A Chinese scroll painting "Flower and Bird" / Hua Niao, By Chen Ban Ding, in 1946. 133.5 x 67 CM. Chen Ban Ding(1876-1970),At the age of 20, he went to Shanghai and met Ren BoNian and Wu ChangShuo, and later worshiped Wu ChangShuo as his teacher. He moved to Beijing after the age of 40,taught at the Peking Art College. Good at flowers, landscapes, figures, and animals, and is most famous for freehand flowers.He absorbed the painting methods of Ming and Qing Dynasties to become a school of his own. The brush and ink of the works are bright and simple, the colors are bright and calm, and the images are concise and general, emphasizing the interaction of poetry, calligraphy, painting and seal. He used to be a director of China Artists Association, vice president of Beijing Academy of Painting, and president of Chinese Painting Research Association.陳半丁：花鳥。1946年作。133.5 x 67 厘米。陳半丁（1876-1970），20歲去上海，結識任伯年、吳昌碩，後拜吳昌碩為師。 40歲後移居北京，任教於北京藝術專科學校。擅長花卉、山水、人物、走獸，以寫意花卉最為著名。吸收明清畫法，自成一派。作品筆墨明快古樸，用色明快沈穩，意象簡練概括，強調詩、書、畫、印的互動。曾任中國美術家協會理事、北京畫院副院長、中國畫研究會會長。