Han Leran, a Korean, was born in a poor peasant family in Longjing Village, Yanji County from 65438 to 0898. Han Leran entered the Swedish bookstore founded by Korean anti-Japanese intellectuals in Longjing Village in his early years, and then entered Longjing official school.

Han Leran likes painting since he was a child. After school, he paints besides doing housework. He paints whatever he sees. Classmates, teachers, ox carts, rivers, flowers, trees and so on are all his objects. At first, the father was very happy to see his son painting. Later, when he saw that his son was too fascinated, he said, "In the future, painting can't produce crops and can't be eaten." He is not allowed to draw any more. So Han Leran often ran outside the village and painted in the sand.

19 14, after graduating from primary school, Han Leran became the operator of Longjing Telephone Office; He should be recruited as a customs officer soon. 19 19, Han Leran took an active part in the March 13th Anti-Japanese Movement in Yanbian. After the movement was suppressed, Han Leran went to the Soviet Union to seek revolutionary truth.

Hold a personal exhibition

1920 returned to Shanghai to engage in revolutionary activities and insisted on painting. 1921March, Han Leran was admitted to the "Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts" founded by Liu Haisu and began to receive professional education in fine arts. From 65438 to 0923, Han Leran went to Suzhou to sketch and held his first solo exhibition in Shanghai. Soon, he organized and established the "Youth Painting Association" to carry out progressive art activities.

1922, Han Leran met Cai Hesen. At the end of 1923, Han Leran joined China. 1924 1, Han Leran was sent by the Party to Fengtian (Shenyang) to establish the Northeast Party Organization shortly after graduating from Shanghai Academy of Fine Arts.

In order to better carry out the work, the party organization introduced Han Leran to the Fengtian YMCA through the "Shanghai YMCA", and was warmly received by Yan Baohang, director of the student department of the YMCA. With the help of Yan Baohang, Han Leran held an exhibition in his own name, which was highly praised. Through various activities, he expanded social contacts, attracted the attention of celebrities from all walks of life in Fengtian, and improved his social prestige.

When the principal of an American school

Soon, with the approval of Fengtian Education Department and the support of friends, Han Leran founded the first art school in Northeast China-Fengtian Academy of Fine Arts. Han Leran, the principal, hired students from Shanghai Art Institute as teachers to systematically teach students painting techniques and theories and convey patriotism.

From the second half of 1925 to 1929, Han Leran engaged in secret revolutionary work and artistic creation in Harbin and Qiqihar as an art teacher in middle schools, which promoted the development of modern art in Northeast China and made great contributions to party building. Under the guidance of Han Leran, painters founded the satirical Daya Pictorial and published some works of art with anti-imperialist and anti-feudal warlords as their contents, which were loved by the masses.

With the support of Han Leran, Ou Yangyuqian and others also staged anti-imperialist and anti-feudal dramas such as After Going Home and Fans of a Rich Family to promote new ideas and new culture. In contact with members of the YWCA in Fengtian, Han Leran found that Su Ziyuan, who does paperwork, is a young man with progressive tendency, and also found that the YWCA in Fengtian can become an excellent traffic station because the letters coming and going here are not checked. Therefore, Han Leran sent some progressive books and periodicals such as Guide and China Youth through the Shanghai Party Organization. Su Ziyuan sent these publications to some progressive young people to read, so that more young people began to accept Marxism.

Organize student petitions

At the beginning of 1925, the party organization sent Han Leran to study in the Soviet Union. After Han Leran returned to Fengtian from the Soviet Union, the Academy of Fine Arts was taken over by Fengtian Education Department, and Han Leran had to be an art teacher in Fengtian No.1 Normal School.

After the May 30th massacre in Shanghai, Han Leran, together with Ren Guozhen and Su Ziyuan, organized students from universities and middle schools in Fengtian to support the anti-imperialist patriotic movement of people from all walks of life in Shanghai. On June 10 of that year, students from all walks of life in Fengtian jointly petitioned and marched, demanding that the authorities support the students' patriotic struggle against imperialism. The patriotic actions of the majority of students have received enthusiastic support from all walks of life in Fengtian. In this student movement, Han Leran organized students in the name of organizing students' paintings, which played a great role in contacting students from all schools to carry out patriotic movements.

1926 1 month, Han Leran was transferred to Harbin by the party organization and engaged in party work under the cover of an art teacher. Han Leran worked in Harbin until the end of 1928, and then went to Qiqihar to engage in revolutionary work. At the end of 1929, Han Leran was transferred to Shanghai by the party organization.

Studying in France for further study

Han Leran returned to Shanghai and, with the consent of the Party organization, went to France for work-study programs. 193 1 year, Han Leran was admitted to the Louvre Art Institute in Paris to study, and then went to the Netherlands, Belgium, Britain, Italy and other countries to sketch. Influenced by "New Impressionism", Han Leran laid a solid foundation for painting, created a large number of oil paintings and watercolors, and held many exhibitions, which were appreciated by local celebrities. Major newspapers have published articles introducing Han Leran and his works of art.

