Education
He graduated from the Hangzhou High School.
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He graduated from the Hangzhou High School.
Originating from Tongxiang, Zhejiang Province, Feng Zikai was a contemporary painter, writer, and teacher of music In 1921, Feng travelled to Japan to further his studies. After he returned to China, he taught art and music in Shanghai, Zhejiang and Chongqing respectively, and became the editor of Kaiming Publishing House.
Feng wrote extensively on various topics, including literature, painting, music, translation and calligraphy.
Among Feng"s numerous creations, his most famous works include short essay collections, such as Yuan-Yuan Tang Sui Bi, Yuan-Yuan Tang Zai Bi, Chexiang Shehui and Shuai Zhen Ji. Cartoon collections, like Zikai Cartoons, Children"s Cartoons.
And translated works, including Diary of a Hunter and The Tale of Genji. He died in 1975.
The Feng Zikai Chinese Children"s Picture Book Award, launched in 2009 to promote Chinese children"s picture books, is named in honour of the artist.
My children, who resemble swallows, share the deepest destiny with me, and possess equal standing with deities, stars and art in my heart.
Geremie R. Barme, An Artistic Exile: A Life of Feng Zikai (1898-1975) (University of California Press, 2002).