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Li Hua was a practitioner, professor, and theorist of modern art in China.
[edit] Date & Place of Birth
Li was born in 1907 in Panyu.
[edit] Education & Development
Li studied Western oil painting in Guangzhou and Japan. After returning to China in 1932, he taught at the Guangdong Art Academy.
Li Hua, #1 Struggle from the series Raging Tide, black and white; oil-based ink on Chinese paper, 19.5 x 27 cm, 1947.
His personal style was much influenced by the social protest styles admired by Li, particularly that of Kaethe Kollwitz. Li was a founding member of the All-China Association of Anti-Enemy Woodcutters, in 1938, and was active in propaganda work in Chongqing, under the direction of Guo Moruo and Zhou Enlai. He enlisted in the army and documented its battles in ink and charcoal drawings. In 1946 Xu Beihong appointed him to the faculty of the newly opened National Beiping Arts College, which became, in 1953, the Central Academy of Fine Arts. In addition to creating art and teaching, Li was the author of numerous articles and books on art theory. He was a standing director of the Chinese Artists' Association and president of the Chinese Printmakers' Association.
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[edit] References
- ↑ http://www.artgallery.sbc.edu/exhibits/00_01/chinesewoodblock/lihua.html
