In the turbulent period of the republic of China, the shadows of women appeared in the public's field of vision.
Zhang Ailing's unique style is like a finger of quicksand, Lin Huiyin's carved beam paintings have become a classic that everyone in the architectural world worships, and Su Xuelin's novel collection may soon become a masterpiece.
These women are representative figures in different fields, they either dedicate themselves to the country or add color to literature, in fact, in addition to them, there are many people who dedicate themselves to art, such as Pan Yuliang.
But Pan Yuliang's ending was not very good, although she was full of fame, but she had no connection with her children, and even homeless in the last eighteen years of her life.
What little-known stories did the famous female painters experience?
A twists and turns of childhood
The phrase "adversity produces talents" is the truth at any time, and there are also some embodiments in the famous Chinese painter Pan Yuliang, whose childhood twists and turns have made her future life.
In 1895, Pan Yuliang was born in Yangzhou City, since her birth, the family has been immersed in laughter, although life is very poor, but their hearts are together, no matter what difficulties they encounter, they can survive together.
When Pan Yuliang was three years old, her father was sick, and her mother and sister's faces were tired and sentimental, but Pan Yuliang still did not understand, she was still innocent.
The family no longer dared to say that they could survive any difficulties, because their father did not survive and passed away, Pan Yuliang's family had no top pillar, and the life of the mother and daughter was very difficult.
The mother went out to work during the day, leaving her sister at home to take care of Pan Yuliang, and the sister also prepared dinner for her mother while Pan Yuliang was asleep, and the family of three persisted until Pan Yuliang was fourteen years old.
Mother because of the day and night work gradually gradually collapsed, often coughing at night, Pan Yuliang is very afraid of losing his mother, every time the mother feels uncomfortable, Pan Yuliang quickly got up to pour water to feed his mother.
But the mother still did not watch Pan Yuliang grow up, and soon after she died, her sister had grown up, and the two sisters depended on each other for their lives, but God always liked to tease people who suffered.
Pan Yuliang painting
The sister did not know what kind of illness she was, she also left not long after her mother's death, and lost her relatives one after another, Pan Yuliang was devastated, and several times she searched for death without success, she could only live alone.
But she was a girl, she couldn't carry her shoulders and couldn't lift it, it was too difficult to survive, and she had no choice but to go to her uncle.
I thought that when I arrived at my uncle's house, she would have a way out, but my uncle was an alcoholic, drunk all day, Pan Yuliang was still angry with her uncle in her uncle's house, and sometimes her uncle would beat people when he drank too much.
Pan Yuliang felt more and more hopeless, so she planned to run away, but the process was not smooth, and she had to return to her uncle after staying in the beggar's nest for one night.
Uncle originally felt that Pan Yuliang was a drag, and since Pan Yuliang did not want to live here, then he would find a good way out for her! After thinking about it again, the uncle sold Pan Yuliang.
If it was sold to a rich family as a concubine, at least he could live a good life, but his uncle actually sold Pan Yuliang to a brothel!
What is the brothel? Eating people and not spitting bones, Pan Yuliang, a little girl, can have a good end when she goes to the brothel?
Pan Yuliang disagreed, she begged her uncle bitterly to spare her, and Pan Yuliang assured her uncle that he would obey in the future.
However, the uncle had long been blinded by the high price given by the old bustard, and no matter how Pan Yuliang asked, pan Yuliang hid in Tibet and was finally kidnapped by several strong men and sent to the brothel.
Linger in the wind and moon but to pure to pure
After arriving at the brothel, Pan Yuliang inevitably was beaten up, and it was strange to say that Pan Yuliang was bent on seeking death, but in such a predicament, Pan Yuliang was born with the stubbornness to live.
In order to have room for respite, she obediently obeyed the old bustard's arrangement, because Pan Yuliang was injured and she was only fourteen years old, which was not suitable for receiving guests, so the old bustard arranged for Pan Yuliang to be burned in the kitchen.
In the kitchen all day long, but also by the white eyes of various cooks, suppressed, Pan Yuliang's life is sad, but in the end he can survive.
After three years in the kitchen, Pan Yuliang also underwent a drastic change, originally she was a cheerful and smiling child, but after a few years she became reticent and rarely smiled.
