About Zhang Anzhi
Lived 1911 – 1990 (aged 78–79). Zhang Anzhi was a painter, historian and pedagogue.
Zhang Anzhi (1911–1991) was a Chinese painter and Olympian who competed in the art competitions at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.
Life and career Zhang Anzhi graduated from Nanjing Central University in 1931, under the guidance of Xu Beihong, and later Lü Fengzi, and continued his studies in 1946 at the University of London. In 1948, he took part in the Olympics, and was later admitted as professor and taught at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. He died in 1991, aged 80.
Publications A History of Chinese Painting (1992, posthumously)
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Who was Zhang Anzhi?
Chinese artist
When was Zhang Anzhi born?
Zhang Anzhi was born in 1911 in Yangzhou.
When did Zhang Anzhi die?
Zhang Anzhi died in 1990.
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Zhang Anzhi was a painter, historian and pedagogue.
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