Lu Shi - Artist Info

About Lu Shi

  • Biography

    Shi Lu (Chinese: ??; pinyin: Shí Lu; 1919–1982), born Feng Yaheng (Chinese: ???), was a Chinese painter, wood block printer, poet and calligrapher. He based his pseudonym on two artists who greatly influenced him, the landscape painter Shitao and writer Lu Xun.

    Shi Lu came from a wealthy land owning family in Renshou County, Sichuan Province. A student of the Chinese traditional painting style guohua, he studied at Dongfang Art College and West China Union University in Chengdu (1934-1940). He joined the Communist Party of China and in 1949 at the first national assembly was elected and executive member of the China Artists Association.

    In 1955 Shi Lu travelled to India to supervise the overall art design of a Chinese pavilion...

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