Calligraphy

Li Shutong (1880-1942) lived in Tianjin. In 1905, Li Shutong was the first to study in Japan, and was regarded as "the first Chinese to aspire to the West" by the Japanese newspaper Kokumin Shimbun.He returned to China after his studies in 1911, and was the first to open a drawing class in the Higher Industrial College in Tianjin, as well as a teacher of Chinese painting in the Zhili Model Industrial College, and was the first to start a new trend of art education in Chinese schools. In 1911, he returned to China after completing his studies and started the first pattern class at the Tianjin Higher Industrial College, and at the same time became a teacher of Chinese painting at the Zhili Model Industrial College. After 1912, Li Shutong was mainly active in the south of China, but he kept in touch with his friends and relatives in his hometown, and contributed a lot to the formation of the "Tianjin School of Chinese Painting". Li Shutong was the earliest to introduce Western painting, art education, music education, drama, advertising design, newspaper editing and other arts and culture, which opened the prelude to the 20th century's cultural fusion between the East and the West. The book "Chinese Painters of the Early Civil War" recorded Lv Fengzi's evaluation of Li Shutong: "Strictly speaking, Li Shutong should be the first one to be recognized as the first advocate of the movement to improve traditional Chinese painting. According to the existing information, Mr. Li should be the first one since the Republic of China formally introduced Western painting in China, and then inspired the traditional painting in China needs to improve the trend of thought, and then Liu Haisu, Xu Beihong, etc. in essence are accepted Mr. Li's influence, and then for the implementation of the improvement of traditional Chinese painting movement." Li Shutong (1880-1942) lived in Tianjin. In 1905, he was the first to study in Japan, and was regarded by the Japanese newspaper Kokumin Shimbun as "the first Chinese to aspire to the West." He returned to China after completing his studies in 1911, and was the first to open a pattern class at the Higher Industrial College in Tianjin, and at the same time served as a Chinese painter at the Zhili Model Industrial College. In 1911, he returned to China after completing his studies and started the first pattern class at the Tianjin Higher Industrial College, and at the same time became a teacher of Chinese painting at the Zhili Model Industrial College. After 1912, Li Shutong was mainly active in the south of China, but he kept in touch with his friends and relatives in his hometown, and contributed a lot to the formation of the "Tianjin School of Chinese Painting". Li Shutong was the earliest to introduce Western painting, art education, music education, drama, advertising design, newspaper editing and other arts and culture, which opened the prelude to the 20th century's cultural fusion between the East and the West. The book "Chinese Painters of the Early Civil War" recorded Lv Fengzi's evaluation of Li Shutong: "Strictly speaking, Li Shutong should be the first one to be recognized as the first advocate of the movement to improve traditional Chinese painting. According to many existing information, Mr. Li should be the first since the Republic of China formally introduced Western painting in our country, and then inspired the traditional painting in our country need to improve the tide of thought, and then Liu Haisu, Xu Beihong, etc. in essence are accepted Mr. Li's influence, and then for the implementation of the improvement of the movement of Chinese traditional painting."

Liu Kui Ling (1885 - 1967), known as Yaochen, was a descendant of the Tucheng Liu Family, one of the Eight Famous Artists of Tianjin. As a teenager, he began to learn Western painting techniques and acquired knowledge of perspective, color, anatomy and other sketching skills, as well as photography skills. In order to make the ink and brush convey the meaning, he often went to the zoo or the countryside to sketch, sketched or photographed the birds, animals, fishes and insects in his life, and then went home to organize and refine them, and then put them into his brush. After entering middle age, when copying ancient masterpieces, he tried to draw on the elegance and rigor of Song and Yuan painters, and also fully adopted the characteristics of Lv Ji, Shen Quan and other Ming and Qing painters' vigorous brushwork and vivid modeling. At the same time in the art of the time under the encouragement of the ideology, spared no effort to study and the introduction of Western realism, especially on the Lang Shining and Bamboo Forest Qifeng and other people's techniques and clever reference to the image of its works real and vivid, rich in three-dimensionality, movement and texture.

