Liu Haisu, was born in Qingyunfang, Wujin county, Changzhou, Jiangsu province. With an original given name Pan, courtesy name Jifang, he had an ancestral home in Fengyang, Anhui. In 1912 he cofounded the first professional fine art school in China — Shanghai Painting Academy of Fine Art with Wu Shiguang and Zhang Yuguang. Then in November 1920 he founded China’s first fine art theory magazine — the Fine Arts. During 1929 and 1931 he was sent to European countries to explore art development where he visited masters such as Matisse, Picasso etc., and created massive amount of art pieces. He also gave lectures in universities about Chinese arts. After People’s Republic of China was founded, he served as the president of East China Fine Art School where later changed to Nanjing Art Institute as the president. He was the adviser of Chinese Artists Association (CAA), honorary chairman of Shanghai Artists Association, member of the Italian National Academy (Accademia d