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 Xue Sheng Tan (Tan Xue Sheng, 谭雪生) Biography Xue Sheng Tan was born in 1921. Like his wife, Jian Bai Xu (Xu Jian Bai), he studied art under Feng Mian Lin (Lin Feng Mian), a member of the first wave of Western oil painting influenced Chinese artists, the so-called Hangzhou school of painting, in the early 20th century. Tan graduated from both the Hangzhou Academy Art College and the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. He is also one of the more famous painters of his era. Indeed other famous artists praise his sense of color, adapted to the wet climate of southern China, such as can be seen in his "Fishing House by the Seashore" (see below). We also love the colors in "Returning Ship", "Great Wall", amd "Mining Town", which, although different color schemes, are so typical of an impressionist's palette. In fact, in his earlier years, as a painter, he was more precise, in his work, and became more impressionistic, in style, in his later years. Tan also spent time as an art educator. He taught at various art schools, ending his academic career as dean of the Guangzhou Art Academy, in the 1970's. He did a lot of research into the historical role of art, in China. He has painted hundreds of picture of scenes from around the world. Since the late 1980's, he and his wife, Jian Bai Xu, have been living in California. They were both still creating great paintings (see, for example, "LA Suburb" from the year 2000, below), well into their later years. Tan passed away in the summer of 2011; he is survived by his wife, artist, Xu Jian Bai. |
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