A CHINESE PAINTING OF LANDSCAPE

Image only size 136 cm by 67 cm.

Li Keran (1907-1989), from Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province. At the age of 13, he studied traditional landscape painting from Xiang Xian Qian Shizhi and enrolled in the normal Department of Shanghai private art college at the age of 16. In 1929, he entered Hangzhou West Lake National Academy of art with excellent results and was exceptionally admitted as a graduate student. He studied western painting under the guidance of Lin Fengmian and Crodo, a famous French painter. In 1943, he was employed as a lecturer of Chongqing National Art College and engaged in the teaching and creation of Chinese painting. In 1946, he was hired by Xu Beihong as a professor of Chinese painting at the national Beiping art college. At the same time, he studied with Qi Baishi and Huang Binhong and devoted himself to the research and creation of national traditional painting.

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