Artist(s): Li KuChan 李苦禅 (1899 - 1983)Ink and color on paper, Hanging scroll.Painting (Sight): Length: 130.6 cm, Width: 66.5 cmDated: in Ding Si Year (1977)Signed/Seal(s): 2 Artist seals, 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:Li Kuchan 李苦禅 (1899 - 1983) born in Gaotang County of Shandong Province, was a great painter, calligrapher and art educator, is a great master of the traditional Chinese free idea painting. During the early years, he studied Western painting techniques in an art school in Beijing. Later on, he became a student of renowned Chinese artist Qi Baishi, and began to study Chinese painting. In 1930, he worked as a professor at the Hangzhou Art School and Beiping Art School, as well as at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. Li well combined western techniques and spirituality in sculpture and painting into his Chinese painting teaching. He specialized in bird-and-flower paintings in the freehand style that captures the spirit of its subjects through expressive calligraphic brushwork and simplified forms.