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1896 Changzhou, China - 1994 Shanghai, China. Known for: Scroll painting with botanical imagery, oil on canvas city scenes, landscapes.
Liu Haisu, Chinese painter and teacher (born 1895, Wujin [Wu-chin], Jiangsu [Chiang-su] province, China—died Aug. 7, 1994, Shanghai, China), combined traditional Chinese painting methods with... Read full biography
Liu Haisu, Chinese painter and teacher (born 1895, Wujin [Wu-chin], Jiangsu [Chiang-su] province, China—died Aug. 7, 1994, Shanghai, China), combined traditional Chinese painting methods with European techniques, especially those of van Gogh and Cézanne, and promoted this style as a model for... Read full biography
Liu Haisu, Chinese painter and teacher (born 1895, Wujin [Wu-chin], Jiangsu [Chiang-su] province, China—died Aug. 7, 1994, Shanghai, China), combined traditional Chinese painting methods with European techniques, especially those of van Gogh and Cézanne, and promoted this style as a model for revolutionizing art education in China. As the leader of art schools in Shanghai and Nanjing (Nanking), Liu exerted extraordinary influence. The scion of a distinguished literary family, Liu studied... Read full biography
Liu Haisu, Chinese painter and teacher (born 1895, Wujin [Wu-chin], Jiangsu [Chiang-su] province, China—died Aug. 7, 1994, Shanghai, China), combined traditional Chinese painting methods with European techniques, especially those of van Gogh and Cézanne, and promoted this style as a model for revolutionizing art education in China. As the leader of art schools in Shanghai and Nanjing (Nanking), Liu exerted extraordinary influence. The scion of a distinguished literary family, Liu studied calligraphy under Kang Youwei (K’ang Yu-wei) and traditional landscape and flower painting under Wu Changshi (Wu Ch’ang-shih) and Chen Hengke (Ch’en Heng-k’e). At age 13, however, Liu set out on his own to pursue a less formal education. He became one of... Read full biography
Liu Haisu, Chinese painter and teacher (born 1895, Wujin [Wu-chin], Jiangsu [Chiang-su] province, China—died Aug. 7, 1994, Shanghai, China), combined traditional Chinese painting methods with European techniques, especially those of van Gogh and Cézanne, and promoted this style as a model for revolutionizing art education in China. As the leader of art schools in Shanghai and Nanjing (Nanking), Liu exerted extraordinary influence. The scion of a distinguished literary family, Liu studied calligraphy under Kang Youwei (K’ang Yu-wei) and traditional landscape and flower painting under Wu Changshi (Wu Ch’ang-shih) and Chen Hengke (Ch’en Heng-k’e). At age 13, however, Liu set out on his own to pursue a less formal education. He became one of the founders of the Shanghai Academy, the first art college in modern China. During the 1920s and ’30s he organized several important na... Read full biography
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Liu Haisu, Chinese painter and teacher (born 1895, Wujin [Wu-chin], Jiangsu [Chiang-su] province, China—died Aug. 7, 1994, Shanghai, China), combined traditional Chinese painting methods with European techniques, especially those of van Gogh and Cézanne, and promoted this style as a model for revolutionizing art education in China.
As the leader of art schools in Shanghai and Nanjing (Nanking), Liu exerted extraordinary influence. The scion of a distinguished literary family, Liu studied calligraphy under Kang Youwei (K’ang Yu-wei) and traditional landscape and flower painting under Wu Changshi (Wu Ch’ang-shih) and Chen Hengke (Ch’en Heng-k’e).
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