- Preferred Name
FANG Zhaoling 方召麐
- Brief Biography
1914 - 2006
- Nationality
Chinese
- Occupation
artist
- Description
Fang Zhaoling (Chinese: 方召麐, 17 January 1914 – 20 February 2006) was a Chinese painter and calligrapher. She was the mother of Hong Kong politician Anson Chan. Born in Wuxi, Jiangsu, she lost her father when she was very young. With the support of her mother Fang began studying calligraphy and painting. In her teens, the young artist was sent to the U.K. to pursue her studies.[1] She studied under great artists like Chang Dai-chien and attended both the University of Hong Kong and Oxford University in the U.K. Fang continued to work throughout her 80s and, in 1996, received an honorary doctorate from the University of Hong Kong. In 2005, Fang and her family donated more than 40 of her works to the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.[1] Old (erroneous) information from previous (now deleted) Artist Record in Mimsy: "born 1910-01-17 in Wu-his, Kiangsu Province, China, died 2006" "Painter and calligrapher. 1930 studied under Tao Peifong. 1937 studied modern European history at Manchester University, England. During WWII traveled widely. 1949 settled in Hong Kong. Her husband's death in 1950 left her a widow with eight young children. 1953 studied under Zhang Daquian, Qian Songyan, and Zhao Shao'ang. 1994 held retrospective exhibition in Hong Kong Museum of Art, which published the catalogue, The Passionate Realm. Prominent figure on Hong Kong art scene for many years." _From Michael Sullivan, Modern Chinese Artists: A Biographical Dictionary, p. 34.
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