Artworks by feng zikai view the entire painting gallery. Feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award is the first international chinese picture book award with the aims to honour distinctive writers and illustrators. The most important journal that the kaiming book company published for young adults was the juvenile student, and as an editor and primary contributor to the journal, feng zikai disseminated his art works, his concern for humanitarianism, and his aesthetic thought to many young students through the kaiming book company. A new years reunion, an award winning chinese new year. One best childrens picture book award, which the winner will be awarded a cash prize of usd 20,000 and a feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award emblem and trophy. The feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award recognises the efforts of authors, illustrators and publishers of original, high quality chinese childrens picture books. The little girls mother tries to guess what the bird in the drawing is, and they identify all kinds of unique taiwanese birds that. Long after his death in 1975, feng s essays and cartoons are still popular with the chinese public.
Chinese commentators and commentaries on the analects by john makeham. Chin is a biannual award aimed at promoting original, quality chinese childrens books and recognising the efforts of authors, illustrators and publishers. In china, the term manhua is usually associated with feng zikai 18981975. Guojing jing guo is an illustrator and concept artist. Chinese picture book award sparks hope for genre south. Famous chinese artist feng zikais painting scroll feb 07. About a new years reunion celebrations and traditions might differ, but the story of missing distant family is universal. Love, intimacy, and family change in a chinese village, 19491999 by yunxiang yan.
The fifth feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award will organise a book exhibition at eduhk in october 2017, and talks by winners will also take place. Grace lam executive director feng zikai chinese children. After the blossoms fall and the fruit ripens, everyone wants a peach. Its english translation won the new york times top ten childrens books award in 2012. Su lee is a cofounder of earlychildhood literacy charity bring me a book hong kong and a board member of the feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award, the first globally recognised award for original chineselanguage picture books.
It was a great pleasure working with lauren whose work i admire and meeting so many. His name lives on in the feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award, established in 2009. It is through feng zikai that the term manhua became commonly used in china and unified the various terms used for this type of work feng zikai appeared in the art and cultural scene in the early 1920s when china was in turmoil, humiliated, and experiencing great transformations. The chineselanguage version was winner of the feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award in 2009. With the support and permission of ms feng yiyin, mr.
The real treat that little rabbits questions offers is illustrations that are influenced by the brushpen cartoon art of feng zikai, 18981975, after whom the chinese childrens picture book award is named. Willesden bookshop uk childrens books from around the world. With the support and permission of his daughter, ms. Feng zikai ode to art singapore contemporary art gallery with. This book is published by the china welfare institute publishing house. In her book, a little girl draws a wild bar she has never seen before in her life. Feng zikai childrens picture book award the first international chinese childrens picture book award. Feng zikai cared about children in his entire life. The latest, and 5th, awards were announced last summer and ive recently read two of the books on that list one that won an award, and one that had to make do with getting included in the shortlist no small feat.
Tara books india a good source of highquality books from india many of their titles are available from. Its director currently heads the feng zikai award committee of judges. Feng yiyin said her father adored his children and thought childhood was the best time of life. Outreach world usa a resource for teaching kids about the world a comprehensive onestop resource for teaching international and area studies and foreign languages in the precollegiate classroom. The second chapter is an overview of the relationship. Feng zikai 18981975 was a chinese painter and cartoonist he graduated from the famous hangzhou high school. Feng zikai, 18981975 was a chinese painter and cartoonist he graduated from the famous hangzhou high school. The feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award fzk award was founded in 2008 as the first international award for chinese childrens picture books with the aim of encouraging the creation and publication of quality chinese childrens picture books and fostering the public understanding of children picture book.
