Pan He

Pan He
潘鹤
Born	1925 Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Died	November 22, 2020 (aged 95) Guangzhou, Guangdong, China
Alma mater	South China People's Academy of Literature and Arts
Notable work	Hard Times Zhuhai Fisher Girl
Style	Realism

Pan He (Chinese: 潘鹤; pinyin: Pān Hè, 1925 – November 22, 2020) was a Chinese sculptor and educator. Born in Guangzhou, Guangdong, he took up sculpture in his youth as the Japanese occupation kept him indoors. Despite a lack of support from his parents, in 1950 he enrolled at the Fine Arts department of the South China People's Academy of Literature and Arts. He gained national recognition in 1957 for his sculpture Hard Times and had begun teaching at the academy by 1960. Over his seventy-year career, Pan – an advocate for urban sculpture – produced hundreds of works including his Zhuhai Fisher Girl and Pioneering Ox, which became icons of Zhuhai and Shenzhen. Pan worked with a range of materials, producing realist works that reflect the history of modern China. He gained several national accolades, including lifetime achievement awards in 2009 and 2010.