Chen Yifei Dies at 59_娱乐Entertainment
celebrated chinese director and artist chen yifei died of gastric haemorrhage at 59 in shanghai on sunday morning.
chen was directing a film titled "the barber" in fuyang city of the neighboring zhejiang province before he was hospitalized at the hospital on april 6.
the news of chen’s death has been confirmed by wang zhonglei, president of the huayi brothers & taihe film investment co., ltd.,an investor of the movie.
chen yifei, born in 1946, was a native of zhenhai city in zhejiang province. he is known at home and abroad for his harmonious combination of the traditional and modern techniques in oil painting, fashion design and advertising.
chen hosted several art galleries in washington, new york and tokyo and his landscape paintings featuring south of the yangtze river are widely collected.
one of his masterpieces featuring scenery in east china’s jiangxi province was auctioned for more than 1.3 million hong kong dollars at a hong kong auction sale in 1991, the then highest price for a contemporary chinese painting.
chen was directing a film titled "the barber" in fuyang city of the neighboring zhejiang province before he was hospitalized at the hospital on april 6.
the news of chen’s death has been confirmed by wang zhonglei, president of the huayi brothers & taihe film investment co., ltd.,an investor of the movie.
chen yifei, born in 1946, was a native of zhenhai city in zhejiang province. he is known at home and abroad for his harmonious combination of the traditional and modern techniques in oil painting, fashion design and advertising.
chen hosted several art galleries in washington, new york and tokyo and his landscape paintings featuring south of the yangtze river are widely collected.
one of his masterpieces featuring scenery in east china’s jiangxi province was auctioned for more than 1.3 million hong kong dollars at a hong kong auction sale in 1991, the then highest price for a contemporary chinese painting.