HUANG Pao Fang @ Huang San 黄葆芳
Visual Arts,
Accession Number 000364
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 28
Total Reels
- Pitt Kuan Wah
Interviewer
- 13:03:13
Total Running Time
- Mandarin
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 28
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- 18 Nov 1983
Recording Date
- 00:29:46
Running Time
- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Family background. Why he was interested in painting, calligraphy and handicrafts. His childhood, primary and secondary education in Fuzhou. Became student of Shanghai Art Academy. Principal of academy was Liu Haisu. Famous teachers in academy. Entrance requirements. Both Chinese and Western school of art taught in academy.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 28
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- 18 Nov 1983
Recording Date
- 00:29:53
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Good facilities offered by academy. More female students in academy. Became teachers in academy upon graduation. Some famous artists produced by academy. Interviewee's teaching method. Academy was first to introduce nude models; why it caused a stir in Shanghai then. Art classes, conducted in Spring and Autumn, often brought students to Hangzhou, Nanjing and Qingdao. Places in Shanghai which students in academy went to for sketches.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 28
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- 18 Nov 1983
Recording Date
- 00:27:31
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Many teachers of academy were trained in France. Teacher student ratio in academy. Reason why he left Shanghai Art Academy in 1938 and came to Singapore. Life on board ship. Worked for Xin Hua Company in Singapore. Put in charge of design unit. Xin Hua Company was largest furniture manufacturer in Singapore then.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 28
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- 25 Nov 1983
Recording Date
- 00:30:51
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Nature of his job in Xin Hua. Discovered cancer in 1964, seek medical help in Hongkong. He is a Beijing opera fan. His first impressions of Singapore. Not used to life in Singapore initially. How he made many friends in Sin Chew Jit Poh. His impressions of Yu Dafu. Japanese invaded Singapore less than three years after his arrival.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 28
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- 25 Nov 1983
Recording Date
- 00:30:01
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Anti-Japanese activities in Singapore prior to Japanese invasion. Why anti-Japanese activities were led mainly by Hokkien businessmen. Chinese who intended to leave Singapore then must be over 30 years old. His company hit by bomb in December 1941. He moved to Pekin Street. Food he stocked up then. Mass screening at Tiong Bahru. Chinese interpreter Liang Tian interpreted for Japanese then.
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Reel/Disc 6 of 28
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- 25 Nov 1983
Recording Date
- 00:27:54
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Mass screening at Tiong Bahru. Residents in Tiong Bahru area then were mainly literate and upper-middle class. Duties of auxiliary police. He married in 1943. Earned a living by painting. How he met his wife. Taught at Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (NAFA) as a volunteer when he first arrived in Singapore.
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Reel/Disc 7 of 28
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- 30 Nov 1983
Recording Date
- 00:28:00
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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How he made a living during Japanese Occupation. Eldest daughter born during Japanese Occupation. System of collective security then. Appointed as Head of Team in charge of 30 households. Shortage of electricity supply. His favourite pastimes during Japanese Occupation: reading, watching Beijing operas. Xu Beihong's visit to Singapore in 1939.
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Reel/Disc 8 of 28
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- 30 Nov 1983
Recording Date
- 00:31:42
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Xu Beihong's exhibition in Singapore in 1939. Xu Beihong's friends in Singapore. Joined Society of Chinese Artists in 1938. Founders of Society of Chinese Artists; aims of setting up. Society's members mainly painted Western painting; few painted Chinese painting. How society's board of directors were elected. Chairman during Japanese Occupation was Zhang Ruqi. Society of Chinese Artists organised an exhibition for famous painter Guan Shanyue.
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Reel/Disc 9 of 28
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- 2 Dec 1983
Recording Date
- 00:29:00
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Liu Haisu held an exhibition in Singapore in 1941. Dr Hu Tsai Kuen was brought to Indonesia by Liu Haisu upon Hu's request. Difficulty of getting craftsmen to mount Chinese paintings in Singapore. Name and location of only shop that can mount Chinese paintings then. Liu's close contact with press people. Why he was closest to Liu Haisu among all ex-Shanghai Art Academy students.
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Reel/Disc 10 of 28
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- 7 Dec 1983
Recording Date
- 00:29:27
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- MP3
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- Open Access
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Synopsis
Few artists painted Chinese paintings in the past. Few activities in arts circles then. Buyers of Liu Haisu's paintings during his exhibition were mainly Chinese community leaders. Prices of Liu's works during exhibition. Most artists in Singapore did oil paintings and water-colours in 1930s. Common subject matters of artists then. Reason for popularity of Wu Changshuo's style of painting in Singapore.
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