Macao and Lingnan Painting School

This book takes the Lingnan Painting School, a painting school in modern China, as the narrative object, and takes Macao as the breakthrough point to describe the special relationship between the painting school and Macao in the course of its development. In the first half of the 20th century, most members of Lingnan Painting School stayed in Macao. Gao Jianfeng, Gao Qifeng, Cheng Shuren and their followers carried out education and exhibitions for several times and positively practiced the idea of "e;compromise between Chinese and foreign; bending of ancient and modern"e; so as to continue this school in Macao.This book shows the relationship between the Macao and Lingnan Painting School for readers from aspects of inheritance and traceability Chinese and Japanese painting schools, works of handwriting provided by several painters and their relatives as well as with media coverage of painting exhibition such as Chunshui Painting Academy, Zaizao She, Yiyuan Calligraphy and Painting Society as precious first hand material. The book is full of materials, illustrations and can be used as a painting history or regional (Macao) culture and art knowledge popularization.