Chen Yifei was the most celebrated modern painter working in China. He sadly died on 10th April 2005 in Shanghai, and his paintings (often over-lifesize) and drawings are of figures and landscapes observed in China and Tibet. The fine detail and pathos of his work has earned the description 'romantic realism'.
Well-known in the USA, having lived and worked in New York
1980-1990, his European reputation has grown after showing at the Venice Biennale and at Marlborough New York, 1999.
Chen was also an established film-maker.

Born in Zhejiang, China

Graduated from High School for Art, Shanghai

Became the leading artist at the Shanghai Institute of Painting

Master's Degree in art from Hunter's College, New York

Lived and worked in Shanghai, P.R.C