Dong Mengmei

CHINA, Shandong, Weifang

Dong Mengmei, also known as Shan Tao, is a painter who was born in Gomi, Weifang but later moved to Taiwan to work as a teacher and as a specialist in the Government Information Office. In his paintings, he uses fine and delicate strokes to portray figures that appear supernatural. His creative ideas originate from his in-depth understanding of Buddhist teachings of the mind, as well as the Confucian teachings of moral and intellectual enrichment. Dong’s ideal is to create paintings that are “lively but not realistic.” In 1982, he received the Golden Belt Award from the Chinese Painting Association.
Dong wrote the Art of Chinese Buddhist Stone Sculpture, Collection of Buddhist Paintings of Dong Mengmei, and Collection of Paintings of Dong Mengmei. Among his many paintings, Avalokitesvara on a Carp and Heavenly Kings are kept at Fo Guang Shan Monastery in Kaohsiung, Taiwan.