Li Kuchan (1899 065438+ 10/-1983 June 1 1), formerly known as Li Ying and Li Yingjie, whose real name is Gong Li. Gaotang County, Shandong Province. 189965438+1October1(1898 1 1 October 30th) was born in a poor peasant family in Liqizhuang, Gaotang County, Shandong Province. After being admitted to the art college, I can only pay my tuition by pulling a cart. In his early years, he studied western painting with Mr. Xu Beihong in the Amateur Painting Research Association affiliated to Peking University. I once participated in the May 4th patriotic movement in 19 19. 1922 was admitted to the western painting department of the National Beijing Academy of Fine Arts to study oil painting. 1998, he was named "Milan Kucan" by his classmates. 19 2 3 studied under qi Baishi and became the first disciple of qimen. The old man Baishi gave him a calligraphy cloud "Bitter Zen" (the first stroke and thoughts have not been defected since the next generation, and the true temperament can be tested); I think "English (bitter) has passed me, and English is invincible." If you don't talk to each other and don't care about the name, there is no ghost. "193O, at the invitation of President Lin Fengmian, went to Hangzhou to be a full-time professor of Chinese painting. He went deep into life to sketch, and organized his works and creations with freehand brushwork and pen and ink. He integrated western sculpture, painting methods and spirit into Chinese painting teaching. He took the lead in introducing Peking Opera into art teaching as "a combination of traditional aesthetics and culture and art", and personally took the stage with black powder to state his views, just as the Morning Post commented: "In recent years, the pioneer of the creative school in the northern art world is unique, and it is the famous Mr. Li Kuchan. After the fall of Beijing in 19 3 7, he resolutely took over and participated in the underground war of resistance. Practice 7 "You must have personality before you have style; The oath of "so-called personality-patriotism first" 19 4 6, Xu Beihong hired him as a professor at Beiping Art College. After 1950, he became a professor of Chinese painting at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. After the change, he became a master of freehand brushwork in China. There is a "Li Kuchan Memorial Hall" in Jinan. Li Kuchan's Painting Collection (preface by Cao Yu, Shandong People's Publishing House) was published.

After the founding of New China, he was a professor of Chinese painting department of Central Academy of Fine Arts, an academician of China Painting Academy, a director of China Artists Association and a member of China People's Political Consultative Conference.

In the history of freehand flower-and-bird painting in China, Mr. Li Kuchan is another master who leads the times after Chang Fa in Song Dynasty, Xu Wenchang in Ming Dynasty, Badashanren in Qing Dynasty, Wu Changshuo in modern times and Qi Baishi.

Mr Li Kuchan is an outstanding contemporary freehand brushwork flower-and-bird painter in China. Engaged in art creation and art education for more than 60 years. His works inherited the fine tradition of Chinese painting, absorbed the techniques of Shi Tao, Badashanren, Yangzhou School of Painting, Wu Changshuo, Qi Baishi and other predecessors, integrated Chinese and Western techniques, infiltrated ancient methods, and found a new way, thus developing his own unique characteristics in freehand brushwork of flowers and birds. The world of flowers and birds described by Mr. Li Kuchan is rich, plain and wonderful. He often paints with pine, bamboo, plum, orchid, chrysanthemum, stone, lotus, starling, cormorant and eagle as themes. He created many artistic images with both form and spirit with his unique aesthetic views and rich expression techniques. The flowers and birds in his works have some realistic elements, but they are not purely objective descriptions of natural images, but highly concise recreations. Seemingly inadvertently, it contains simplicity, and in the natural meaning, it contains masculinity. His brushwork lines are flowing, vigorous and simple, and his brushwork is simple and simple, but interesting. Pen and ink are bold and unconstrained. His ability to control pen and ink and his ability to control freehand brushwork skills are amazing. For him, the bigger the picture, the freer it is. Especially in his later years, his works became more and more simple and vigorous, and his brushwork reached the artistic realm of "simplicity and complexity".