signed PANYULIANG, inscribed, and with one seal of the artist ink and color on linen Pan Yuliang (1895 – 1977), born in Yangzhou as Chen Xiuqing, and was renamed Zhang Yuliang when adopted by her maternal uncle after the early passing of her parents.She was a Chinese painter, renowned as the first woman in the country to paint in the Western style. She had studied in Shanghai and Paris. Because her modernist works caused controversy and drew severe criticism in China during the 1930s, Pan returned to Paris in 1937 to live and work for the next 40 years. She taught at the école des Beaux Arts, won several awards for her work, had exhibits internationally in Europe, the United States and Japan, and was collected by major institutions.