Li Kuchan, formerly known as Li Ying and formerly known as Gong Li, is an outstanding contemporary painter, calligrapher and people's art educator in China. 189965438+1October1(1October 30th, May 30th) was born in a poor peasant family in Liqizhuang, Gaotang County, Shandong Province. As a teenager, under the influence of folk artists, he embarked on a difficult artistic journey.
19 19 went to Beijing, first entered the "work-study program" (also known as the French museum) attached to Peking University, and studied part-time. At the same time, I studied sketching and western painting from Mr. Xu Beihong in the Amateur Painting Research Association affiliated to Peking University. 1920 entered the Chinese Department of Peking University to study Chinese, and 1922 transferred to the Western Painting Department of Beijing Institute for Nationalities. During this period, I often pull rickshaws at night for a living. To this end, classmate Lin gave him the word "bitter Zen" (bitterness is the experience of suffering; Zen, a freehand painting, was called Zen painting in ancient times. 1923, studied under Qi Baishi Weng. At this time, Qi Weng's fame was still small, and Beijing was full of ancient styles at that time, so Qi Weng was unique and innovative. So, it's ironic.
1925, graduated from "Beijing Institute of Ethnic Arts", once a professor at Beijing Normal School and concurrently a professor at Baoding No.2 Normal School. 1930 was hired as a full-time professor of fine arts and Chinese painting in Hangzhou.
In the early days of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, when Beiping fell, Mr. Li was so angry that he resigned from all "public offices" and lived in seclusion in the Laoye Temple and No.2 in Qianmen, Xicheng. He was arrested and imprisoned in 1939 because of his close contacts with patriots on weekdays. He was tortured and indomitable.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, he served as a professor at Beijing National Art College from 65438 to 0946. 1949, became an adjunct professor after the liberation of Beijing. 1950, Mr. Li wrote to Chairman Mao, asking for work arrangement. Chairman Mao immediately wrote to Dean Xu Beihong and sent a secretary to visit him. Immediately, Mr. Li was arranged to be a researcher at the Institute of National Fine Arts affiliated to the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Later, he was transferred to the Department of Traditional Chinese Painting as a professor of freehand brushwork.
During the "Cultural Revolution", Mr. Li was persecuted, falsely labeled as a "reactionary academic authority", put in a "bullpen", suffered various tortures, and then sent to work in the countryside.
1972, the beloved Premier Zhou sent someone to invite an old painter to paint, and Mr. Li was invited to participate. He painted more than 300 paintings for the country in three years.
After the Cultural Revolution, Mr. Li regained his reputation. He painted Red Plums in Full Bloom, Clear Snow and so on. Later, he served as an academician of China Painting Academy, a director of China Artists Association, and a member of the Fifth and Sixth National Committees of CPPCC.
198 1 year, he devoted himself to the shooting of science and education films "China Flower and Bird Painting", "Kuchan Painting Eagle" and "Kuchan Freehand Painting", and showed his precious artistic experience to future generations without reservation. During this period, he created masterpieces such as Mozhu Tu and Xia Tu.
I was very excited to visit Guangdong Special Economic Zone in the spring of 1982. I deeply feel that there is hope for the rejuvenation of China, and I have made up my mind to create 100 paintings.
1in the spring of 983, the relevant departments held a congratulatory meeting on Professor Li Kuchan's 60-year educational career. On June 8, he was invited to write a huge couplet for the Confucius Temple in Nagasaki, Japan: "The most sacred place is the human world, and virtue is a model."
1 June 983 1 1 early morning1Dianzaogu.