Artist(s): Liu Haisu 刘海聚 (March 16, 1895 - 20th C.)Mounted and framed, oil on canvasLength: 66 cm, Width: 31.5cmDated: 1976Signed/Seal(s): SignedPROVENANCE:From the Estate Heirloom Collections of General He Shaozhou 何绍周 (1903 - 1980), born in Xingyi County, Guizhou Province, was the nephew of Yingchen He. He served as a General in the National Revolutionary Army and Lieutenant General in the Republic of China.After graduating from the 15th class of the Japanese Army Cadet School, he entered the first class of the Whampoa Military Academy (Republic of China Military Academy) in 1924 and participated in the Kuomintang (Chinese Nationalist Party)'s Eastern Expedition and Northern Expedition. In 1939, he was promoted to Major General. In 1940, he became the Vice Commander of the newly organized 11th Army and the Vice Commander of the 8th Army, and in 1942, he became the Commander of the 88th Army. He was elected as a delegate to the First National Assembly and was promoted toLieutenant General in September 1948. The painting collections of General He Shaozhou 何绍周 presented and offered up to auctions: ON DAY-1: from Lot-129 through Lot-160ON DAY-2: from Lot-547 through Lot-578.For More information about General He ShaoZhou 何绍周, Please refer to this link: https://www.eden-galleries.com/General-he-shao-zhou-bioLOT NOTES:Liu Haisu 刘海聚 was born on March 16, 1895 in Qingyunfang, Wujin County (now Changzhou City), Changzhou Prefecture, Jiangsu Province, his name is Pan, the word is Jifang, and he has nine mothers and children, so he is also known as Liu Jiu. In July 1909, he went to Shanghai to study painting at the "Set Painting Institute" hosted by Zhou Xiang. In 1912, it was renamed Haisu.