Exhibition narrates the life of celebrated Chinese artist By Lin Qi | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2026-06-29 16:59

Exhibition narrates the life of celebrated Chinese artist By Lin Qi | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2026-06-29 16:59 https://www.chinadaily.com.cn/a/202606/29/WS6a423407a310986e2b4627fb.html In the early 1900s, a teenage boy boarded a ship heading to Southeast Asia, among crowds of people hoping to earn a living there. Born in poverty in Hainan province, the boy named Fu Luofei (1897-1971) struggled for a living and took various jobs, including shop assistant, cook, blacksmith, sailor and rubber factory worker. At the time, he could not anticipate that years later, he would become the first Chinese artist to exhibit work at the Venice Biennale.