Liu haisu was born in Changzhou in the Jiangsu province. He was the ninth brother in his own family. In his early life, his mother was the one who educated him a lot. His mother was well educated. Liu haisu showed a great rebellious spirit in his early years. He always gave his teacher a lot of hard questions. In 1912, he and his friends established the Shanghai Art College. Cai yuanpei was one of the founders of Shanghai Art College. He was also in the New Culture Movement of the mid 1910s and 1920s. Model storm was the most famous event in this particular period. They hired nude models and draw their sketch. After that, Cai yuanpei wanted him to go to Europe to learn more from the art in the western world. He accepted it. After studying in Europe, he wrote a book about the western arts. In his last few years, he donated all of  his own work to the museum.

 

Bibliography

Shi, Nan. “Liu Haisu: the biography”. Beijing shi: Beijing hang kong hang tian da xue chu ban she, 2009.

Liu haisu biography. http://www.lhs-arts.org/aboutlhs/lhs.html