Liu Haisu was a prominent twentieth-century Chinese painter and a noted art educator.
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15 Facts About Liu Haisu
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Liu Haisu was one of the four pioneers of Chinese modern art who earned the title of "The Four Great Academy Presidents".
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Liu Haisu's original given name was Pan, courtesy name Jifang, and sobriquet Haiwong.
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Liu Haisu excelled in oil painting, ink painting and art education.
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Liu Haisu initiated co-education, and pioneered the adoption of nude model and open-air painting, and thus was scolded as an "artistic traitor", though he was supported by scholars such as Cai Yuanpei.
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Liu Haisu lectured in Beijing University and held his first personal exhibition in 1918.
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Liu Haisu visited Japan again in 1927 and made the acquaintance of Japanese painters.
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Liu Haisu was a teacher of Pan Yuliang, a Chinese female artist who brought Western influence into Chinese painting.
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Liu Haisu was the first man to do such things in China and it caused a lot of controversy.
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Liu Haisu participated in the opening ceremony of the new imperial Art School on behalf of the arts.
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Liu Haisu made great contributions to the development and spread of Chinese painting.
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Liu Haisu showed great disagreement with the arranged marriage and left home for Shanghai, where he met his second wife—Zhang Yunshi, then 17 years old.
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