Liu Kui Ling's comprehensive skills in Chinese painting, flowers, birds, animals, landscapes have achieved a high level of achievement, but painting animals, birds, the most unique attainments in the painting world. Most of his flowers, birds, animals and birds come from life, originating from his subtle observation of nature animals, neither copying nature, nor copying the ancients, in the chapters and modeling and other aspects have shown excellent creativity and outstanding artistic talent, he truly achieved the ancient and modern excellent ink and brushwork traditions, real-life natural objects, the realism and integrity of Western painting and its rich and lively artistic imagination, a very successful integration. He has truly integrated the ancient and modern excellent brush and ink traditions, real-life natural objects, the sense of reality and wholeness of Western painting, and his rich and lively artistic imagination to form a unique artistic outlook. In terms of specific techniques, he created the brushwork of wetland silk hair, and was good at flexibly combining brushwork, coloring and water use, using a variety of colors to form elegant hues that delicately expressed the physical structure, skin color and luster of birds, animals and beasts, and received excellent artistic results.

Liu Zijiu (1891.5-1975 3), also known as Drinking Lake and Guangcheng, was a native of Tianjin. He specialized in Chinese painting and graduated from the Central Army Surveying School in 1920. He was the director and curator of the Tianjin Municipal Art Museum, and after 1949, he was the deputy director of the Tianjin Art Museum and a member of the Tianjin Cultural and Historical Research Center. His works include "Supporting the Front" and "Grazing on the Great Wall".

Zhang Zhaoxiang, with the character of Hean, was born in 1852, and lived in the hutong of Jinguanci in the city, with the name of "Listening to the Pine" in his study. He studied under the famous painter Meng Yuzi, painting many new ideas. Meng's master, Li Silin, had already succeeded in introducing Western pigments into his paintings as early as during the Jiaqing and Daoguang periods. In this lineage, Zhang Zhaoxiang's achievements were even more remarkable. Zhaoshang emphasized "taking everything as the teacher, taking the vitality as the transport", focusing on physical sketching, once faced with the lotus pond and peony garden, using a big paper of ten feet two to take pictures of flowers, taking the posture and assigning colors, with a clear and strong and playful brushwork, which is not constrained by the ancient method but also not by the ancient method. He was the first person in China to apply photography to the creation of Chinese paintings, as he was familiar with Western photographic techniques. His flower works have both the ancient painters Xu Xi, Huang Chyuan's Austria, and both the Western painter Lang Shi Ning's wonderful, so a flower and a leaf, both shape and spirit, glittering, very three-dimensional, creating a generation of new styles, known as the "Flower ZongShi". Guangxu eighteen years (1892), zhaoxiang for the Wenmei Zhai South Paper Bureau created the "Hundred Flowers Notebook" two letters *** 200, printed and published after the popularity of home and abroad, for the national treasures. At the end of the Qing dynasty and the beginning of the people, tianjin residents to have zhaoxiang paintings for pride, store to hang his flowers screen strip for auspicious, come to tianjin outside the business, more than purchase its paintings to carry away to collect. As a result, many disciples followed the path of Zhaoxiang's paintings, and many of them became famous painters, laying a good foundation for the formation and development of the "Tianjin School of Chinese Painting".

Xu Shichang (1855-1939) was a native of Shui Zhu Chuen. His ancestors moved to Tianjin in the Qianlong period of the Qing Dynasty. He lost his father at the age of seven and was raised by his mother Liu. In the eighth year of the Guangxu reign, he was admitted to the Hanlin Academy and became a university scholar and vice-minister of the Cabinet. During the Republic of China period, he served as Secretary of State and President of the People's Republic of China. Xu Shichang, as the "Beiyang Military Counselor", started his career from Tianjin, advocated the "rule of literature" when he was the President, organized the Evening Clearing House Poetry Society, and founded the "Society of Four Depositories", which advocated the promotion of national education. He planned and assisted Jin Beilou and Zhou Zhaoxiang to establish the Chinese Painting Research Society in 1920. During the seventeen years after his return to Tianjin as a "tenant", he was fully engaged in poetry, calligraphy and painting, and became the president of the Oriental Painting Association in China. He specialized in painting landscapes, bamboo, rocks and pines, and his painting style was elegant and quiet. The bureaucrats around him, such as Liang Shiyi, Ye Gongchuo, Long Jianzhang, Zhu Qixin, Liu Chunlin, Xiong Xiling, Cai Yuanpei, Fan Fanshan, Jin Beilou, Zhou Zhaoxiang, Chen Shizeng, Zhao Yuanli, Fu Zengxiang, etc., shuttled between Beijing and Tianjin, which added the "Tianjin and Beijing Painting System" to the "Tianjin School of Chinese Painting". They added the "Tianjin-Beijing Painting System" to the "Tianjin School of Chinese Painting". Also drove the retreat of the tianjin concession bureaucrats and politicians and the former qing dynasty relics of the social atmosphere of writing and painting and befriending painters. Xu Shichang attach importance to make friends with foreign painters obsessed with Chinese painting, such as the United States Fukai Sen, Britain Jurchen, Japan Watanabe Chenmu (into the lake society, the number of Xiaohu) and so on. Coupled with the Russian, Japanese, British and French Concessions in Tianjin held exhibitions or foreign painters lectures, so that the "Tianjin School of Chinese Painting" was born at the beginning of the openness and inclusiveness of the obvious characteristics.

