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Li Cao BIOGRAPHY
Born 1954 Nanjing, Jiangshu. Known for: Painting.
Cao Li is a contemporary Chinese artist whose paintings, like poetry, are combinations of the imaginary and reality. Sometimes he feels as if he lives in a dream world, his paintings being a... Read full biography
Cao Li is a contemporary Chinese artist whose paintings, like poetry, are combinations of the imaginary and reality. Sometimes he feels as if he lives in a dream world, his paintings being a reflection of this world. The recurrent themes in Cao Li's paintings are the horse, the birds, the musicians... Read full biography
Cao Li is a contemporary Chinese artist whose paintings, like poetry, are combinations of the imaginary and reality. Sometimes he feels as if he lives in a dream world, his paintings being a reflection of this world. The recurrent themes in Cao Li's paintings are the horse, the birds, the musicians and the naked figure; the horse because he is born the Year of the Horse, the birds because they represent the absolute freedom, the musicians because he has not been one since childhood, and the... Read full biography
Cao Li is a contemporary Chinese artist whose paintings, like poetry, are combinations of the imaginary and reality. Sometimes he feels as if he lives in a dream world, his paintings being a reflection of this world. The recurrent themes in Cao Li's paintings are the horse, the birds, the musicians and the naked figure; the horse because he is born the Year of the Horse, the birds because they represent the absolute freedom, the musicians because he has not been one since childhood, and the naked character because for him he represents the dream state. He focuses on the angularity of horse bodies while drawing inspiration from a unique Chinese device practiced in traditional brush painting that allows the viewer to see the subject from a... Read full biography
Cao Li is a contemporary Chinese artist whose paintings, like poetry, are combinations of the imaginary and reality. Sometimes he feels as if he lives in a dream world, his paintings being a reflection of this world. The recurrent themes in Cao Li's paintings are the horse, the birds, the musicians and the naked figure; the horse because he is born the Year of the Horse, the birds because they represent the absolute freedom, the musicians because he has not been one since childhood, and the naked character because for him he represents the dream state. He focuses on the angularity of horse bodies while drawing inspiration from a unique Chinese device practiced in traditional brush painting that allows the viewer to see the subject from a multi-level perspective. The fluidity of the shots Brush adds yet another reference to the traditional painting "guohua" (brush).... Read full biography
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Cao Li is a contemporary Chinese artist whose paintings, like poetry, are combinations of the imaginary and reality. Sometimes he feels as if he lives in a dream world, his paintings being a reflection of this world. The recurrent themes in Cao Li's paintings are the horse, the birds, the musicians and the naked figure; the horse because he is born the Year of the Horse, the birds because they represent the absolute freedom, the musicians because he has not been one since childhood, and the naked character because for him he represents the dream state. He focuses on the angularity of horse bodies while drawing inspiration from a unique Chinese device practiced in traditional brush painting that allows the viewer to see the subject from a multi-level perspective. The fluidity of the shots Brush adds yet another reference to the traditional painting "guohua" (brush).
Cao Li was born in 1954 in Guizhou, Guiyang Province, where he attended primary and secondary school and was recognized as a child prodigy. In the early 1970s, he began a private study on oil painting, although he was given an official job in the era of the Cultural Revolution as a worker in the construction of steel beams. In 1978, encouraged by his friends, he joined the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, graduated from the mural in 1982 and became a teaching assistant. In 1988, he held his first solo show at the Central Academy and continued working at the school as a speaker. He took a sabbatical year in 1991 to study privately in Europe, traveling to France and Spain. Upon his return in 1992, he became an associate professor in the Painting Department mural that he directs today.Biography from Shanghai Hosane Auction Co., Ltd.
Cao was born in Guiyang. He graduated from the Central Academy of China, where he is now a professor. In 1989, his oil painting "The Impression of a Town" was awarded the Bronze Medal at the 7th National Fine Art Exhibition. He has held eight solo exhibitions in Beijing, Madrid, Taiwan and Hong Kong. The Fine Arts Gallery of China collected his representative work "Herdboy". Cao has published six books, including "Cao Li's Line Drawings" and "Cao Li's Sketches".