Pan Tianshou Memorial
1 min readPan Tianshou,one of the most important traditional Chinese painters of the 20th century,laid a foundation for Chinese painting education at a time when Western painting techniques had a tremendous influence.Like his teacher,Wu Changshuo,he applied the aesthetics of calligraphy and seal-carving to his paintings but in jected dynamism into his powerful brushstrokes,all while evoking a sense of danger.You can see Pan’s representative works at the Pan Tianshou Memorial and read about his tumultuous life.