About the legendary life of Li Shutong.

Li Shutong, the originator of China oil painting, was the first person to introduce western painting knowledge to China, and also the first person to hire nude models to teach. He edited woodcut prints with educator and writer Xia Mianzun.

He is the earliest creator and advocate of modern printmaking art in China. He widely introduced western art schools and artistic ideas, and organized the Western Painting Research Association. His works include History of Western Art, Introduction to European Literature, Usage of Plaster Model, etc. , all set the first place in the study of Chinese people in the same period.

He spared no effort to introduce the history of western art development and representative painters in school art class, which made China artists fully and systematically understand the grand view of world art for the first time. As an art educator, he taught in Zhejiang First Normal University with modern educational methods, and trained a number of famous painters and musicians such as Feng Zikai, Pan Tianshou, Liu Zhiping and Wu Mengfei.

Li Shutong has made great achievements in the creation of western paintings, and people can still see his charcoal sketch "Girl" and watercolor painting "Camellia" today. However, there may be only three reliable oil paintings: the oil painting treasure "Women Who Slipped" was created in 1909 (published anonymously) and is the treasure of the town hall of the Art Museum of the Central Academy of Fine Arts; Li Shutong's self-portrait is now in the Tokyo University of Arts. The third painting, which is said to be a suspected monk, is still missing.

Li Shutong not only boldly introduced western art, but also attached great importance to China's traditional painting theory and techniques. He was especially good at combining western painting with China's traditional art. The love between teachers and students, which he collaborated with his disciple Feng Zikai, was famous for its combination of poetry and painting.

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The power of compassion

After Master Hongyi became a monk, Mr. Xu Beihong visited the master many times in the mountains. On one occasion, Mr. Xu Beihong suddenly found those branches on the mountain that had been dead for many years, and he was very puzzled. He said to the mage, "This tree sprouted because you, a monk, came to this mountain and touched the dead tree, and it came back to life." Master Hongyi said, "No, it is because I water it every day that it slowly comes to life."

On another occasion, Mr. Xu Beihong visited Master Hongyi again. He saw a wild animal walking around in front of his master. He didn't mean to hurt anyone. Mr. Xu felt very strange and asked, "This beast is a beast on the mountain. Why don't you hurt people here? " The mage said, "It was caught by others earlier, but I let it go again, so it won't hurt me."

Baidu Encyclopedia-Li Shutong