Shen Jiawei, celebrity artist in China from the mid-1970s, relocated to Australia in 1989. Becoming a leading portraitist, he painted official portraits of dignitaries such as Pope Francis, Princess Mary of Denmark and Australian Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove. Seventeen of his history paintings are held in Beijing at the National Museum, Art Museum and Military Museum; other history paintings are held in public or private collections in Australia, China, USA, Vatican, New Zealand, Malaysia, Hong Kong and the European Union.
