Figures from the Han Meilin Art Foundation showed that some 3 million people watched the live broadcast on Feb 20, via 17zuoye.com's platform. The course can be reviewed on the foundation's WeChat account and other livestreaming sites.

The other two courses were livestreamed on Feb 27 and on Thursday, during which Han lectured on design and how to paint horses.

Han graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts, and taught at Tsinghua University's Academy of Art and Design for years, two of China's leading art schools. He is noted for his productivity. He has four art museums named after him in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, Beijing, Yinchuan, the Ningxia Hui autonomous region and Yixing, Jiangsu province, displaying his paintings, sculptures and designs.

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