Feng Zikai 豐子愷

Fēng Zǐkǎi 豐子愷 (1898－1975)

Names 名: Cíyù 慈玉, Rùn 潤, Rén 仁 Style name 號: Courtesy name 字: Dharma name 法名: Born 1898 (Guāngxù 光緒 24) in Chóngdé County 崇德縣, Zhèjiāng 浙江 Died 1975

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Article editor: Erik Hammerstrom

Fēng Zǐkǎi 豐子愷 (1898－1975) was an important artist and illustrator of the Republican period. He was also an active lay Buddhist.

Biography

As a youth, Fēng received a classical education at the Confucian academy run by his father. When Fēng was 13 suì 歲, the academy was turned into a modern school, and he became one of the first students. He was first in his class and in 1914 he became a student at a middle school in Hángzhou1 杭州, where he studied art under Lǐ Shūtóng (who later became the famous artist and monk Hóngyī 弘一). Lǐ recognized Fēng's artistic talent and had a major impact on his later development. While in school, Fēng also studied Japanese.

Important Works

• Dozens of his works can be viewed here.

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References

• Barmé, Geremie R. An Artistic Exile: A Life of Feng Zikai (1898-1975). Berkeley: University of California Press, 2002.
• Shì Dōngchū 釋東初. Zhōngguó Fójiào jìndài shǐ 中國佛教近代史 (A History of Early Contemporary Chinese Buddhism), in Dōngchū lǎorén quánjí 東初老人全集 (Complete Collection of Old Man Dongchu), vols. 1-2. Taipei: Dongchu, 1974 Pp. 2.722-730.
• Yú Língbō 于凌波, ed. Xiàndài Fójiào rénwù cídiǎn 現代佛教人物辭典 (A Dictionary of Modern Buddhist Persons), 2 vols. Taipei: Foguang, 2004. Pp. 2.1694a-1697b.