page_title: Ong Schan Tchow
section_title: Book of Chrysanthemums
hierarchical_section_title: Ong Schan Tchow / Book of Chrysanthemums
caption_attribution_description: English: A Painting by Ong Schan Tchow entitled "Peonies" which was bought by the Sultan of Perak, Malaysia, circa 1940
context_page_description: Ong Schan Tchow alias Yung Len Kwui was born in the ethnically Hokkien city in the eastern part of Longyan prefecture, Southern Fujian Province, China. He was well known for Chinese Ink wash painting and colour paintings of flowers, landscapes, animals, people, still life and Calligraphy.
  He was regarded as one of the first few batches of Chinese scholars and artists to study in Paris and one of the few artists who integrated both traditional Chinese and Western art techniques.
  During the Second Sino-Japanese War, he became renowned as a patriot artist when he exhibited extensively in China, Hong Kong and later in South East Asia to raise funds solely for the war relief effort and for the countless Chinese civilian victims in China, Malaysia and Singapore.
context_section_description: The Chrysanthemum has special significance in Chinese culture as it was first cultivated in China and is part of the Four Gentlemen in Chinese art.
  The Book of Chrysanthemums (Chinese: 百菊图) is one of Ong's monumental works. The Book contains paintings of chrysanthemums grown inside Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum and where each painting is accompanied side by side by a poem, commentary or calligraphy written by Ong's friends and persons of note in China. Some of these famous historical personages who contributed to the Book include:
  Lin Sen (Chinese: 林森), President of the Republic of China;
  Cai Yuanpei (Chinese: 蔡元培), President of Academia Sinica;
  Ye Gong Chuo (Chinese: 叶恭绰), Minister of Transport;
  Ju Zheng (Chinese: 居正), President of the Judicial Yuan;
  Xu Beihong (Chinese: 徐悲鴻), artist and Professor of Fine Arts at the National Central University;
  Gao Jianfu (Chinese: 高剑父), artist of the Lingnan School;
  Chen Shu-ren (Chinese: 陈树人), artist of the Lingnan School;
  Yu Youren (Chinese: 于右任), Director of the Control Yuan;
  Yu Dafu (Chinese: 郁达夫), writer and poet;
  Wang Yun-wu (Chinese: 王雲五), Chief of Commercial Press Ltd;
  Wang Jingwei (Chinese: 汪精卫), Former Premier;
  Liu Haisu (Chinese: 刘海粟), Chinese painter;
  Jing Heng-yi (Chinese: 经亨颐), Member of the Supervisory Committee;
  Tu Si Zong (Chinese: 涂思宗), Battalion Commander;
  Shao Yuan Chong (Chinese: 邵元冲), Vice President of the Legislative Yuan;
  Zheng Hong Nian (Chinese: zh:鄭洪年), Former President of National Chi Nan University;
  Cheng Qian (Chinese: 程潜), Chief of General Staff;
  Bo Wen-wei (Chinese: 柏文蔚), Member of the Supervisory Committee.
caption: His Royal Highness the Sultan of Perak was presented with this "Peonies" painted by Ong Schan Tchow
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