Feng Zikai’s profile

Feng Zikai (1898~1975) was born in Tongxiang, Zhejiang. Mingren, also known as Yingxing. I have been interested in art since childhood. In 1941, he entered the Zhejiang Provincial First Normal School and studied painting and music from Li Shutong. He graduated in 1919. In 1921, he went to Japan to study music and art. After returning to China, he served as editor of Shanghai Kaiming Bookstore and art professor at Shanghai University, Fudan University and Zhejiang University. In 1924, he founded Lida Academy with his friends. During the Anti-Japanese War, he traveled around the southwest and taught in some colleges and universities. He ended his teaching career in 1943 and specialized in painting and writing. After the founding of the People's Republic of China, he served as president of the Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy, chairman of the Shanghai Branch of the Chinese Artists Association, and vice chairman of the Shanghai Federation of Literary and Art Circles. He is skilled in painting and calligraphy, and is also good at prose creation and literary translation. He is the author of "Introduction to Music", "Essays of Yuanyuantang", "Feng Zikai's Calligraphy", etc.