However, no matter how serious Pan Yuliang's expression was, she could not resist her more and more beautiful appearance, which was also discovered by the old bustard, who planned to let Pan Yuliang come out of the kitchen to pick up the guest.
But Pan Yuliang was unwilling, she said that as long as the old bustard gave her a bite to eat, she would stay in the kitchen for the rest of her life and burn the fire, but the old bustard was a personal spirit, how could she waste Pan Yuliang's face?
The old bustard first persuaded Pan Yuliang, she told Pan Yuliang what kind of good treatment would be given to the guests, but Pan Yuliang was not moved by these interests, the old bustard persuaded Pan Yuliang for a few days, and Pan Yuliang did not let go.
The old bustard changed his strategy again, she promised Pan Yuliang to come out to pick up customers just to sell art, not to sell herself, she was still innocent, Pan Yuliang was still confused at first, but looking at the old bustard's sincere gaze, Pan Yuliang chose to believe her.
But Pan Yuliang was still too young, and the first few days after she came out of the kitchen, the old bustard did not let her sell her body, but after half a month, the old bustard began to be a lobbyist again.
The old bustard and Pan Yuliang "moved with affection, knew the reason" and talked about the difficulties of the brothel, and the old bustard hoped that Pan Yuliang could understand her, which was also a big help to her.
At this time, Pan Yuliang realized that she had been properly on the old bustard, so Pan Yuliang began to plan to escape, and she began to get up and pack her things when everyone was asleep at night.
Her movements were extremely light, but as soon as she opened the door, she was discovered by the thugs under the old bustard, who had been wary of Pan Yuliang, and Pan Yuliang was still beaten after being caught.
Since she couldn't go out from the gate, she jumped out of the window, but the window had long been nailed to death by the old bustard from the outside, and Pan Yuliang couldn't get out at all.
The devastated Pan Yuliang was discouraged, she could not believe that she was going to become a money-making machine for the brothel bustard, so she agreed to the old bustard's request, but in fact, Pan Yuliang was plotting a big thing, and she was waiting for an opportunity.
But Pan Yuliang did not expect her opportunity to come so quickly, and the next day, she met the man who saved her from water and fire, Pan Zanhua, the customs supervisor of Wuhu.
That day, Pan Zanhua was invited by a friend to come to Pan Yuliang's place to eat wine and talk about work, and as soon as they entered the door, they were warmly welcomed by the old bustard, who was a person who had been in the rivers and lakes for many years, and she saw at a glance that Pan Zanhua was a rich man.
Although this Pan Zanhua is not the person who does the east today, the old bustard is sure that Pan Yuliang will have a story with Pan Zanhua, so the old bustard began to introduce the girl to Pan Zanhua.
Pan Zanhua this person has two sleeves of fresh wind, has married a wife, naturally will not make mistakes in such a wind and moon place, so he has been politely rejecting the introduction of the old bustard, but the old bustard is not dead hearted, not only in Pan Zanhua's side chattering, but also constantly give Pan Yuliang a look.
What does the old bustard mean Pan Yuliang is very clear, she just wants Pan Yuliang to take the initiative, but Pan Yuliang will not take the initiative, she stands in the same place in a daze, without any action.
I don't know when the old bustard actually came to Pan Yuliang's side, and also pinched Pan Yuliang, which pulled Pan Yuliang back from the wandering sky, Pan Yuliang saw that the old bustard's posture was not to send Pan Yuliang out and vow not to give up.
So Pan Yu's conscience went down, knelt down and began to ask Pan Zanhua to redeem her, Pan Zanhua was also shocked by Pan Yuliang's actions, after listening to Pan Yuliang's story of his own experience, the kind Pan Zanhua actually agreed to redeem pan Yuliang.
The old bustard did not expect That Pan Yuliang to be such a good blessing, so she blackmailed Pan Zanhua fiercely, and then released Pan Yuliang.
Pan Yuliang was extremely grateful to Pan Zanhua, she did not know how to repay the man who saved her from the tiger's mouth, and could only foolishly follow Pan Zanhua.
Even though Pan Zanhua told her that she was already a free person, Pan Yuliang still did not change her direction, and in desperation, Pan Zanhua could only take Pan Yuliang in.
Life for drawing
Pan Yuliang is a child of a poor family, and she has suffered a lot since she was a child, so when she and Pan Zanhua returned home, they took over Pan Zanhua's life and living, and in the day-to-day relationship, Pan Yuliang also knew that Pan Zanhua had married a wife.
