Chen Shizeng (; born March 2, 1876, Fenghuang,

Hunan Hunan (, ; ) is a landlocked province of the People's Republic of China, part of the South Central China region. Located in the middle reaches of the Yangtze watershed, it borders the province-level divisions of Hubei to the north, Jiangxi to ...

, died September 12, 1923, Nanjing,

Jiangsu Jiangsu (; ; pinyin: Jiāngsū, Postal romanization, alternatively romanized as Kiangsu or Chiangsu) is an Eastern China, eastern coastal Provinces of the People's Republic of China, province of the China, People's Republic of China. It is o ...

), original name Chen Hengke,

courtesy name A courtesy name (), also known as a style name, is a name bestowed upon one at adulthood in addition to one's given name. This practice is a tradition in the East Asian cultural sphere, including China, Japan, Korea, and Vietnam.Ulrich Theobald ...

Shizeng, art name Xiudaoren Xiuzhe, was a

Chinese painter Chinese painting () is one of the oldest continuous artistic traditions in the world. Painting in the traditional style is known today in Chinese as ''guó huà'' (), meaning "national painting" or "native painting", as opposed to Western style ...

and critic, painter, and educator of early 20th-century China. At a time when some Chinese artists were rejecting traditional painting styles in favor of Western influenced styles, Chen championed traditional literati art in his own art and in his ''A Study of Chinese Literati Painting''.Juo-Shen Lai. Learning new Painting from Japan and Maintaining National Pride in early Twentieth Century China, with Focus on Chen Shizeng. Dissertation. Online. may 19, 2009.
/ref> Shizeng was the son of Chen Baozhen, a Qing dynasty governor of Hunan.

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Chen Shizeng and his Painting Gallery
at China Online Museum Hakka people Qing dynasty painters 1876 births 1923 deaths Republic of China painters People from Xiangxi Painters from Hunan Burials in Hangzhou {{China-painter-stub