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Art as lifelong passion
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Zhu Kongyang, who was born in Songjiang in 1892, was a Chinese ink artist, collector and donator.
In the 1950s, he established the Shanghai Arts Archeological Club, which found and restored a large number of art antiques and cultural relics. Though he died in 1986, his legacy lives on.
“I’m doing this not only because I love arts but also it’s something I can contribute to my country,” he once said.
During the anti-Japanese war (1937-1945), Zhu sold his paintings and borrowed money to buy a pine tree fossil carved to commemorate the national hero Yue Fei, who fought against the invasion of the State of Jin in the 12th century. Zhu wanted to save the work from destruction by invading forces.
During the eight-year resistance against the Japanese, Zhu worked as a volunteer in the Red Cross office in Hangzhou, capital of Zhejiang Province, where he saved hundreds of Chinese solders and helped transferred more than 2,000 refugees.
After the war, Zhu donated the carved fossil to the government of Hangzhou because the city was the resting place of Yue Fei.
In 1953, he was invited by the Chinese Traditional Medicine Museum of Shanghai TCM College to compile the book “Heshi Annual,” which presented the history of traditional medicine spanning more than 20 dynasties.
His art collection included ancient seals, ink slabs, porcelains, bamboo and stone carvings. In 1978, he donated most of the antiques and ancient books to museums across the country.
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