Gao Jianfu

Gao Jianfu

1879 1950

Cantonese artist (1879–1951)

Gao Jianfu was a Chinese artist during World War II. He is known for leading the Lingnan School's effort to modernize Chinese traditional painting as a "new national art." Along with his brother Gao Qifeng and friend Chen Shuren, Gao Jianfu brought the nihonga style of painting to China.

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