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Founder of the Chinese Art History Society
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1904
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Chang Renxia 常任侠 (1904-1996), aka Ji Qing, was born in Fuyang, Anhui Province,
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in China.
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Very young, he learned poetry.
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1922
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He entered the Nanjing Academy of Fine Arts.
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1935
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He went to study literature and the History of Oriental Art in Japan, at the
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School of the Imperial University of Tokyo.
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1939
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He taught at the Chongqing Art Academy and co-chaired the excavation
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ararchaeological site of the tombs of Jiangbei.
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1945
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He taught at the University of Calcutta in India.
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As Poet, he composed more than 1,500 poems and wrote numerous works
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on Art.
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1996
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On October 25, he died of heart and lung failure in Beijing at the age of 93.
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Danièle Sicard
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"The Eulogy for Hu Yao Bang" by Chang Renxia
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Wei Qimei "Chang Renxia's Portrait" 38x29.5 cm pencil on paper 1956
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