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Fan Di'an

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Fan Di'an
范迪安
President of the China Artists Association
Assumed office
2018
Preceded byLiu Dawei
President of Central Academy of Fine Arts
Assumed office
2014
Preceded byPan Gongkai
President of the National Art Museum of China
In office
December 2005 – September 2014
Preceded byFeng Yuan
Succeeded byWu Weishan
Personal details
BornSeptember 1955 (age 69)
Nanping, Fujian, China
Political partyChinese Communist Party
Alma materFujian Normal University
Central Academy of Fine Arts

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

Biography

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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.[citation needed]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d Sui Yonggang (隋永刚); Hu Xiaoyu (胡晓钰) (23 December 2018). 范迪安任中国美术家协会主席. bbtnews.com.cn (in Chinese). Retrieved 12 July 2021.
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Cultural offices
Preceded by President of the National Art Museum of China
2005–2014
Succeeded by
Preceded by President of the China Artists Association
2018–present
Incumbent
Educational offices
Preceded by President of Central Academy of Fine Arts
2014–present
Incumbent