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From Xiangtan, Hunan Province. He was the Honorary Professor of the Central
Art Institute, Chairman of the Institute of Chinese Painting, Beijing, and
the Chairman of the Federation of Chinese Artists. In his late years, he
taught in the Beijing Art College. His paintings are mostly idea-oriented
and his subjects include people, flowers and birds, landscapes, fish and
insects. His painting strokes are free, bold and confident. As an artistic
proposition, he advocated that "paintings should stand between
'look-alikes' and 'look-unlikes'". His creative ideas opened
up a new road for Chinese painting. He was given an "International Peace
Award" in 1955. After his death, he was elected as one of the world’s ten
"greatest cultural dignitaries".
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