Meng Guanghui (1867-1939) was a famous modern calligrapher in Tianjin. He was also known as Dingsheng, also known as Dingshen. There are many aliases, Yuan Sheng, Chun Yu Room, Ask Plum Gin Society, Baiyun Mountain Man, Junzi Quan and so on. Ancestral origin Shandong Zouxian (Anhui Shouguang)? Lived in Tianjin for a long time.

He was educated at home, since childhood by his father, very young can make poetry. 8 years old can write the Breaking the mold, 12 years old can copy the He Shaoji word, for the Jinmen copying the North and South posters and monuments of the famous hand. In his prime, he traveled to the famous mountains and rivers in Fujian, Zhejiang, Jiangsu and Hubei provinces. With the painter Ma Jiatong with subordinate Duanfang curtain.

Meng Guanghui and "Hua (Shikui), Yan (Xiu), Zhao (Yuanli)" and called Tianjin "four major calligraphers", and are relatives, close contacts. He was an accomplished calligrapher in all kinds of calligraphic styles, and was especially good at clerical script and running script. He synthesized the "true, cursive, scribal and seal script" into one, and combined the characteristics of Yan, Liu, Ou, Zhao, Su, Huang, Mi and Cai calligraphers of the past dynasties, and he mostly wrote late at night, and studied ink and ink with more care.

Meng Guanghui is committed to the development of calligraphy, writing banners and plaques for people in different styles and styles, which are loved by people and praised by celebrities. In his early years, he also wrote inscriptions for the Confucius Temple in the East Gate.

He was also good at copying, even the ink thickness are similar to master, can be fake, his calligraphy and his own river character, unwilling to chase a calligraphy style, and do not want to be constrained, and he can not paint but can teach painting. 30's famous painters Yang Qing I was one of his disciples.

He had a wide range of interests, including Peking Opera, Kunqu Opera, and Chinese opera, and wrote a plaque for the Chinese Theater; in 1921, he joined the Chengnan Poetry Society organized by Yan Xiu.

Meng Guanghui was also fond of antiquities since his childhood, collecting excavated relics of various dynasties and calligraphic paper, fans and letterheads, and his collection of big money was the most famous. Especially emphasize the research and collection of oracle bones, is also one of China's oracle bone collectors, and Wang Xiang, Wang Yirong. Before and after **** acquisition of 430 pieces of oracle bones, and Wang Xiang is the earliest discoverer of Yin ruins. They thus pushed ancient Chinese history forward by almost 1,000 years. The collection of antiquities are still some of the hard to come by items. He was good at socializing and valued friendship, and was close to Li Shutong, the master of Hongyi Da Shi, since childhood, and once inscribed a big "longevity" character for his 60th birthday.

Meng Guanghui's works are not many, he said that less is more expensive, rather than suffer from poverty is not to write more. He wrote "the two han remnants of stone compilation", "Ding Sheng hide spring", hide Li Hernian place. He was so poor that when he was dying, only 2 yuan of counterfeit coins were found in his collection. he died of illness in 1939 at the age of 73.