Nov 01, 2015 this poignant, vibrantly illustrated tale, which won the prestigious feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award in 2009, is sure to resonate with every child who misses relatives when they are away and shows how a familys love is strong enough to endure over time and distance. Feng zikais 18981975 manhua on the theme of children. Chinas childrens book publishing community may be quite young but its efforts are, it seemed clear, well focused and. Feng zi kai childrens picture book awardtc youtube. The international committee actively pursues the internationalization of north american childrens literature research by broadening the spectrum of primary and secondary literature discussed at the annual meetings and in the publications of chla. Were here, but practicing social distancing bolerium will be closed to walkin traffic while the covid. Feng zikai was a chinese painter, music teacher, essayist and translator.
His name lives on in the feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award. The feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award, launched in 2009 to promote chinese childrens picture books, is named in honor of the artist. Mar 12, 2018 one of the many chinese awards for picture books is the feng zikai childrens picture book award. International committee childrens literature association. Med graduate of eduhk won the fifth feng zikai chinese. He was one of the pioneers in chinese comic art, along with his contemporaries ye qianyu and zhang leping. Feng zikai and yuanyuan hall china heritage quarterly. Feng zikai paintings chinese art gallery china online museum.
It is the first international chinese childrens picture book award. Her book waiting, published by the picture book cultural industry pbci, features a story about a family with a cat which anticipates the birth of a new child. Empty yihaichinese edition paperback january 1, 2000. Dec 21, 2008 all his life, mr feng zikai the famous chinese artist had concerned himself with the welfare of children. The feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award, launched in 2009 to promote chinese childrens picture books, is named in honour of the artist. With her mother, she takes the reader on a birdscouting journey. Previously she worked in the game and animation industry. Visual culture in communist china student exhibition. The feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award is a biannual award aimed at promoting original, quality chinese childrens books and recognising the.
The award is named after one of chinas bestknown illustrators, feng zikai. This year 20 new years day falls on sunday, february 10. The following excerpt describes the studio or study of the writer, artist and translator, feng zikai 18981975, and its history as a place of creativity, and as a home. Alongside his wife, su lee, james founded bring me a book hong kong est 2006, an ngo promoting family literacy, and the feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award est 2008, the first globally recognised national award for original chinese language childrens picture books. One of the many chinese awards for picture books is the feng zikai childrens picture book award. Feng zikai award and book jason pym illustration blog.
A life of feng zikai 18981975 by geremie randall barme. All his life, mr feng zikai the famous chinese artist had concerned himself with the welfare of children. The feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award trad. Grace lam executive director at feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award hong kong 24 connections. As feng zikais manhua are associated with his life and are projections of his own character and beliefs, the first chapter is an investigation of fengs character and its transformation throughout his entire career, with an emphasis on the people that had left their imprints on him. Feng zikai paintings chinese art gallery china online. In his early years, he was taught by the accomplished li shutong. Feng yiyin, the award is honored to be named after mr. One best childrens picture book award, which the winner will be awarded a cash prize of usd 20,000 and a feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award trophy.
It is titled, feng zikais chinese childrens picture book award, and talks about feng and his impact on the children of china, something that most chinese artists did not have. It was a great pleasure working with lauren whose work i admire and meeting so many talented and interesting illustrators, authors and publishers. She gives one to the squirrel, who tells the goats about it. The feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award. The latest, and 5th, awards were announced last summer and ive recently read two of the books on that list one that won an award, and one that had to make do with getting included in. The award is sponsored by the chen yetsen family foundation, a hong kongbased charitable institution, which supports childhood literacy projects. Written and illustrated by liu xun, it won the outstanding chinese childrens picture book award in the feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award, 2015. Feng zikai man hua xuan yi by ming chuan, feng zikai on. Named after the renowned artist feng zikai, the chinese childrens picture book award celebrates the work of authors and illustrators to encourage increased. The organizer will purchase 3,000 copies of the award winner to schools for education and reading promotion. Following the awards successful inaugural ceremony in july 2009, the feng zikai touring exhibition was announced. Famous chinese artist feng zikais painting scroll feb. The award is named after one of chinas bestknown illustrators, feng zikai 18981975.
