ZHANG QIANYING (Chang Chien-Ying, 1909 – 2004). Calligraphy, ink on paper, framed Chinese painting, 43 x 114cm. 张蒨英 书画 水墨纸本 镜框 款识：世事短如春梦，人情薄似秋云。不须计较苦劳心，万事原来有命。幸遇三杯酒好，况逢一朵花新。片时欢笑且相亲，明日阴晴未定。朱希真西江月。孔暐夫人夫人吾友留念。丁卯仲夏，蒨英书于伦敦。 钤印：「蒨英」「张」「但求平正」。 Zhang Qianying was a student of Xu Beihong and studied at Art at Nanjing University. Won a scholarship at the Slade school of Art London, and lived in Britain for the next 50 years where she became a member of Royal Academy, Royal Society of Painters in watercolour and the Society of Women Artist. Christian Dior commissioned her to design silk pattern for his clothes.