Jin Zhaofang (金肇芳)

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Jin ZhaofangJin Zhaofang (1904-1969) was from Xiuning, Anhui Province. At the age of 14, he worked as an apprentice in the Shanghai Meifeng Printing Factory and as a draftsman in Shanghai Shengsheng Art Company. During that time, he taught himself painting and embarked on the road of independent creation. He worked as a freelance painter for a long time, drawing industrial and commercial art and monthly calendars (月份牌).

After 1949, he was a member of the New Year Painting Group of the People's Fine Arts Publishing House. He served as a librarian of the Shanghai Museum of Literature and History and was a special author of the Shanghai Picture Publishing House.

Wang Weixu (王伟戌), Chen Changqi (陈昌其) (eds.), 上海月份牌画家图典 [Shanghai yuefenpai huajia tu dian - Shanghai Calendar Painters' Dictionary] (Shanghai: Shanghai renmin meishu chubanshe, 2024) 

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