Huang Binhong

Huang Binhonga Statue at West Lake in Hangzhou

Huong Bīnghong, born January 27, 1865, died March 25, 1955) is a Chinese painter and art critic.

He came from Zhejiang province, from a well-placed merchant family with artistic traditions. In his youth he received a thorough classical education, studying literature, painting and calligraphy. He then perfected the art of painting alongside masters Chen Chunfan, Zheng Shan and Chen Chongguang. Formal education required for people from his spheres never completed, he failed to pass the official examination. Associated with the reformist circle of Kang Youweia, the opponent of the Manchurian government. In the years 1907-1937 he lived in Shanghai, later moved to Beijing. From 1948 he lived in Hangzhou, where he became a lecturer at the local art academy. In addition to painting, he was involved in collecting, publishing books and magazines, teaching and traveling in China.

He practiced traditional Chinese landscape painting with ink, experimenting with avant-garde techniques derived from western painting. Its characteristic is the application of several layers of paint, which allowed it to achieve sharp contrasts of the shade.

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