Artists following in their fathers' footsteps
The descendants of famed painters, including a French impressionist and several Chinese masters, come together in Beijing to celebrate their legacies, Deng Zhangyu reports.
More than 100 paintings by Qi Baishi, Xu Beihong, Pan Tianshou, Li Kuchan, Li Keran, Wu Zuguang, Xu Linlu and Pierre-Auguste Renoir were assembled to display at Beijing Exhibition Center which ended on Sunday. For the first time, descendants of these master painters gathered at the same site to talk about how their families' art legacies have been passed down.
Jean-Emmanuel Renoir, great-grandson of Pierre-Auguste Renoir, an icon of impressionism, was making his first visit to China. He was warmly welcomed by his Chinese counterparts from renowned artists' families, saying it made him "feel like a star".
