signed CHENGSHIFA,inscribed,and with one seal of the artist dated Dingmao year（1987） ink and color on paper，hanging scroll Cheng Shifa (1921–2007) was a Chinese calligrapher, painter, and cartoonist.His eclectic style merged traditional Chinese wash techniques with Western drawing aesthetics.Though he had a successful career as an illustrator,Cheng is best remembered for his brush paintings of ethnic groups from Yunnan,a southwestern province that borders Vietnam, Laos, and Burma.