Mr. Li Keran: Ink painting with mercy, a century-old master

<p>Li Keran (March 26, 1907 &mdash; December 5, 1989), formerly known as Li Yongshun, was a native of Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province. He was an outstanding painter and poet in modern China and a disciple of the painter Qi Baishi.</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:700/0*gTQTBSF5LqC2uUdS" style="height:1074px; width:700px" /></p> <p>Li Keran loved painting since he was a child and learned to paint landscapes when he was 13 years old.</p> <p>At the age of 43, he became a professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. At the age of 49, in order to revolutionize landscape painting, he traveled tens of thousands of miles to sketch.</p> <p><a href="https://medium.com/@shutanweizhi/mr-li-keran-ink-painting-with-mercy-a-century-old-master-a8027be3eb03"><strong>Learn More</strong></a></p>