Han Leran also participated in organizing many patriotic art activities. 1932, together with Liu Kaiqu, Tang Yihe, Chang Shuhong and others, the China Fine Arts Society was established in Paris. Through the domestic publication Art Style, articles and works of art are published to introduce western art to readers. 1934 jointly issued a declaration on overseas students in four northeastern provinces, opposing Japanese imperialist aggression against Northeast China.

Return to China to participate in War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression.

1937 10, Han Leran and some students from France and Germany accompanied General Yang to return home by boat.

After returning home, Han Leran was arranged by the party organization in Wuhan "Northeast Anti-Japanese Salvation Association" to be responsible for publicity and liaison work. With a paintbrush as a weapon, he created a huge oil painting "All People Resist Japan" and "People who don't want to be slaves get up and destroy Japanese imperialism".

Through Alley, Si Nuo, Smedley and other international friends, Han Leran sent a large number of anti-Japanese photos abroad for international publicity. 1938165438+10. In October, Han Leran visited Yan 'an with a literary delegation from the Third Hall of the Political Department of the National Revolutionary Army led by Guo Moruo. In Yan 'an Women's University, Han Leran gave a speech on national art and culture during the Anti-Japanese War. In the same year, he was sent to the Kuomintang Battlefield Committee led by Li as a major general instructor, engaged in anti-Japanese propaganda and United front work.

1April, 938, with the Northeast Anti-Japanese National Salvation Association, Han Leran withdrew to Chongqing and met Ms. Liu, the president of the YMCA. The two were like-minded and eventually became partners.

1940, Han Leran returned from a battlefield inspection in Jinnan, was secretly arrested by the Kuomintang secret service in Baoji, Shaanxi Province, and was held in the Kuomintang Party Department and the "Special Detention Center" in Shaanxi Province. In prison, Han Leran kept his integrity and wit against the enemy. At the beginning of 1943, the party organization rescued Han Leran from prison through the efforts of Li and the Northeastern.

Study grotto art

After he was released from prison, Han Leran held a solo exhibition in Xi 'an. During this period, he met Huang Zhou, a revolutionary youth who later became a famous artist in China. Accompanied by Huangzhou, they sketched from Baoji to Huashan and then to Qinchuan in 800 miles. At the same time, Professor Han Leran's knowledge of Huang Zhou's painting had a very important influence on Huang Zhou's art career.

From 65438 to 0944, Han Leran took his wife and daughter to the northwest to sketch, and secretly engaged in the high-level United front work in the northwest. He traveled all over Xinjiang, Gansu and Qinghai, depicting local scenery and paying attention to people's lives. He made an in-depth investigation on the art of Dunhuang Grottoes and Qizil Grottoes, and made pioneering work on the study of Qizil Grottoes. He pioneered the use of western painting techniques such as oil painting and watercolor to copy murals.

During this period, Han Leran created a large number of works and held more than ten art exhibitions in Lanzhou and Dihua (Urumqi). On the one hand, these works show the unique charm of China's traditional art and make the grotto art, a national cultural treasure, known to the society; On the other hand, it artistically shows the customs of ethnic minorities.

The plane crashed and died.

1April, 946, Han Leran visited Xinjiang. He arrived at the site of ancient Gao Changguo by way of Turpan, and then went to the Thousand Buddha Cave in Qizil for investigation. Here, it is one of the treasures of ancient art in China. Among China artists, Han Leran was the first to systematically number, arrange and record the Thousand Buddha Caves in Qizil, which made a contribution to the art history of China.

In the summer of the same year, Han Leran carried out United front work, and successively publicized Tao Zhiyue, Zhang Zhizhong and Zhao Shoushan, senior officials of the Kuomintang, making contributions to the peaceful liberation of Xinjiang.

1947 In the spring, Han Leran visited the Thousand Buddha Cave in Qizil again. After completing the inspection mission, Han Leran returned to Urumqi to hold an art exhibition. 1in July, 947, just as Han Leran was prepared to devote more energy to archaeology and art with the pure heart of saving and developing national art, he unfortunately suffered an air crash on the way from Dihua (Urumqi) to Lanzhou on the Kuomintang military plane and died young. After the founding of New China, Han Leran was regarded as a revolutionary martyr.

1953, Han Leran's wife Liu donated 135 representative works to the country, including 85 watercolors, 9 sketches and 4/kloc-0 oil paintings, all of which were collected in China Art Museum and became precious cultural heritage. Liu Xilin, a researcher at China Art Museum, commented on Han Leran: "He is a treasure house of culture."

Han Leran's life is a life of struggle for the cause of communism and the liberation of the Chinese nation. He traveled all over the northeast, northwest and central plains of the motherland, completed the tasks assigned by the party organization, and devoted his life to it.