Li Keran 1907-1989 Chinese Watercolor Landscape – February 14, 2019
Ink and watercolor on paper roll. Featuring mountainous landscape of Li River. Signed Li Keran 1907-1989 Chinese, inscribed with 3 artist seals. 68 x 99 cm.
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Li Keran
Li Keran was a Chinese painter known for his depictions of landscapes using both traditional and experimental techniques. “Delve into tradition with the utmost dedication and then break away from it with the utmost courage,” he once proclaimed.
Born Li Yongshun on March 26, 1907, in Xuzhou, China. He attended classes in both traditional Chinese painting and Western painting. As a result, he developed a broader understanding and fundamentals of Western painting under André Claudot while studying at the Hangzhou National Art College. In 1946, Li was asked to join the faculty of the Beijing National Art College, where his colleagues included the revered artists Qi Baishi and Huang Binhong.
Li went on furthermore to publish the influential essay On the Reform of Chinese Painting in the first issue of Art (Meishu), the magazine of the Chinese Artists’ Association. In the essay, he consequently advocated for artists to immerse themselves in the lives of ordinary people. Though he experienced a significant amount of criticism during the Cultural Revolution, Li continued to create landscapes using his hybrid style merging East and West. The artist died on December 5, 1989, in Beijing, China.
Today, his works are held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria in Canada, and the National Museum of China in Beijing, among others.
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