Cai Weilian

Cai Weilian
Born	1904 Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China
Died	1939 (aged 34–35) Kunming, Yunnan, China
Nationality	Chinese
Occupation	Painter
Spouse	Lin Wenzheng

In this Chinese name, the family name is Cai.

Cai Weilian (Chinese: 蔡威廉; 1904–1939) was a Chinese painter.

Early life

A young Cai Weilian with parents and siblings in Germany, c. September 1912.

Cai Weilian was born and raised in Shaoxing, Zhejiang; of Chinese philosopher Cai Yuanpei's seven children, Weilian was reportedly his favourite.^[1] She studied oil painting in both Belgium and France.^[1]

Career

Cai specialised in modernist oil painting and became a professor at the Hangzhou-based National Academy of Art in 1928.^[1]

Later years

Cai Weilian married fellow artist Lin Wenzheng and relocated to Kunming, Yunnan. She died after childbirth in 1939.^[1]

References

1. Sullivan, Michael (2006). Modern Chinese Artists: A Biographical Dictionary. University of California Press. p. 7. ISBN 9780520244498.