Education

• Studied at Xin Hua Art Academy in Shanghai

• In Nanjing to learnt from Xu Beihong who returned to China at the time.

• Art Academy at Central University.

• Upon graduation, Zhong returned to Ipoh. Later, he was invited by Kuo Ju Ping to teach oil painting in Penang.

• He then moved to Singapore and taught western art at NAFA for a few years before migrating to Hong Kong.

• During his time in Singapore, he had also guided painter Fung Yow Chork. Reference: Kuo Ju Ping Memorial Exhibition, Penang State Art Gallery, 1997.

AUCTIONS

2014 Nov | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | Malaysian & Southeast Asian Art Auction | Kampung, 1949 | Watercolor on paper | Sold: RM5,040.00

2014 Nov | Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers | Malaysian & Southeast Asian Art Auction | “Portrait of A Girl” 1945, oil on canvas laid on board. | Sold: RM33, 600.00