1900

Li Jinfa  李金发 ( 1900-1976 ), pen name of Li Shuliang, was born on November

in  Guangdong Province, China.

He studied in Guangdong Province, then in Hong Kong and in Shanghai.

1922

1924

With other students:  Lin Fengmian , Wu Dayu, Liu Jipiao, Wang Daizhi and Zeng Yilu,

He founded the Phoebus Company,  artistic Movement, at the origin of the Chinese

Art exhibition that took place on May 21, at Palais du Rhin inStrasbourg.

Poet, influenced by Baudelaire and Paul Verlaine, he wrote more than 300 poems,

during his stay in France, who will have a great impact in the literary world, after

their publications, on his return in Beijing.

His frequent visits of the Luxembourg Museum, decided him to devote himself

entirely to sculpture.

1925

First order on his return to China : the bust of Cai Yuanpei.

1926

He taught at the Fine Arts school in Shanghai.

1928

He taught in Hangzhou School of Fine Arts.

1951

He moved to the United States, in New Jersey.

1976

He died on December 25, in New York, at the age of 76.

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Li Jinfa  李金发  -  Statue of Huang Shaoqiang  -  1936
collection Muesum of Contemporary Art - China Art Academy  Hangzhou

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