Yan Xiu (1860 ~ 1929) educator. Character Fan Sun, No. Meng Fu. A native of Tianjin. At the end of the Qing Dynasty, he was a Hanlin scholar. When he served as Guizhou's academic government, advocated new learning, and was famous in the world for requesting the opening of a special economic course. In 1897, he resigned from his post and returned to his hometown. First about Zhang Bo Ling to teach the family school, and then set up a private house for the Jingye Middle School (now the predecessor of the Nankai Middle School), and jointly with the gentry to establish the first and second elementary school, and to assist the local authorities to run a number of government elementary school and half-day school, cram school and other educational institutions. Afterwards, he founded the Girls' Primary School, Nanny Workshop (Kindergarten Teacher), and Montgomery Park in his private house, which played an enlightening and facilitating role in the emergence of new education in Tianjin, and founded Nankai University with Zhang Bo Ling in 1918. In his later years, he initiated the formation of the Chengnan Poetry Society and the Chongchem Society, and lectured on righteousness and exegesis. He wrote poems, essays, diaries, letters and notes, and published books such as Mr. Yan Fansun's Posthumous Writings and Mr. Yan Fansun's Poems in Ancient and Modern Style. His calligraphy is handsome and elegant, charming and graceful, and he is one of the four major calligraphers of Tianjin in modern times. Yan Xiu (1860-1929) was a famous educator and scholar in modern times, and also a pioneer in reforming feudal education and promoting modernization of education. He was also a pioneer in the modernization of education. His name was Fan Sun, and he was called Meng Fu, a nickname he used to be known as Discussant. Originally from Cixi, Zhejiang Province, he was born in 1860. Han nationality. He was a salt merchant.

Traditional education at an early age, read the books, in 1882, won the countryside examination, the following year, and then entered the Hanlin Academy in the Qing Dynasty. Did the Qing Dynasty Hanlin Yuan editorial, the National History Museum associate repair, the Hall of Canonical details of the school official, Guizhou school government, the Ministry of Education Minister, in charge of the national education. However, he was different from the general feudal official history, and actively advocated the new style of education. He was famous for asking the Guangxu Emperor to open a "special economic department" to reform the imperial examination system.

Yan Xiu vigorously promote the private school, enthusiastic in the township school. Beginning to school as a base, the reform of the old-style education, to promote the dissemination of "Western learning". First about Zhang Borying to teach the family school (then known as "Yan Hall"), learning English, mathematics and natural sciences, the first of the western school in Tianjin. In addition, he founded the first and second primary schools of the People's Republic of China in cooperation with the gentry, and assisted the local authorities to set up a number of government elementary school and half-day schools, cram schools, research institutes and other educational institutions.

Yan Xiu advocated women's education and was one of the earliest advocates of women's education in China, founding the Yan's Girls' School in 1902, which was described by Ta Kung Pao as "the starting point for the revitalization of women's education", and transforming the Yan's Girls' School into the Yan's Women's School in 1905, which became a regular women's elementary school in the private sector. In 1905, Yan's Girls' School was transformed into Yan's Girls' School, which became a regular girls' primary school. In addition, Yan's Nanny Workshop (Early Childhood Teacher Training Center) and Yan's Kindergarten were established in her private home, which trained the earliest cadres of early childhood education in China.

Yan Xiu's major contribution to the implementation of new education was the establishment of the Nankai School, and he traveled to Japan twice between 1902 and 1904 to study educational methods, and in the spring of 1904 he became the supervisor of the Zhili School Department. In the spring of 1904, he became the supervisor of the school department of Zhili, and then he and Zhang Borying decided to merge Yan's school with Wang (Yisun)'s school to establish the private Jingye Middle School, which was formally opened in October 1904, with Zhang Borying as the supervisor (i.e., principal). This was the predecessor of Nankai School, which was renamed Nankai Middle School in 1907. Yan Xiu as a school board member, not only personal financial and material resources to fund the development of the school, but also in the educational thinking and direction of the school also has a great influence on Nankai. 1918 and Zhang Boring went to the United States to study the University of education. 1919, the two and *** with the founding of the University of Nankai, and since then, the establishment of Nankai Women's High School, Nankai Primary School. By 1928, the unique Nankai series of schools (elementary school, middle school, girls' high school, university) was finally completed.

Yan Xiu, in his later years, also initiated the formation of the Chengnan Poetry Society and the Chongxin Society in Tianjin, and wrote poems, essays, diaries, letters and notes, etc., which are now published as "Yan Xiu's Diary of his Journeys to the East", "Mr. Yan Fansun's Poems of Ancient and Modern Forms", and "Handwritten Notes from the Pavilion of Fragrant Fragrance", among other writings. Yan Xiu was not only versed in history and economics, but also studied mathematics and arithmetic, as well as Western and Thai studies. In addition, Yan Xiu was also a master of Chinese musical instruments, chess, calligraphy and painting, and his calligraphy was so elegant and powerful that he was one of the four major calligraphers in Tianjin at that time. He was also good at poetry, and was known as one of the "Three Masters of Modern Tianjin Poetry" together with Zhao Youmei and Wang Shouxun.

