# Shao'ang Zhao artist context and auction value notes

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Profile generated: 2026-08-24T22:12:20.075Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Birth date: 1905-03-06
- Death date: 1998-01-28
- Nationality: Chinese
- Movements: Lingnan School of painting
- Common media: Chinese painting

## About Shao'ang Zhao

Shao'ang Zhao, also represented in English-language sources as Chao Shao-an or Zhao Shao'ang, was a Chinese painter who lived from 1905 to 1998. He is associated with the Lingnan School of painting and is described in Chinese reference material as one of its prominent second-generation figures. His approach joined Chinese painting practice with selected Western techniques, including the use of shadow and perspective. In 1984, he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire in recognition of his contribution to the arts in Hong Kong. Collectors and researchers may encounter his name in several romanized forms, as well as in Chinese as 趙少昂, so careful identity matching is important when connecting works, catalogues, and auction records. The available source pack firmly establishes his lifespan and artistic-school association, but it provides limited institution-grade detail about individual works, subjects, and career chronology.

## Common works and media

The collected references identify Zhao primarily with Chinese painting and the Lingnan School. They also describe an approach incorporating shadow and perspective. The source pack does not reliably specify his most common subjects, formats, supports, editions, or series, so a work should not be classified more narrowly without object-specific evidence or stronger catalogue documentation.

## Market and appraisal context

Works catalogued under Shao'ang Zhao, Chao Shao-an, or Zhao Shao'ang should first be reconciled to the same artist identity. His association with the Lingnan School supplies useful historical context, but it does not by itself establish authorship or market value. A responsible appraisal should rely on the specific work's cataloguing and compare it with sufficiently documented public sales attributed to the same artist. The present source pack does not include major auction-house lot descriptions, realized prices, provenance histories, or condition reports, so it cannot support a price forecast or a claim about market direction. Those details should be evaluated from the object and relevant comparable records.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5072748
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500125736
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/288321725/
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81022066
- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chao_Shao-an
- Wikipedia: https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B6%99%E5%B0%91%E6%98%82
- Wikipedia: https://zh-yue.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%B6%99%E5%B0%91%E6%98%82
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/shao-ang-zhao/