Luo Gongliu (1916-2004) was from Kaiping, Guangdong
Province. After starting his studies at the Hangzhou Art Academy in
1936, he went to Yan'an
in 1938, where he enrolled in the Lu Xun Art Academy. Later, he worked
in the Taihang Liberated Area. Luo worked in various art institutions
in North-China from 1946, culminating in his posting at the Central Art
Academy in 1950. In 1955, he was sent to the Soviet Union to study oil
painting. After his return in 1958, Luo worked in various capacities at
the Central Art Academy. One of these was heading Studio 2, dedicated to realistic oil painting.
Luo's specialities are oil painting and wood cuts.
Sources:
Zhongguo renwu nianjian 2000 [Who's Who in China 2000] (Beijing: Zhongguo renwu nianjian chubanshe, 2000) [in Chinese]
Chen Lusheng, Xin Zhongguo meishu tushi—1949-1966 [The Art History of the People's Republic of China—1949-1966] (Beijing: Zhongguo qingnian chubanshe, 2000) [in Chinese]
Michael Sullivan, Modern Chinese Artists -- A Biographical Dictionary (Berkeley, etc:
University of California Press, 2006)
Zhongguo meishuguan (ed.), 中国美术年鉴 1949-1989 (Guilin: Guangxi meishu chubanshe, 1993)
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