On March 15, 1929, Nankai's "school father" Yan Xiu died at the age of 69 in Tianjin. Nankai alumni from all over the world donated money to build the "Fan Sun Building" in Nankai Middle School and sculpted a bronze statue, and in 1992, Nankai University sculpted a bronze statue on the campus to commemorate Yan Xiu's lifelong dedication to the new school and his contribution to the cause of education in the motherland.

Zhao Yuanli, (1868--1939), known as Youmei (幼梅), Zangzhai (藏齋), was a modern calligrapher and poet. With Hua Shikui, Meng Guanghui, Yan Xiu and known as the "four great calligraphy in Tianjin". 1921, with Yan Fansun, Jin Xihou, Wang Shouxun and others to organize the "Poetry Society of Chengnan", and "Tianjin modern poetry, three masters," renowned in Tianjin. He is the author of Zangzhai ji (Collected Works of Zangzhai) and Zangzhai poems, etc., from which Li Shutong learned. Zhao Yuanli's "Su style" of calligraphy, in the elegant and graceful show a kind of timeless and robust flavor, not only inherited the Su style of dashing, elegant and fluent characteristics, but also has a distinctive face of their own, between the lines of the words through a strong sense of calligraphy. Zhao Yuanli's attainments in Su style can be said to be unique. "Among the four major calligraphers of Tianjin, Zhao Yuanli's calligraphy is unique. Unlike Hua Shikui, Meng Guanghui, and Yan Xiu, whose fonts are of various types, Zhao Yuanli specializes in Su (Su Dongpo) style. There is strength and robustness in the richness, and there is no lack of strength in the fullness." Mr. Sun Baofa, vice chairman of Tianjin Calligraphers Association, appreciated Zhao Yuanli's calligraphy, "Among the calligraphers of Tianjin and even the whole country, Zhao Yuanli's attainments in Su style can be said to be unique."

Hua Shikui (1863-1941), a calligrapher, was known as Qichen (qi臣), and Bichen (璧臣). He was a native of Tianjin. After the establishment of the Republic of China, he regarded himself as an old man and never cut his pigtails. He and Yan Xiu organized the Society for the Promotion of Chemistry, and were in charge of the affairs of the society. His calligraphy took the bones of the Yan character, with a majestic spirit, open bones, and a great deal of strength. The handwritten five-character plaque of "Tianjin Persuasion Yard", with a character size of 1 meter, is strong and majestic, and can be regarded as his masterpiece. Calligraphy works as small as fly-head small regular script, large to diameter feet above the list, the structure is very heavy and relaxed, later in life more strong and upright. In his later years, he became even more vigorous and upright. He ranked first among the four major calligraphers of Tianjin in modern times. In modern times, the most famous calligraphers in Tianjin are Hua Shikui, Yan Xiu, Meng Guanghui and Zhao Yuanli. Among them, Hua Shikui was at the top of the list. On the one hand, Hua's calligraphy attainments are outstanding. On the other hand, Hua had served as the eight banners of the official school instructor, is the Qing dynasty rewarded with two top band of ministers, can be said to be a high official title. Hua Shikui was born in a family of old salt merchants, and began to receive education at the age of four. Every day, his father insisted on practicing calligraphy, his father's requirements are very strict, occasionally see the slightest slack, take the tobacco pot to the head to knock. In order to correct the posture of the pen, his father uniquely put a coin on his pen, as long as the pen slightly tilted, the coin will fall down. It is said that Hua could later put ten coins on his pen and still be able to move his pen freely, which shows the depth of his strength. As the saying goes, one can never be too proud of one's efforts. Hua eventually became a great calligrapher. Xuantong abdicated, Hua returned to Tianjin from the officialdom to make a living by selling characters. The inscription of a plaque for the "Tianjin Persuasion" is most noteworthy. In the 17th year of the Republic of China, the Tianjin persuasion yard was built, and Gao Xingqiao, a German merchant, sent someone to ask Hua to write a plaque. According to the usual practice at that time, any person who came to the door to ask for writing, all with the account manager to talk about the price, Hua never saw the guests who asked for writing. But Gao Xingqiao sent people into the study of China, briefly explained the "Persuasion" plaque after the feet inch, then asked people to bring three hundred pieces of cash Yang, said politely: "District Runcim, no respect." Hua smiled blandly and nodded his head and agreed to the matter. At that time, there was no photocopying, photolithography, or enlarging technology. The main family wants a big word, the calligrapher has to write a big word, like "persuasive field" plaque belongs to the list of books. Write the list of books is very see skills, not good writing. A few days after the incident, Hua just wrote the plaque, the person who asked for the word and sent two hundred foreign currencies, told with a difficult face, because of a momentary negligence, almost a big mistake, please Mr. in the "persuasive field" on the front of the "Tianjin" two words. Hearing this, Mr. Hua was very unhappy and ordered his servant to write the word "Tianjin" on the paper and ink. Hua Shikui also has two anecdotes worth mentioning. He served as Cabinet Secretary walk, and Hanlin Xu Shichang worship in the Household Department, Qi Shichang door. Qi late in life to get a son, very favorite, had entrusted Hua, Xu future care. In 1930, Qi's youngest son was poor and desperate, especially from his hometown to Tianjin for help. Hua was grateful for his teacher's love and gave him two hundred dollars, and went to Xu's house to ask for help on his behalf. Xu said to Hua: "You have been selling your words for a lot of money, but I don't make much money from my words. In this way, I according to your number to reduce the gift by half." Afterwards, Hua this to the descendants of the Oracle satirized Xu Shichang: "You can be well practiced word ah! If you are good at writing, you will be better than being the president of the Republic of China!" Because Xu Shichang was the president of the Republic of China. Although Hua is a former minister of the Qing Dynasty, but very much about moral integrity. He and Luo Zhenyu deep personal relationship, Luo had advised him to assist Puyi. He said: "Now the emperor is the emperor of Manchuria, not the emperor of the Qing dynasty, he wears western clothes, collusion with the Japanese, betrayal of the ancestors. I am a minister of the Qing dynasty, will never betray the first dynasty and its stream." Throughout his life, his human character and distinctive national consciousness is commendable.

