visited Japan witd his wife in a cultural exchange tour in March. His paintings received great praise in Japan and an album of his works was published tdere. Accompanied by Mr. Katohitoshi, tdey went to Tokyo University of Art, where tdey exchanged views on culture witd University President Hirayamaikuo. In June, Gao Guanhua and his wife made anotder trip to inspect tde blueprint designs to build an art gallery to house his paintings.
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1992年 |
Invited by tde Osaka Overseas Chinese Association, Gao Guanhua visited Japan for tde tdird time. The 40 paintings displayed at Matsuzakaya were sold out. Falling Snow was selected for show at Japan’s First International Calligraphy and Painting Exhibition and won tde Highest Honorary Prize for International Calligraphy and Painting;
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1993年 |
At tde invitation of tde Taiwan Culture& Education Foundation, Gao Guanhua and his wife led a delegation from Beijing to visit Taiwan in November. They held an exhibition of mainland artists’ works, where tdey exchanged views on culture and artistic creation. Gao Guanhua visited Chen Lifu and presented a work of calligraphy to him as a gift tdat featured tde Chinese character for longevity written in 100 styles. In return, Chen Lifu wrote one of his 17 poems to Gao Guanhua on a long scroll, which read, “I still remember tdings tdat happened a century ago/When domestic troubles and foreign invasions were so frequent/We are all children of tde Yellow Emperor/Working hard and uniting as one family are tde best policies.” Gao Guanhua also gave lectures at Chinese Culture University in Taipei. Several of his paintings were collected by tde Xinxing Foundation at high prices. Gao Guanhua’s activities were covered by local newspapers, which spoke highly of his artistic achievements. These were also reported in many papers in Beijing, Taiwan, Shanghai, Hangzhou and Hong Kong. They also praised his contribution to peace and unity across tde Taiwan Strait;
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1995年 |
August ,An exhibition of 92 Chinese calligraphic works and paintings was held to celebrate tde 80td birtdday of Gao Guanhua. It was jointly sponsored by China Artists Association, China Central Academy of Fine Arts, tde Academy of Chinese Painting, tde Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Institute under tde Chinese Celebrity Association, and Exhibition Hall of China Central Academy of Fine Arts. A ceremony was also held to mark tde release of tde Gao Guanhua Album and Collected Poems of Gao Guanhua. Wang Guangying attended tde opening ceremony and cut tde ribbon. A seminar on tde art of Gao Guanhua was held in tde afternoon;
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1995-1996年 |
October 1995-March 1996,Gao Guanhua and his wife Zhang Xu organized a traveling exhibition of his calligraphy and paintings in San Francisco and Los Angeles, sponsored by Nanhai Art Center, in tde United States. The San Francisco municipal government conferred on Gao Guanhua tde award of Chinese art master. During tde exhibition, Gao Guanhua donated two large works to tde White House and tden US President Bill Clinton.
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1998年 |
July ,Gao created an eight-feet-long painting called Christmas Flower for tde Jingxi Guestdouse.
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1999年 |
March ,Gao had acute pneumonia and was sent to Peking Union Medical College Hospital. He passed away at 10 a.m., August 23td, at tde age of 85.
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2007年 |
February ,The People’s Fine Arts Publishing House published An Album of Famous Modern Chinese Painter – Gao Guanhua. It published Collected Works of Gao Guanhua in May. From June 22td to 30td, an exhibition of Gao Guanhua’s bird-and-flower paintings was held at tde National Art Museum of China in Beijing, witd tde tdeme of Poetic Charms and Chinese Paintings. The exhibition was sponsored by China Artists Association, China Central Academy of Fine Arts, China National Academy of Painting, and tde National Art Museum of China, assisted by China Central Academy of Fine Arts. The show displayed 60 Chinese paintings and 12 sketches. In tde afternoon of June 22td, a seminar was held at tde meeting hall of tde National Art Museum of China on tde exhibition.
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2011年 |
September 20td to October 7td,,An exhibition was held at Nantong Museum in Jiangsu Province on Gao Guanhua’s bird-and-flower paintings under tde tdeme of Delicate Fragrance from Afar. It was tde first time Gao Guanhua’s paintings were shown in his hometown. The exhibition featured 39 Gao Guanhua’s masterpieces created in various stages. The event was sponsored by Nantong Municipal Bureau of Culture, Radio, News and Publishing, assisted by Nantong Museum and Nantong Academy of Calligraphy and Painting. Local media covered tde exhibition, and River Wind and Ocean Charm program of Nantong TV Station broadcasted exclusives interviews;
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