Cheng Shifa

Cheng Shifa (; 1921 – June 17, 2007) was a Chinese calligrapher, painter, and cartoonist.

Cheng was born in a small Chinese village outside the city of Shanghai in 1921, in modern Fengjing township. He originally studied medicine before deciding to focus on art. He graduated from Shanghai Art College in 1941. and holding a solo exhibition at the Shanghai Daxin Company in 1942. After 1949, he was engaged in art popularization work. In 1952, The Story of Lenin, The Gallows Sword, Painted Skin, Old Sun Returns to the Society, and Kong Yi Ji. The illustrations of The History of Confucianism were awarded the Silver Prize at the Leipzig International Bookbinding Exhibition in 1959. Kong Yi Ji" won the Second Prize of the First National Comic Strip Painting Award.

Paintings== Based on the poem of the same name by Du Fu, a great poet of the Tang Dynasty, but taking the meaning of the line "The weather is new on the third day of March, and there are many beautiful people by the water in Chang'an", "The Walk of the Lillies" focuses on the portrayal of several young women's love for beauty and the soothing state of mind of a clear sky when they are traveling in the spring, cherishing the spring, and falling in love with the spring. Among the traditional Chinese characters, Zhong Kui is one that Cheng Shifa never tires of painting. He once said, "Zhong Kui is me." However, his Zhong Kui is different from those of other painters: kind, humorous, witty, idle, and devoid of anger and authority. Welcome Spring" was painted on New Year's Day, 1983, at the invitation of Wen Wei Po. Mr. skilful techniques to paint a big fat pig, pig back sitting on a young girl lifting the flower smile to welcome the arrival of the new year. The young girl has a beautiful face, her expression is both focused and delicate, her face is full of happiness and peace. Mr. Chen has skillfully arranged the pig in the picture, and the spring flowers in the girl's hand vividly depicts the theme of the painting.

Cheng died at a hospital in Shanghai on June 17, 2007, of an undisclosed illness.

Born into a family of physicians in Songjiang, near Shanghai, Cheng Shifa began studying traditional painting at Shanghai Art College in 1938. After the liberation he became a successful illustrator of children's books and taught at the Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy, where he developed an eclectic style that combined traditional brushwork with Western drawing techniques using a pen.

Cheng is best known for his figural subjects, but this album, entitled In Search of the Delightful, shows off his broad command of subjects and techniques. A number of the leaves openly celebrate the 1976 downfall of Jiang Qing, Mao Zedong's notorious wife and leader of the Gang of Four, which strictly controlled culture. The Monkey-King Beats the White-Boned Demon depicts the beloved hero of the epic Journey to the West and intrepid defender of the faithful attacking the White-Boned Demon, to whom Jiang Qing was often compared.