Chen Shuren

{{Short description|Chinese painter}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Chen Shuren

|native_name = {{nobold|陳樹人}}

|image = Chen Shuren.jpg

|caption = Chen Shuren as pictured in The Most Recent Biographies of Chinese Dignitaries

|nationality = Republic of China

|office1 = Minister of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission

|deputy1 =

|term_start1 = 27 May 1932

|term_end1 = 1 May 1947

|predecessor1 = Office established

|successor1 = {{ill|Liu Weichi|zh|劉維熾}}

|birth_name = Chen Zhe

|birth_date = {{birth year|1884}}

|birth_place = Mingjing, Panyu, Guangdong, China

|death_date = {{death year and age|1948|1884}}

|death_place =

|party = Kuomintang {{small|(after 1912)}}

|otherparty = Tongmenghui {{small|(1905–12)}}

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Chen Shuren ({{zh|t=陳樹人}}; 1884–1948) was a Chinese painter. Born Chen Zhe ({{zh|t=陳哲|labels=no}}), he was renamed Chen Shao ({{zh|t=陳韶|labels=no}}) and also known by the art names De'an Laoren ({{zh|t=得安老人|labels=no}}), Jiawai Yuzi ({{zh|t=葭外漁子|labels=no}}), and Ershan Shanqiao ({{zh|t=二山山樵|labels=no}}), among others.{{cite news|title=The art of master Chen Shu-Ren|url=http://www.lingnanart.com/ChenShuRue/L-master-chen-bio-eng.htm|accessdate=19 September 2017|publisher=lingnanart.com}}{{cite news|title=Chen Shuren Art Documents Exhibition|url=http://www.gzam.com.cn/zzzc/info_112.aspx?itemid=22506&State=0|accessdate=19 September 2017|publisher=Gangzhou Museum of Art|date=27 July 2017}}

Born in Mingjing, Panyu, Guangdong in 1884, Chen studied under painter Ju Lian.{{cite news|title=The Art of Lingnan Master Chen Shu-Ren (1884–1948)|url=http://www.lingnanart.com/ChenShuRue/L-master-chen-articles-eng.htm|accessdate=19 September 2017|publisher=lingnanart.com}} In 1903, Chen and two brothers, Gao Jianfu and Gao Qifeng, co-founded the Guangdong Daily. Together, the trio, known collectively by their surnames "Two Gous and one Chan" or as "The three greats of Lingnan", became leaders of the Lingnan school of painting, credited with popularizing the nihonga art style in China.{{cite news|title=The Lingnan School Painting|url=http://www.lingnanart.com/lingnanschool-eng.htm|accessdate=19 September 2017|publisher=lingnanart.com}}{{cite news|title=Origins and Developments of the Lingnan School of Painting|url=https://www.npm.gov.tw/Publications-Content.aspx?sno=04004898&l=2|accessdate=19 September 2017|agency=National Palace Museum}} Chen joined the Tongmenghui upon its establishment in 1905. In 1906, he left to attend art school in Kyoto (Kyoto City School of Arts and Crafts), returning to China in 1912 after accepting a teaching position in Guangdong. He went back to Japan in 1913, enrolling at Rikkyo University. Upon completing his studies, Chen remained overseas, serving as secretary general of the Canadian branch of the Kuomintang. He became active in the Guangdong Kuomintang chapter in 1922, the same year he arrived in China. Chen became allied with Wang Jingwei between 1928 and 1931. From 1932 to 1947, Chen led the Overseas Chinese Affairs Commission. He withdrew politically from Wang, who led a Japan-friendly collaborationist government from 1940 to 1944.{{cite news|title=Chen Shuren (1884–1948)|url=http://wangjingwei.org/en/associates-en/chen-shuren/|accessdate=19 September 2017|publisher=wangjingwei.org|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170921100730/http://wangjingwei.org/en/associates-en/chen-shuren/|archive-date=21 September 2017|url-status=dead}}