Luo Gongliu (5 January 1916 – 22 October 2004) (other name: Kung Kiu) was a Chinese painter and printmaker. He was born in the town of Youshan in

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. He began his career as a

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artist and later took up oil painting. He was a member of the

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(CCP) and depicted the

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in his art. His works are held in the collection of the

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, the

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, and the

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. Gongliu began his formal education in art in 1936 at the

Hangzhou Academy of Art China Academy of Art (), also translated as China National Academy of Fine Arts, was founded in Hangzhou in 1928 by the government of the Republic of China and the renowned educator Cai Yuanpei. It was the first art university and first graduat ...

. During the 1950s, he studied oil painting in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. He became vice president of the

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in 1979.

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