But Pan Yuliang never dared to have much extravagance, she just needed to take good care of him by Pan Zanhua's side, but Pan Zanhua had feelings for Pan Yuliang and insisted on taking Pan Yuliang into the house.
Pan Yuliang has never been in contact with the love between men and women, and for Pan Zanhua's show of love, Pan Yu's conscience surged up, and finally agreed to Pan Zanhua's request and successfully walked into the door of the Pan family.
After becoming Pan Zanhua's concubine, Pan Yuliang's life is better, she usually does the most is to paint, although she has no teacher, but Pan Yuliang has a very high level of understanding, often through painting to show her inner world at will.
Not only that, she also passed through her own efforts to enter the Shanghai Academy of Graphic Arts, but she was not popular in this school, because many people knew that she was a concubine of a large family, and in that era of gradual change of thinking, Pan Yuliang was labeled "no face".
Forced to be cornered, Pan Yuliang could only leave school and return home to continue self-study, and a few years later, Pan Yuliang was admitted to the University of Lyon sino-French, Pan Yuliang studied abroad in order to pursue her ideals, and her relationship with Pan Zanhua also came to an end.
After arriving in France, the French people were more open-minded, and she never received the blank eyes of others, and Pan Yuliang studied in France for eight years in peace of mind, until she returned to her motherland in 1928.
At this time, Pan Yuliang was already a very famous painter, and he also held many exhibitions of his works, and no one could imagine that this Chinese female painter, who had a high status in the world, had a past that could not be looked back.
Pan Yuliang also worked at a well-known university in China, and more than a decade later, in order to develop her career, Pan Yuliang came to Europe again, and at this time she and Pan Zanhua had not contacted for nearly twenty years.
People are curious about the woman's love story, but Pan Yuliang generously admits that Pan Zanhua already had a wife before marrying her, and she was only a concubine.
And she also said that after Pan Zanhua's wife came to Shanghai, she had left Pan Zanhua, she did not want to interfere in their feelings, and in order to let Mrs. Zhengfang let down her guard against her, she had not had children.
I have to say that Pan Yuliang is a person with a conscience and principles, and she can judge the situation and return what originally belonged to another woman better than many people who were also concubines at that time.
And Pan Yuliang also won honor and status by virtue of her own skills, and now Pan Yuliang is no longer what she used to be, she escaped from the magic cave that her uncle and brothel built for her, and has now regained her life, like a bird soaring freely, there is no longer a bird cage to bind her.
In Europe, Pan Yuliang has always been concerned about the country, not only showing a strong oriental color in his paintings, but also living in the suburbs during the world turmoil and donating all the money saved by saving money to the country.
Life gave Pan Yuliang a blow after another, losing her father at a young age, losing her mother at a young age, and making a concubine for others, all kinds of tribulations not only did not crush Pan Yuliang, but made her become like gold, and the more she was burned by the fire, the more she shone brightly.
Although Pan Yuliang lacked love since childhood, this did not make Pan Yuliang grow into an evil and deviant person, and she had great love and justice in her heart.
However, heaven did not take care of this poor woman, and after Pan Yuliang went to France, she never returned to the embrace of the motherland, let alone seen Pan Zanhua in her heart.
Pan Yuliang, who studied and lived in France, won many medals, but because of the chaotic situation in the world, it was very difficult to return to China, Pan Yuliang often missed her homeland in France, but she could not change the world, and could only bear these pains silently.
She is getting older, and many friends around her introduce her to men, but Pan Yuliang all refuses, although she has only been Pan Zanhua's concubine, but in her heart, her husband is Pan Zanhua.
Pan Yuliang's later years
Although the two are far apart and even no longer in contact, Pan Yu's favorite in her conscience is him, and she will not marry again.
This led to Pan Yuliang's life in his later years being very lonely, without the company of children, without the love of her husband, and even unable to return home.
Pan Yuliang closed his eyes in sadness, the whistle on the banks of the Seine whimpered, as if he were mourning for the last woman who was suffering, and the heavy bells of Notre Dame seemed to mourn the loss of a dexterous painter in the world.
In Pan Yuliang's body, we see the helplessness of a woman, but also the determination of a woman who adds color to art history and sets an example for traditional Chinese women and thousands of people in difficult situations.