''A Soul Haunted by Painting'' () (also known as ''Soul of a Painter'' and ''Pan Yu Liang (

Pan Yuliang Pan Yuliang (, 14 June 1895 – 22 July 1977), born as Chen Xiuqing, and was renamed Zhang Yuliang (張玉良) when adopted by her maternal uncle after the early passing of her parents. She was a Chinese painter, renowned as the first woman in t ...

), a Woman Painter'') is a 1994 Chinese film starring

Gong Li Gong Li (Chinese: 巩俐; born 31 December 1965) is a Chinese actress. She starred in three of the four Chinese-language films that were nominated for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film. Gong was born in Shenyang, Liaoni ...

and directed by

Huang Shuqin Huang Shuqin (9 September 1939 – 21 April 2022) was a Chinese film director known for her film ''Woman, Demon, Human'' (1987). Widely considered the first feminist Chinese film by critics and scholars,Kang, Kai. "Beyond New Waves: Gender and ...

. It is loosely based on the life of

, a former prostitute turned painter.

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* * 1994 films 1990s biographical drama films Chinese biographical drama films 1994 drama films Biographical films about painters Cultural depictions of painters Films about prostitution Cultural depictions of Chinese women Cultural depictions of prostitutes {{1990s-drama-film-stub