Ye Qianyu, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Chinese painter, manhua artist
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Place of Birth: Tonglu County, Zhejiang, China
About Ye Qianyu
- Ye Qianyu (or Yeh Ch'ien-yĆ¼; 31 March 1907 ā 5 May 1995) was a Chinese painter and pioneering manhua artist.
- In 1928, he cofounded Shanghai Manhua, one of the earliest and most influential manhua magazines, and created Mr.
- Wang, one of China's most famous comic strips. Ye was also a master of traditional Chinese painting and served as the head of the Department of Chinese Painting of the China Central Academy of Fine Arts.
- During the Cultural Revolution he was persecuted and imprisoned for seven years. Ye was married three times.
- His first two marriages, to Luo Caiyun and dancer Dai Ailian, ended in divorce.
- His third marriage, to movie star Wang Renmei, lasted more than 30 years until Wang's death.
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