Pan Yuliang
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Pan Yuliang was a Chinese painter born in 1899. Sold to a brothel as a child after the death of her parents, she was raised to become a prostitute. She attracted the attention of a wealthy official who bought her freedom and married her as a second wife. She began painting, eventually travelling to Paris to study, where she won some acclaim. Her paintings of nude models violated cultural norms in China and generated much controversy. She was forced to move to France to pursue her work. She remained there until her death in 1977.
Her story is loosely told in the Chinese movie Hua Hun (e. The Painted Soul) which was released in 1995 where Li Gong played the artist.
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