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Born 1953 Nanjing, Jiangsu, China. Known for: Chinese landscape scrolls, florals, rocks.
Chinese painter Liu Dan was born in 1953 into a scholarly family that educated its children in philosophy, poetry, painting and calligraphy. "My grandfather taught me calligraphy because he believed... Read full biography
Chinese painter Liu Dan was born in 1953 into a scholarly family that educated its children in philosophy, poetry, painting and calligraphy. "My grandfather taught me calligraphy because he believed that writing was the mark of a gentleman, just as in the Western world, it is his speech," he says.... Read full biography
Chinese painter Liu Dan was born in 1953 into a scholarly family that educated its children in philosophy, poetry, painting and calligraphy. "My grandfather taught me calligraphy because he believed that writing was the mark of a gentleman, just as in the Western world, it is his speech," he says. Thanks to him, Liu's calligraphically-trained hand marked him as an exceptional artist in later life. Liu's formal education, however, was short-lived. In 1966, Mao's Cultural Revolution tore the... Read full biography
Chinese painter Liu Dan was born in 1953 into a scholarly family that educated its children in philosophy, poetry, painting and calligraphy. "My grandfather taught me calligraphy because he believed that writing was the mark of a gentleman, just as in the Western world, it is his speech," he says. Thanks to him, Liu's calligraphically-trained hand marked him as an exceptional artist in later life. Liu's formal education, however, was short-lived. In 1966, Mao's Cultural Revolution tore the family apart. Liu, with other young intellectuals, was sent to the countryside, where he spent years farming rice. The purpose of the Revolution, according to the artist, was to erase the four "olds"old thinking, old culture, old customs and old habits.... Read full biography
Chinese painter Liu Dan was born in 1953 into a scholarly family that educated its children in philosophy, poetry, painting and calligraphy. "My grandfather taught me calligraphy because he believed that writing was the mark of a gentleman, just as in the Western world, it is his speech," he says. Thanks to him, Liu's calligraphically-trained hand marked him as an exceptional artist in later life. Liu's formal education, however, was short-lived. In 1966, Mao's Cultural Revolution tore the family apart. Liu, with other young intellectuals, was sent to the countryside, where he spent years farming rice. The purpose of the Revolution, according to the artist, was to erase the four "olds"old thinking, old culture, old customs and old habits. Despite the physical hardships and suffering he witnessed, Liu practiced drawing and writing whenever he could, to counteract the forces aimed a... Read full biography
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Keywords (17)
Art Method
- •Easel Painting
- •Graphic Design, Printmaking, Lithography, Etching, Woodblocks
- •Words, Text, Calligraphy, Letters
Art Media
- •Etching, Etcher
- •Ink
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Pen and Ink Drawing
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Abstraction and Realism; Semi Abstract
Art Subject
- •Allegory, Metaphor, Parable
- •Floral Landscape, Wildflowers
- •Floral Still Life, Floral Motifs, Flowers
- •Landscape, Nature, Rural Scene
- •Still Life
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Asian