The deepest impression feng zikai left on his daughter was how he cherished the innocence of children. Title of a book, article or other published item this will display to the public. The feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award was established in 2008 after our founder noticed that the number of original chinese childrens books was greatly outnumbered by translated childrens books from the us, uk, japan, among other countries. This poignant, vibrantly illustrated tale, which won the prestigious feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award in 2009, is sure to resonate with every child who misses relatives when they are away and shows how a familys love is strong enough to endure over time and distance. If the writing and the illustration are not produced by the same person, the cash prize shall be split equally between the writer and illustrator. The tortoise family goes to the sea and blind little. Levenson prize for books in chinese studies book awards. Feng zikai november 9, 1898 september 15, 1975 was an influential chinese painter. The feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award is a biannual award aimed at promoting original, quality chinese childrens books and recognising the efforts of authors, illustrators and publishers. In these recent years, my heart has been occupied by four things. Feng applied chinese brush painting to cartoon work, breathing liveliness into the tradition of high art and injecting a distinct chinese flavor into a format that was. Apparently feng zikais daughter, a lady now in her 90s, liked my book enough that she suggested i take part in the competition, and sent a signed copy of her fathers biography. Feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award wikipedia.
Feng is known for his cartoon art that inspired so many chinese picture books for children later on, and this webpage emphasizes how important this particular. Med graduate of eduhk won the fifth feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award. Originally from tongxiang in the zhejiang province where he was born in 1898, he studied western painting and music at zhejiang first normal college. Im amazed and very happy, though it is amazing how slowly time unfolds in the book world a dali sketchbook came out two years ago, i thought it was already. Steven also happens to be the director of the feng zikai research society, and on behalf of the society invited me to take part in next years feng zikai award for comic art, which of course is a huge honour, im amazed and somewhat overwhelmed that they asked me feng zikai was one of. It was rebuilt in 1985 by feng zikais family and friends as a memorial to the artist. Sep 11, 2014 its director currently heads the feng zikai award committee of judges.
Sep 10, 20 the chineselanguage version was winner of the feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award in 2009. Price new from used from paperback, january 1, 2000 please retry. Executive director at feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award hong kong 24 connections. Following the awards successful inaugural ceremony in july 2009. The award is named after one of chinas bestknown illustrators, feng zikai 18981975 and it is the first international chinese childrens picture book award. This engrossing book, a brilliant blend of biography and criticism, tells the story of feng zikai 18981975, one of the most gifted and important artists to emerge from the politically tumultuous decades of the 1920s and 1930s. Feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award james chen. It was rebuilt in 1985 by feng zikai s family and friends as a memorial to the artist. Feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award is the first international chinese picture book award with the aims to honour distinctive writers and illustrators and to encourage publishing and reading of original chinese childrens books. Chinas childrens book publishing community may be quite young but its efforts are, it. Should the author and the illustrator be different, the grant will be shared equally. The art of feng zikai, the hong kong museum of art quietly pulled off something of a coup in assembling a comprehensive selection of work by feng zikai 18981975, the artist recognized in his lifetime as the father of chinese cartoons. The feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award, launched in 2009 to promote chinese childrens picture books, is named in honor of the artist a china dream poster featuring feng zikais work found in qufu, shandong.
Yuanyuan hall was destroyed during a japanese bombing raid on zhejiang in 1937. Born in the tongxiang prefecture of zhejiang province, feng zikai was a contemporary painter, writer and music teacher. Su lee chen su lee is a cofounder of bring me a book hong kong, a charity promoting earlychildhood literacy. She is also a board member of the feng zikai chinese childrens picture book award, the first globally recognised award for original chineselanguage picture books. Feng applied chinese brush painting to cartoon work, breathing liveliness into the tradition of high art and injecting a. Kindhearted granny lin has a beautiful peach tree growing in her front yard. Their work was featured in several exhibitions at key galleries and museums, including the asia society and museum, hong kong and the poly gallery hong kong. Feng yiyin said her father adored his children and.
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