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[Kao Chien-fu] (b Panyu County, Guangdong Province, Oct 12, 1879; d Macao, May 22, 1951). Chinese painter. He was one of the principal founders of the Lingnan school of painting in southern China in the 1920s and 1930s. He sought to modernize the Chinese art world by introducing new painting techniques and through such innovations as public art exhibitions and art classes in public institutions. The three founders of the Lingnan school—Gao Jianfu, his younger brother Gao Qifeng, and Chen Shuren (1883–1949)—all served their apprenticeships in traditional Chinese painting at the studio of Ju Lian (1828–1904) in Lishan in Panyu County. Between 1892 and 1898 Gao studied and executed paintings of birds, flowers, and insects in Ju Lian’s style and, under the patronage of a wealthy collector, Wu Deyi (d c. 1920), made numerous copies of paintings of the Song (960–1279) and Yuan (1279–1368) periods in Wu’s collection. In 1903 Gao enrolled at the Guangzhou (Canton) Christian College, where he studied Western painting under ...