Huang Banruo (; 1901–1968}, also romanized as Huang Bore and Wong Po-Yeh, was a Chinese painter, known for his traditional style landscapes. Huang was born in

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. His uncle was the painter Huang Shaomei, who he studied under. In 1923, he founded the Guihai Painting Research Society. From 1924 until 1940, he was active in both Guangzhou and

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. In 1926, he helped found the Guangdong Association for the Study of Chinese Paintings's Hong Kong branch with Pan Dawei and Deng Erya. At the same time, he became an art teacher in a middle school. In 1956, he was a founding member of the Bingshen Art Club alongside artists like

Chao Shao-an Chao Shao-an or Zhao Shao'ang (; 1905, Guangdong – 1998) was a Chinese artist of the Lingnan School of painting. Galleries that feature his work * Hong Kong Heritage Museum *Guangzhou Museum of Art * Asian Art Museum of San Francisco The Asi ...

, Yang Shanshen, and Li Yanshan. He was friends with

Chang Dai-chien Chang Dai-chien or Zhang Daqian (; 10 May 1899 – 2 April 1983) was one of the best-known and most prodigious Chinese artists of the twentieth century. Originally known as a ''guohua'' (traditionalist) painter, by the 1960s he was also renowned a ...

and

Huang Binhong Huáng Bīnhóng (; 1865–1955) was a Chinese literati painter and art historian born in Jinhua, Zhejiang province. His ancestral home was She County, Anhui province.Cihai: Page 2056. He was the grandson of artist Huang Fengliu. He would lat ...

, which helped connect Hong Kong painters with the prominent Chinese artists of the time. He finally settled in Hong Kong in 1968, and died later that year at the height of his artistic career.

Selected paintings

*''Village by the Sea'' (1966-67)

References

{{reflist 1901 births 1968 deaths Artists from Guangzhou