Fan Di'an Explained

Office1:President of the China Artists Association
Term Start1:2018
Predecessor1:Liu Dawei
Office2:President of Central Academy of Fine Arts
Term Start2:2014
Predecessor2:Pan Gongkai
Office3:President of the National Art Museum of China
Term Start3:December 2005
Term End3:September 2014
Successor3:Wu Weishan
Fan Di'an
Native Name:范迪安
Native Name Lang:zh
Birth Place:Nanping, Fujian, China
Party:Chinese Communist Party
Alma Mater:Fujian Normal University
Central Academy of Fine Arts

Fan Di'an (; born September 1955) is a Chinese painter currently serving as president of the Central Academy of Fine Arts and China Artists Association.

Biography

Fan was born in Fujian in September 1955.[1] He secondary studied at Pucheng County No.1 High School. During the late Cultural Revolution, he was a sent down youth between 1973 and 1977. After the resumption of college entrance examination in 1977, he was accepted to the Fujian Normal University. After graduation, he taught at the university. He joined the Chinese Communist Party in April 1979.[1] In 1985, he was admitted to Central Academy of Fine Arts, and worked at the university since 1988. He was a visiting scholar at the University of Victoria from 1992 to 1993. In 2005, he was appointed president of the National Art Museum of China. After this office was terminated in 2014, he became president of the Central Academy of Fine Arts.[1] In December 2018, he was elected president of the China Artists Association.[1]

He was a member of the 11th, 12th, 13th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Sui Yonggang (Chinese: 隋永刚). Hu Xiaoyu (Chinese: 胡晓钰). https://www.bbtnews.com.cn/2018/1223/279637.shtml . zh:范迪安任中国美术家协会主席 . bbtnews.com.cn . 23 December 2018 . 12 July 2021 . zh.