Liang Qi (1909-1996), Hui nationality. Word Tongping, No. job old man, alias Youzhou wild old man, Yanshan old people, etc., fasting name ShouYanLu, Hebei Province, Jiahe people. 1945 afternoon moved to Tianjin. He was a member of the Tianjin Museum of Literature and History and a painter at the Tianjin Painting Academy. He was known for his profound attainments in calligraphy and painting, and his excellent training in poetry and literature. He was famous for his large-capitalization landscapes and brushstroke flower and bird paintings, and was regarded as one of the Eight Greats of Today by the art world.

Chen Shaomei (1909-1954.9.9), known as Yunzhang (雲彰), studied as Mei (省梅), and was known as Shenghu (升湖), was a native of Hengshan (衡山) in Hunan Province. Since childhood with his father Chen Jiayan study poetry and calligraphy, 15 years old into the Chinese painting research society, for the last disciple of Jin Beilou, 7 years old into the lake society painting society. 1930, his works were Belgium international exhibition centennial commemorative meeting art silver medal. 1931 went to tianjin, presided over the lake society painting society tianjin branch, engaged in painting and calligraphy creation for a long time. He has been the principal of Tianjin Art School and the chairman of the Tianjin branch of the China Artists Association. His works include "Jiangnan Spring", "Bathing Cow" and "Jungle and Far Ridge". His works have been exhibited at home and abroad and have been collected by the National Art Museum of China. He has published Selected Paintings of Chen Shaomei, Series of Paintings of Chen Shaomei and Collection of Paintings of Chen Shaomei.

