Xu Beihong - Personal Life

Personal Life

His first wife, Jiang Biwei, has published her own memoir, which detailed her 28-years love-and-hate story with Xu Beihong. According to her memoir, in 1917, Xu Beihong went to Japan to study arts. Jiang Biwei went with him to Japan without the consent of her family. In 1927, Xu Beihong and Jiang Biwei had given birth to a son and a daughter. Three years later, Xu Beihong had a love affairs with one of his female students. The love affairs ended with Jiang Biwei's intervention. But the damage was done and caused cracks in his relationship with Jiang Biwei. However, finally their 20-year painful relationship ended with a divorce in 1945. In 1946, Xu Beihong married Liao Jingwen, a librarian who took care of his life and career until he died in 1953. They had a son and a daughter.

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