This sentence was said by Li Kuchan, a master of Chinese painting.
"If a bird wants to fly high, it should flap its wings first, and if a person wants to make progress, it should study first", which means that if a bird wants to fly high, it should first learn how to flap its wings. If people want to make progress, they must enrich their knowledge first.
Li Kuchan (1899-1983), male, was a master of modern freehand flower-and-bird painting and an art educator in China.
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Features of Li Kuchan's works
1. Calligraphy
Li Kuchan's calligraphy and painting complement each other. It is highly praised that "painting from books is the height, and painting to books is the ultimate rule".
second, painting
Li Kuchan inherited the tradition of Chinese painting and absorbed the techniques of Shi Tao, Badashanren, Yangzhou School of Painting, Wu Changshuo, Qi Baishi and others, so he has his own characteristics in freehand brushwork of flowers and birds. There is a bold, magnificent and vivid style, which has set up a new style of freehand flower-and-bird painting. Li Kuchan created many artistic images with his own aesthetic views and expressive techniques.
Li Kuchan's paintings of flowers and birds have certain realistic elements, not an objective description of natural objects, but a concise creation. Casual contains simplicity, and natural implication contains masculinity. The bigger Li Kuchan's picture is, the more free it is. Li Kuchan's works in his later years have reached the artistic realm of "simplicity and complexity".
Li Kuchan Memorial Hall is located in the Wanzhu Park of Baotuquan Park in Jinan, Shandong Province. The memorial hall was built in the Yuan Dynasty, and it is named after many bamboos in the garden. It covers an area of 1 mu, with a total construction area of 4,782 square meters and a total building height of 17.9 meters.
In June p>1986, Li Kuchan Memorial Hall was built and opened in Wanzhu Park. * * * There are 18 exhibition rooms and more than 16 houses displaying more than 4 pieces of Li Kuchan's posthumous works and paintings and cultural relics collected during his lifetime, including Red Plums in Full Bloom, Sunny Snow, Mozhu and Summer Pictures.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-Li Kuchan