Liu Keshan's life story

1931September 18 was born in a scholarly family in Xiangyin County, Hunan Province, and his father was Lao Liu of the Xinhai Revolution.

1950 was admitted to a letter from Lu Xun College of Literature and Art in Northeast China.

195 1 graduated from the Fine Arts Department of "Northeast Lu Xun College of Literature and Art", and was assigned to work in the Northeast Youth League Committee as an assistant editor of fine arts in Northeast Youth Publishing House.

Since 195 1, Liu Keshan has been photographing the Chinese Young Pioneers and published more than 2,000 photos about their activities in Chinese and foreign newspapers and periodicals.

From 65438 to 0954, he was transferred to Art editor as a photojournalist for Counselor magazine of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League.

1958 was wrongly classified as "Rightist" by the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League because it stood up for the interests of the Party.

From 65438 to 0959, he was sent to work in Linyi County, Shanxi Province for two years, and then worked in Linyi County Cultural Center.

From 65438 to 0964, Linfen area exhibition hall was appointed as the overall design of fine arts, and later served as the deputy curator.

1979, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League corrected the "Right Deviation" problem, revoked the punishment, restored the original level, and transferred back to the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League to work, still serving as the leader and editorial board of the Art Group of Counselor magazine.

1980, because 12 Young Pioneers in socialist countries all have their own team badges, the leaders of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League felt that our country should also have its own team badges. Designing the team logo is a very professional thing, but the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League knew that he was an "old painter", so Hu Dehua, then secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League, directly found him and asked him to undertake this task. Liu Keshan did not dare to be careless after receiving the task. The team emblem should be political, ideological and decorative. Finally, it was designed in the shape of a five-star, a flame and a ribbon, with the words "Chinese Young Pioneers" written on it. The pentagram can also be said to be a star on our national flag. The torch represents the enthusiasm and hope of the young pioneers, and symbolizes the lofty ideal of the young pioneers as successors to the capitalist cause. The whole team's logo production process went smoothly. After four or five drafts, the Central Committee of the Communist Youth League finalized it. In this way, the emblem of Chinese Young Pioneers was born, which is one of the most distributed badges in the world at present.

1989 was awarded the title of senior editor.

1990, the National Young Pioneers Congress officially passed and promulgated the team emblem of Chinese Young Pioneers designed by Liu Keshan. "

1992 retired.

1993, Hope Publishing House published the album Flowers in the Sun-Selected Photographic Works of Liu Keshan.

1997 won the certificate and bonus of "special government allowance" from the State Council, and was awarded as "advanced worker of China Association for Science and Technology" in recognition of his contribution to China's folk arts and crafts.

1In February, 1997, CCTV 1 broadcast an exclusive interview with him by Sunset Red.

1999 1 1 Shanxi TV station filmed a special broadcast of "Love Hedong" for him, introduced his artistic activities and achievements in southern Shanxi, and spoke highly of his artistic achievements.

In 2000, China Youth Publishing House published A Collection of Liu Keshan's Paintings, Calligraphy, Seal Cutting and Photography.

In 2006, China Arts and Crafts Society awarded him the "Lifetime Achievement Award".

On August 1 day, 2006, the newspaper "Reference News" introduced his deeds with a full page on the topic of "Bowing your head and being a willing cow".

From June, 5438 to February, 2006, he was invited to visit Lanting Scenic Spot in Shaoxing, and his master invited him to preface the Preface to Lanting Collection as a permanent memorial. It took him only 35 minutes to write a 2-meter-long Preface to Lanting Collection, and he memorized it completely from memory. The text was 324 words, and the words were good. Later, he wrote an impromptu and wonderful postscript: "In 2006, I was stationed in C in the winter. I came to Shaoxing, an ancient city from the south of Beijing, and had the honor to visit Lanting Resort, which has been my long-cherished wish for many years. Looking back, Wang Xizhi, a book sage, wrote the Preface to Lanting here, which still inspires and enlightens future generations. This is an immortal masterpiece. Since Sven is sweeping the floor and materialistic, why not take a bath here to get rid of its dirt and clear its innocence? Ci Gong wrote Wang Xizhi's Preface to Lanting Collection to show his admiration! It means that careless brushwork is extremely inappropriate, lest it make people laugh and appear generous. I still pray for the generosity of all parties. Just remember. "

In 20 10, Liu Keshan, who was nearly eighty years old, felt that his energy was not as good as before, and it was necessary to sort out and modify the published articles and select a better anthology, a anthology of 500,000 words.

20 1 1 Speech on "Happy Reading in Shanxi Province: Our Action and World Reading Day Report" in April. At the age of 80, he didn't take notes, quoted classics and talked about Kan Kan. He talked about Liu Zongyuan, Wang Bo, Wang Wei, Di Renjie, Sima Guang and other Shanxi ancients, and talked about "the first village in the world" Wenxi Peibai Village ... case by case, graphically.

On July 20 12, Liu Keshan's collected works were published.

On April 12 and 16, the calligraphy and painting edition of Sanjin Metropolis Daily published the article "Poems with the meaning of floating clouds, the story of Liu Keshan, a famous painter, arts and crafts artist, art critic, photographer and team logo designer of China's young pioneers".

2012165438+124 October, Xiangyin held a series of activities to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Zuo's birth. At the age of 8/kloc-0, Liu Keshan and the flower-and-bird painter came from Beijing to participate in this commemorative activity and donated the watercolor paintings of Zuo's former residence to Xiangyin.

20 13 1 3 1 died of illness in Beijing at the age of 82.