Ling (1905- 1957): also known as "Phyllis" in English, from Taixian County, Jiangsu Province. Married Xiao Zisheng at the age of 28. After marriage, Xiao Zisheng lived in France for a long time, engaged in philosophy and scientific research. Ling studied calligraphy and painting since childhood. At the age of 30, her works were selected for the Paris Spring Salon 65438-0935.
During World War II, Hong Kong Ta Kung Pao published Paris in wartime, Impressions of the European War, Sketches of the Frontline between Britain and France, Foreign Refugees in France in wartime, New Battlefield in Paris, Paris in a Big Era, Eve when France and Beijing moved to Paris, France in wartime under blockade, and Paris under the Hunger Line.
She left more than 3,000 paintings and 500,000-600,000-word manuscripts, and she was praised all her life. Lin Yutang said, "She has never said a bad word in her mouth, never done a bad thing in her hand, never had bad thoughts in her heart, and her nature is thick."
After Ling Xiao died, she went to her alma mater, Syracuse University in New York, and exhibited her paintings for a long time. The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. also opened a memorial room to display her relics for a long time. ...
It is rumored that Xiao Zisheng had nothing to do with pottery (Tao Siyong). He was unmarried all his life and died at the age of 36.
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On June 1933, Ling and Xiaoyu got married in Shanghai and went to Europe in August. After that, they basically lived overseas. Ling Xiaoyin built "Lingxiao Studio" in Paris, France. She studied western painting for 20 years, while lingering in the beauty of China's traditional poems, singing with Xiao Yu, Lin Yutang, Gu Yuxiu and Li Shiceng. Her home has become a home of literature and art.
195 1 In the spring of, Ling Xiaoyin, who likes the Mediterranean scenery in southern France, moved from Paris to Cannes. A year later, when she was painting a landscape painting outside, she accidentally slipped on the ground and broke her leg bone. She couldn't move for months. She was lying in bed, sighing "The Dry City is a Sea of Pain" (quoted from: Cannes is the dry city): "The colorful paintings are new. God is jealous of color and doesn't allow poets to paint.
"Xiao Yu affection and greetings:" a couch broken bones, plaster hardening, soft waist. A hundred thoughts are inseparable and good for patients. " Lin Yutang also agrees with the cloud: "The hateful safflower is especially new, and it is difficult to turn over after being scratched with ointment. You can't be sad when you send off spring, and you have the right to ask your lover to be a servant. "
In June1952165438+10, Mr. and Mrs. Lin Yutang came to pick up Ling for a trip. Ling said that this is the first time she has set foot in this city after six months in bed. It is necessary to roam the seashore. Six months later, I was bored and lying in a tall building. I was sick and drove like a prisoner. The waves in that area still recognize me, and they have already greeted the beach. " Lin Yutang and Yunyun said, "I wasted half a year on a tall building to visit sick prisoners for greed. Wan Li's southern tour, when will * * * talk about Xiangjiang Head? "
In the poem, Lin Yutang expresses the parting feelings that Ling and Xiao Yu will visit South America and that he and his wife will return to new york.
Reference source: Baidu Encyclopedia-Ling Xiaoyin