Guo Ke (郭克, 1925), formerly known as Guo Kekuan, was born in Tianshui, Gansu Province. In 1950, he graduated from the Chongqing Southwest College of Fine Arts with a major in Chinese painting. Since 1951, he has taught in the Fine Arts Department of Southwest Normal University (now Southwest University of Fine Arts). He was appointed as a professor in 1987.