Cai Weilian

Cai Weilian (Chinese: 蔡威廉; 1904 – 1939) was a Chinese painter.

Cai Weilian
Born	1904 Shaoxing, Zhejiang, China
Died	1939 (aged 34–35) Kunming, Yunnan, China
Nationality	Chinese
Occupation	Painter
Spouse(s)	Lin Wenzheng

This is a Chinese name; the family name is Cai.

Early life

A young Cai Weilian with parents and siblings in Germany, c. September 1912.

Cai Weilian was born and raised in Shaoxing, Zhejiang; of Chinese philosopher Cai Yuanpei's seven children, Weilian was reportedly his favourite.[1] She studied oil painting in both Belgium and France.[1]

Career

Cai specialised in modernist oil painting and became a professor at the Hangzhou-based National Academy of Art in 1928.[1]

Later years

Cai Weilian married fellow artist Lin Wenzheng and relocated to Kunming, Yunnan. She died after childbirth in 1939.[1]

References

1. Sullivan, Michael (2006). Modern Chinese Artists: A Biographical Dictionary. University of California Press. p. 7. ISBN 9780520244498.