The Development of Li Ke-ran's Landscape from Sketching to Creation

Li Ke-ran is a practician to transform Chinese paintings through sketching on nature, is a great master from classic landscape paintings to modern ones. He created a set of ways of modern sketching from nature and formed a particular style in landscape painting. In 1960s, he gradually perfected his art in landscape painting. The achievements and experiences in the process from sketching to creation in his landscape painting, is the necessity in learning and studying Chinese paintings, and also an important topic of Chinese fine art history in 20th century.