Liu Jizong (1918-1983), a native of Tianjin, was a member of the Chinese Artists Association and an outstanding Chinese painter. He was a descendant of the Tucheng Liu family, one of the "Eight Famous Artists" of Tianjin. Influenced by his father, the famous painter Liu Kui Ling, Liu Jixin had a passion for painting from an early age, and at the age of sixteen he joined the Department of Western Painting of the Tianjin Municipal Museum of Fine Arts, where he systematically studied sketching, sketching, watercolor, and oil painting, and also learned the techniques of landscape painting from Liu Zijiu. He began to sell paintings at the age of eighteen. At the age of eighteen, he began to sell his paintings, and in 1947, he held a solo exhibition at the Yongan Hotel in Tianjin. At the beginning of the liberation period, he worked in the Art Bureau of the Ministry of Culture, and was later transferred to the creative group of the People's Fine Arts Publishing House. He is a member of the Chinese Artists Association, vice president of the Beijing Artistic Figure Painting Research Association, and vice president of the Beijing Bird and Flower Painting Research Association. He specializes in Chinese painting and serial painting. His works include the group painting Wu Sung Fighting Tiger, which was awarded the prize for art works at the Sixth World Youth Festival in 1956; the group painting Haunted Heavenly Palace, which took part in the exhibition of plastic arts in socialist countries; and the Chinese paintings Golden Monkey and Northeast Tiger, which were adopted by the China Stamp Company for the issuance of commemorative stamps, and were both awarded the best stamps of the whole country in 1980. The comic strip "poor stick to turn the tide", "Mr. Dong Guo" in 1963 won the National Comic Strip Creation Award for Painting First Prize and Second Prize respectively. On his deathbed, he created a huge Chinese painting, "The Two Lions", which was dedicated to the National People's Congress. With his noble character and exquisite painting skills, Liu Jixin added valuable wealth to the art treasury of the motherland. He was a master of brushstrokes, white drawings, and heavy colors, and later painted in the style of traditional Chinese painting, combining Chinese and Western painting styles. His figures, animals, birds and flowers, and landscapes are both in shape and spirit, and his paintings are rigorous and unique, enjoying a high reputation both at home and abroad.　

Chen Shaomei (1909-1954.9.9), known as Yunzhang (云彰), studied as Mei (省梅), and known as Shenghu (升湖), was a native of Hengshan, Hunan Province. Since childhood with his father Chen Jiayan study poetry and calligraphy, 15 years old into the Chinese painting research society, for the last disciple of Jin Beilou, 7 years old into the lake society painting society. 1930, his works were Belgium international exhibition centennial commemorative meeting art silver medal. 1931 went to tianjin, presided over the lake society painting society tianjin branch, engaged in painting and calligraphy creation for a long time. He has been the principal of Tianjin Art School and the chairman of the Tianjin branch of the China Artists Association. His works include "Jiangnan Spring", "Bathing Cow" and "Jungle and Far Ridge". His works have been exhibited at home and abroad and have been collected by the National Art Museum of China. He has published Selected Paintings of Chen Shaomei, Series of Paintings of Chen Shaomei and Collection of Paintings of Chen Shaomei.

Liu Jizong (1918-1983), a native of Tianjin, was a member of the Chinese Artists Association and an outstanding Chinese painter. He was a descendant of the Tucheng Liu family, one of the "Eight Famous Artists" of Tianjin. Influenced by his father, the famous painter Liu Kui Ling, Liu Jixin had a passion for painting from an early age, and at the age of sixteen he joined the Department of Western Painting of the Tianjin Municipal Museum of Fine Arts, where he systematically studied sketching, sketching, watercolor, and oil painting, and also learned the techniques of landscape painting from Liu Zijiu. He began to sell paintings at the age of eighteen. At the age of eighteen, he began to sell his paintings, and in 1947 he held a solo exhibition at the Yongan Hotel in Tianjin. At the beginning of the liberation period, he worked in the Art Bureau of the Ministry of Culture, and was later transferred to the creative group of the People's Fine Arts Publishing House. He is a member of the Chinese Artists Association, vice president of the Beijing Artistic Figure Painting Research Association and vice president of the Beijing Bird and Flower Painting Research Association. He specializes in Chinese painting and comic strips. His works include the group painting Wu Sung Fighting Tiger, which was awarded the prize for art works at the Sixth World Youth Festival in 1956; the group painting Haunted Heavenly Palace, which took part in the exhibition of plastic arts in socialist countries; and the Chinese paintings Golden Monkey and Northeast Tiger, which were adopted by the China Stamp Company for the issuance of commemorative stamps, and were both awarded the best stamps of the whole country in 1980. The comic strip "poor stick to turn the tide", "Mr. Dong Guo" in 1963 won the first prize and the second prize of the National Comic Strip Creation Award for Painting respectively. On his deathbed, he created a huge Chinese painting, "The Two Lions", which was dedicated to the National People's Congress. With his noble character and exquisite painting skills, Liu Jixin added valuable wealth to the art treasury of the motherland. He was a master of brushstrokes, white drawings, and heavy colors, and later painted in the style of traditional Chinese painting, combining Chinese and Western painting styles. His figures, animals, birds and flowers, and landscapes are both in shape and spirit, and his paintings are rigorous and unique, enjoying a high reputation both at home and abroad.