Fang Zhaoling, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Fang Zhaoling

Chinese painter

Date of Birth: 17-Jan-1914

Place of Birth: Wuxi, Jiangsu, China

Date of Death: 20-Feb-2006

Profession: painter

Nationality: China

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Fang Zhaoling (Chinese: ???, 17 January 1914 – 20 February 2006) was a Chinese painter and calligrapher.
Born to a scholarly family in the city of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, Fang Zhaoling was a precocious child with strong interests in Chinese calligraphy.
She was the mother of Hong Kong politician Anson Chan. Fang lost her father when she was very young.
With the support of her mother Fang began studying calligraphy and painting.
In her teens, the young artist was sent to the United Kingdom to pursue her studies.
She studied under great artists like Chao Shao-an and Chang Dai-chien and attended both the University of Hong Kong and Oxford University.Fang continued to work throughout her 80s, and in 1996 received an honorary Doctor of Letters from the University of Hong Kong.
In 2005, Fang donated 42 of her paintings to the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
These are housed alongside a joint piece that she painted with Zhang Daqian.