Zong QixiangIn this Chinese name, the family name is Zong.Zong Qixiang was a Chinese painter and a disciple of Xu Beihong.Life and careerBorn in Nanjing, Jiangsu in 1917. In 1943, he graduated from the Art Department of National [Central University]. In 1946, he followed Xu Beihong to Beiping as a lecturer at the National Beiping Art College. After 1953, he served as a professor of the Central [Academy of Fine Arts], director of the teaching and research section of watercolor painting, and director of the landscape department of the Department of Chinese Painting. Member of China Artists Association.