李苦禅及其花鸟画中国画坛素有“南潘北李”的说法,南潘,指的是潘天寿;北李,便是指李苦禅。“南潘北李”的美谈,反映了人们对已故去的两位中国画大师早有中肯的评价。遗憾的是,在上世纪80年代却出现了一些无知的贬损,渭李苦禅先生的画东拼西凑,没有个性。此论虽说没有从根本上动摇李苦禅先生的历史地位,但却在相当程度上影响了人们对 Li Kuchan and his paintings of birds and flowers in the Chinese painting known as “South Pan North Lee”, Nam Pan, refers to Pan Tianshou; North Lee, it refers to Li Kuchan. The beautiful talk of “Nanpan North Lee” reflects the early and pertinent appraisal of the late masters of Chinese painting. Regrettably, some ignorance degenerated in the 1980s, and the paintings of Mr. Wei Li Kuchan euphemism without individuality. Although this theory did not fundamentally shake Mr. Li Kuchan’s historical status, it has to a considerable extent affected people’s