Li Keran landscape painting

Li Keran's representative landscape paintings: endless scenery of Jiangshan, Wan Shanhong, Lijiang, Jinggangshan and Aiwan Pavilion.

Li Keran (1March 26th, 907-1February 5th, 989), formerly named Li Yongshun, was born in Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province, an outstanding painter in modern China and a disciple of Qi Baishi.

Li Keran loved painting since childhood, and learned to paint landscapes at the age of 13. 43 years old, professor of Central Academy of Fine Arts. At the age of 49, he traveled long distances to Wan Li to sketch. Pencils are often old and spicy in old age. He is good at painting landscapes and people, especially cows.

His representative works include Beautiful Scenery of Lijiang River, Red Mountains, Jinggangshan and so on. Representative paintings include Li Keran's Ink Sketch, Li Keran's China's Painting, Li Keran's Painting Cattle, etc.

Create ink and wash.

From 65438 to 0942, Li Keran began to sketch in ink and wash, made pictures of cows, and participated in the joint exhibition of contemporary painters in Sichuan and Chongqing. At the same time, classical freehand brushwork figures such as Qu Yuan, Wang Xizhi, Du Fu and the landscape painting "Wind and Rain Returning to Pasture" appeared. It is also the beginning of the classical period of Li Keran's landscape painting (1942- 1953).

65438-0943, Li Keran was invited by Chen Zhifo, president of Chongqing Institute of National Arts, to be a lecturer of Chinese painting until September 1946. During this period, I devoted myself to the teaching and research of Chinese painting, mainly studying landscapes, classical figures and herding cattle. He drew a picture of ICBC Waterfall, a picture of a lady with a fan, a picture of a man in Bashan, and a picture of an imitation stone.

1944, Li Keran ink painting exhibition was held in Chongqing, Xu Beihong prefaced it, and Lao She wrote "Looking at Painting", which was full of praise for Li Keran's landscape paintings and buffalo pictures. 1945, Li Keran, Lin Fengmian, Ding,,, Ni Yide, et al. Hold a "modern painting joint exhibition", focusing on landscapes and freehand brushwork figures.

In the same year, he held an exhibition of Li Keran's freehand brushwork paintings in Kunming, and created He Fangting, The Old Man under the Brown and other works. 1946, Li Keran went to Beiping Art Institute to teach. In the spring of the following year, he started with Qi Baishi and accompanied him 10 year. In the same year, he got a wonderful experience of yellow ink accumulation.

From 65438 to 0948, Li Keran held his second solo exhibition in Beiping. Xu Beihong Memorial Hall has nearly 10 freehand figure paintings, such as Painting Ruan and Huai Su Book Exchange.