LIN FENGMIAN (1900-1991)

The recipient of the painting, Lv Meng (1915-1996), was an influential cultural figure in Shanghai. He became the director of Shanghai China Art Academy in 1979 and supported Lin to go abroad and hold the exhibition in France during his tenure. In the same year when the Shanghai People’s Publishing House published The Works by Lin Fengmian, Lv wrote a long preface to promote Lin’s solo exhibition in France. He published his essay entitled Lin Fengmian and His Art in the periodical Chinese Literature in English and French. Lin respected Lv as a mentor as well as a personal friend. Before departing from Shanghai in 1977, Lin Fengmian dedicated many paintings to his friends as parting gifts. Lin also painted works on the same subject for cultural figures Shen Roujian and Ai Qing.