Deeds of generosity

The family of renowned playwright Wu Zuguang and his wife, opera artist Xin Fengxia, donated the couple's former art collection to the China National Academy of Painting earlier this month. The donation includes classic Chinese paintings and calligraphic pieces by artists on good terms with the couple, such as Qi Baishi, as well as by the couple and their family members.

Selected pieces from the donation are now on display with other donated works from previous contributions made to the China National Academy of Painting over the past year. The exhibition runs until Aug 6 at the academy's Beijing gallery.

The donations also include six manhua, or cartoon-style paintings, of Feng Zikai, who celebrated the beauty of spring. The beloved prolific painter, also a virtuoso in calligraphy, literature and music, is famed for his depictions of everyday life in which he reveals the truth of life and human nature.

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