1905

Lü Sibaï  吕斯百  (1905-1973) was born on October 15, in Jiangsu Province  China.

1921

He studied at the Provincial Institute of Jiangsu.

1928

He entered the Central University ( Fine Arts Department ) where he met Wu Zuoren.

1929

Thanks to a scholarship, he went to study in France, at the Fine Arts School of Lyon.

1931

He continued his studies in Academy Julian, in Paris.

1934

Two of his works were retained at the Salon of Paris.

His landscapes and still lifes, show a great mastery in the use of colors and brush.

In the same year, graduated, he returned to China and became Xu Beihong's assistant.

1942

He succeeded him, as head of Fine Arts Department of the Central University

of Nanjing.

1950

He founded the Normal Institute of the Northwest, Gansu Province.

1957

He returned to teach at the Normal University of Nanjing, Jiangsu Province.

1973

Due to marital problems, he ended his own life on January 14.

2012

A large-scale Art Exhibition of Lü Sibaï 's Oil Paintings series was organized by

the Yanhuang Art Museum in  Beijing.

Danièle Sicard

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Lü Sibaï  吕斯百 - Mogao Grottoes - Oil painting

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 二十世纪中国民族油画开拓者系列——吕斯百大型艺术展  19.10 25.11 2012  炎黄艺术馆  北京.

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