# Shaomei Chen artist context and auction value notes

Canonical page: https://appraisily.com/artist/shaomei-chen/
Profile generated: 2026-08-24T13:49:59.859Z
Quality: medium confidence, adequate sources

## Artist identity

- Death date: 1954-09-09
- Nationality: Chinese
- Common media: Painting

## About Shaomei Chen

Shaomei Chen (1909–1954), also catalogued as Chen Shaomei and 陳少梅, was a Chinese painter especially associated with landscape painting. International authority records identify him as a Chinese painter and connect the same person across VIAF, Getty ULAN, Library of Congress, ISNI, and other catalogues. A Chinese-language biographical record gives Yunzhang as another personal name and Shaomei as his courtesy name; it also describes him as a student of Jin Beilou, a member of the Hu Society, and the leader of its Tianjin branch. Those details connect his career to the transmission and organization of traditional Chinese painting during the first half of the twentieth century. Collectors may encounter his work under different name orders, romanizations, and Chinese inscriptions, so identity matching matters when reviewing a possible work. Appraisily's index contains many matched public auction records, but each object still requires its own assessment of authorship, materials, date, condition, and provenance.

## Common works and media

Chen is identified most securely as a painter of landscapes. In its auction data, Appraisily groups matched records under broad categories that include fine art and paintings as well as works on paper and prints. These labels are discovery aids, not a definitive inventory of his oeuvre. Any listing categorized as a print, edition, sculpture, mixed media, or decorative art should therefore be checked against the actual lot description and images. For comparison purposes, document the stated medium, dimensions, date, subject, signature or inscriptions, attribution, provenance, restoration history, and condition before selecting related public sales.

## Market and appraisal context

Shaomei Chen's auction record should be read through like-for-like comparisons rather than a single headline figure. The Appraisily index contains a broad set of matched public records, but its category coverage is described as broad or sparse and its record counts are not stated consistently on the collected page. For appraisal, compare medium, dimensions, date, subject, condition, restoration, signature or inscriptions, attribution confidence, provenance, exhibition history, catalogue references, and the recency of genuinely similar public sales. Edition details matter when a record concerns a print or another multiple. Reported auction totals may use different fee treatments, while private sales, incomplete feeds, and later attribution changes may be absent. Authentication and direct condition review remain separate from market-data matching.

## Appraisily data basis

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## Sources

- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15888664
- VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/3797791/
- Getty Vocabulary Program: https://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500337776
- Library of Congress: https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81079678
- Bibliothèque nationale de France: https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb16220406x
- Wikipedia: https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E9%99%B3%E5%B0%91%E6%A2%85
- Appraisily: https://appraisily.com/artist/shaomei-chen/