The artistic pursuit of Liu Haisu, the amazing painter who painted nude models

Liu Haisu is a famous modern Chinese painter. Representative works include "Wonderful Views of the Sea of ??Clouds in Huangshan Mountain", "Fox Skin Girl", and "Nine Waters and Eighteen Waters". Liu Haisu was once selected by the painting community as one of the "100 Chinese Painters with the Most Appreciation Potential in China". So, are Liu Haisu’s paintings valuable? The answer to this question is obviously yes. In order to let everyone know whether Liu Haisu's paintings are valuable, let's first analyze this issue using the auction of Liu Haisu's paintings as an example.

Liu Haisu's works

In 2005, Shanghai Oriental Auction House auctioned Liu Haisu's masterpiece "Beijing Yonghe Palace". This painting was painted by Liu Haisu in 1921. At that time, the auction house valued the work at 800,000 to 1.2 million yuan. As a result, someone sold it for 4.4 million. In 2006, Beijing Chengxuan Auction House auctioned Liu Haisu's 1921 painting "Early Spring" for 2.53 million yuan. In the same year, Chongyuan International auctioned Liu Haisu's 1934 masterpiece "Landscape". At that time, the auction price increased from 2.12 million to 3.18 million, and was finally sold at a high price of 4.87 million.

Are Liu Haisu’s paintings valuable? Judging from the above-mentioned auction of Liu Haisu's works, Liu Haisu's paintings are valuable. In terms of time, Liu Haisu's works have become high-priced works ten years ago, so from today's perspective, Liu Haisu's works should be more valuable. Why are Liu Haisu's paintings so valuable? This is inseparable from Liu Haisu's artistic skills and the artistic conception expressed in the pictures. Liu Haisu devoted his life to the innovation of painting. He not only absorbed Western painting techniques, but also broke through traditional Chinese landscape painting techniques. Therefore, Liu Haisu's artistic works combine vision, mood and light color. Therefore, many collectors will spend money to buy Liu Haisu's paintings without hesitation.

Liu Haisu sketched again at the age of 92

This is another sketch of Liu Haisu’s 92-year-old body. The painting attracted widespread attention from the art world. In 1912, Liu Haisu and his friends founded the Academy of Fine Arts. Two years later, Liu Haisu began the process of human portraits. At that time, Liu Haisu became the target of criticism around the world and was called one of the "three literary demons in Shanghai".

Nude painting

In 1981, Liu Haisu held a personal exhibition in Hong Kong and explained human portrait techniques at Chen Studio. At that time, Liu Haisu once said that he had not painted a human portrait for more than 50 years. The thought of being criticized by the world makes Liu Haisu's thoughts surge to this day. In 1987, Liu Haisu was 92 years old when he lived in Singapore. On June 27, Liu Haisu picked up the brush again and sketched the human body again. Liu Haisu's body painting "Nude Girl" once became the focus of the art world. Judging from time, Bang is 92 years old. More than half a century after the last portrait, he painted another sketch. Judging from Liu Haisu's skillful techniques, his painting skills are getting better and better.

When it comes to "naked women", people will naturally think of Liu Haisu's controversial modeling incident. In 1914, Liu Haisu spent many years of savings to establish the Academy of Fine Arts, but he had no extra money to purchase teaching materials. In order to enable students to acquire painting skills from Western painting techniques, Liu Haisu boldly adopted the teaching method of human models, so Liu Haisu started sketching again at the age of 92.

Throughout the history of Chinese painting, many portraits only focus on the facial features, so all paintings are the same. In order to allow students to quickly master body curves and human body painting techniques, Liu Haisu boldly used models and launched a human portrait course.

Liu Haisu Art Museum

Liu Haisu Art Museum is named after Liu Haisu, a master of Chinese traditional painting. Liu Haisu Art Museum is located at No. 1609 Yan'an West Road, Changning District. This is a public welfare cultural institution. Liu Haisu Art Museum covers an area of ??3,600 square meters, with a total area of ??about 5,000 square meters. From the appearance, Liu Haisu Art Museum is very unique, with a total height of 21 meters.

Liu Haisu Art Museum

If you want to enter Liu Haisu Art Museum, you only need to enter the 12-meter-high hall from the first floor. The hall is spacious and bright, giving people a solemn feeling. There are exhibition halls and galleries on the left and right sides of the hall, and a lounge next to it. If you go further inside, you will see a large exhibition hall with an area of ??450 square meters. In order to give visitors a sense of openness and clarity, there are no pillars in the large exhibition hall. In addition, this large exhibition hall displays all

It is worth mentioning that the fifth floor of Liu Haisu Art Museum is on display. The first floor is a large exhibition hall, the second floor is an exhibition hall, and the third floor is a painting gallery and library.

The second floor of Liu Haisu Art Museum is a glass exhibition hall, displaying various cultural relics, calligraphy and paintings, and a multi-functional conference hall at the back to meet the needs of tourists from all over the world.

In mid-to-late March 1995, Liu Haisu Art Museum officially opened. Jiang Zemin, the then President of the People's Republic of China and the President of the People's Republic of China, inscribed the name of Liu Haisu Art Museum. Today, Liu Haisu Art Museum, as a public welfare cultural institution, has received support from calligraphy and painting lovers all over the world and has become one of Shanghai's landmark buildings. Tourists come to visit Liu Haisu Art Museum every year. In these different paintings, they felt the profound charm of painting.