Li Xiongcai

Li Xiongcai (May 15, 1910 - December 19, 2001), a native of Zhaoqing, Guangdong, is a Chinese painter. Together with Zhao Shao'ang, Guan Shanyue and Yang Shanshen, he is known as the four famous painters of the second generation of Lingnan School. Li Xiongcai studied under Gao Jianfu in his early years, and later went to Japan to study painting. He served as a consultant and professor at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. Like other painters of the Lingnan School of Painting, Li Xiongcai is committed to the innovation and reform of Chinese painting, integrating traditional Chinese painting techniques with Japanese and Western painting techniques, but his style is different. Li Xiongcai is good at large-scale landscapes. His paintings are powerful and unique. His pine paintings are also unique and are known as "Li Family Landscapes" and "Li Family Pines". His representative works include "Rain at Night in Xiaoxiang", "Ape Crying on a Cold Night", "View of Small Mountains", "Forest", "Wuhan Flood Control Picture Scroll", "Eternal Spring" and so on.