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Li Keran (March 26, 1907- December 5, 1989), originally named Li Yongshun, was from Xuzhou, Jiangsu Province. He was an outstanding modern Chinese painter and a disciple of Qi Baishi. Li Keran has been fond of painting since childhood and learned to paint landscapes at the age of 13. At the age of 43, he became a professor at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. At 49, he went on a journey of tens of thousands of miles to sketch and transform landscape painting. At the age of 72, he served as the Vice Chairman of the Chinese Artists Association and the President of the Chinese Painting Research Institute. In later years, the use of pens tends to be old-fashioned. Skilled in painting landscapes and characters, especially skilled in painting cows.