1. Fang Ganmin was a Chinese French-trained painter, sculptor and educator, who was educated in Paris and spent most of his adult life in China.
15 Facts About Fang Ganmin
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Fang Ganmin began studying painting in 1924 and went to Paris in 1925, enrolling in the Ecole nationale superieure des Beaux-Arts, making him one of the first-generation Chinese painters to study abroad in France.
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Fang Ganmin's students include Zao Wou-Ki, Chu Teh-Chun and Wu Guanzhong.
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In 1906, Fang Ganmin was born in Wenling, Zhejiang on February 15.
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Fang Ganmin's father, Fang Yue, was an official literary degree holder, who majored in the study of written characters and published several books including "A Simple Approach to The Study of The Six Classes of Characters".
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In 1920, Fang Ganmin attended Andin High School in Hangzhou, gradually showing his talent in art.
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In 1926, after learning the French language at a town outside Paris for six months, Fang Ganmin was accepted into an art school in Lyon where he took "Paster Casts" and "Future drawing" classes.
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In 1927, Fang Ganmin attended Ecole des Beaux-Arts de Paris and joined Jean-Paul Laurens' studio, together with Yan Wenliang.
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Fang Ganmin returned to China in the winter and was hired by the Shanghai Private Xin Hua Fine Arts Academy, but later transferred to Shanghai Fine Arts University and Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts.
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Fang Ganmin met Su Ailan at the Beaux-Arts in the Humbert Studio.
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Fang Ganmin studied in Shanghai Meizhuan and under Jean-Pierre Laurens, son of Jean-Paul Laurens, at the Ecole nationale superieure des Beaux-Arts, from 1926 to 1929, together with Chinese artists such as Yan Wenliang.
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Fang Ganmin taught in Xinhua AFA, Shanghai, and Hangzhou Academy.
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Fang Ganmin managed to remain, but was nonetheless marginalised and condemned for his modern styles.
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Fang Ganmin was imprisoned by the Red Guards for long periods.
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In jest, his students called his style fang, punning on his surname Fang Ganmin, which happens to be one of the characters of the Chinese word for 'cubic'.