Pan Dawei Explained
Pan Dawei (; 1881–1929)[1] was a Chinese artist and political radical.[2]
As a journalist, Pan was one of the first political cartoonists in China and a member of the Tongmenghui.[3] He worked with He Jianshi and others to create Journal of Current Pictorial, which published these cartoons.[4] They showed support for the 1911 Revolution against the Qing dynasty.[1]
As an artist, he worked with Huang Banruo and Deng Erya to found the Hong Kong branch of the Guangdong Association for the Study of Chinese Paintings.[4] He worked in the art department of the Nanyang Brothers Tobacco Company, creating calendar advertisement posters.[1] He associated with several other poster artists, including Zhou Bosheng, Zheng Mantuo, Li Mubai, and Xie Zhiguang.[1]
72 Martyrs
During the Second Guangzhou Uprising on 27 April 1911, Pan buried the 72 martyrs of the uprising on Red Flower Ridge (later renamed Yellow Flower Ridge).[5] [6] He is buried in the Huanghuagang 72 Martyrs Cemetery in Guangzhou.[7]
Notes and References
- Book: Laing . Ellen Johnston . Selling Happiness: Calendar Posters and Visual Culture in Early-Twentieth-Century Shanghai . 2004 . University of Hawaii Press . 978-0-8248-2764-9 . 27 November 2019 . en.
- Book: Pittman . Don Alvin . Toward a Modern Chinese Buddhism: Taixu's Reforms . 2001 . University of Hawaii Press . 978-0-8248-2231-6 . 72 . 27 November 2019 . en.
- Book: Lent . John A. . Ying . Xu . Comics Art in China . 2017 . Univ. Press of Mississippi . 978-1-4968-1177-6 . 13 . 27 November 2019 . en.
- Book: Andrews . Julia F. . Shen . Kuiyi . The Art of Modern China . 2012 . Univ of California Press . 978-0-520-23814-5 . 27 November 2019 . en.
- Book: Lu . Hanchao . The Birth of a Republic . 2017 . University of Washington Press . 978-0-295-80690-7 . 19 . 27 November 2019 . en.
- Book: Poon . Shuk-wah . Negotiating Religion in Modern China: State and Common People in Guangzhou, 1900-1937 . 2011 . Chinese University Press . 978-962-996-421-4 . 30 . 27 November 2019 . en.
- News: KMT leader pays respect to martyrs . 27 November 2019 . China Daily . 29 March 2005.
