Xu Linlu

• Xu Linlu, also known as De Lin, was born in Yentai Shandong, contemporary Chinese painter, calligrapher, and connoisseur of calligraphy and painting. He was a member of the Chinese Artists Association and the Chinese Calligraphers Association, the vice president of Zhongshan Painting and Calligraphy Society, the vice president of Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Research Association for the Elderly, the President of the Beijing Bird-and-Flower Painting Research Society, the vice president of the Beijing Chinese Painting Research Association, the honorary president of Beijing Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Society, the honorary president of Shandong Penglai Calligraphy and Painting Society, the honorary dean of Academy of Painting and Calligraphy in Heze Shandong, Yaoshan Suchuan, Kaifeng Henan, and the honorary professor of China Calligraphy and Painting International University and Beijing University of Technology.

• relevant artists

  • Fu Baoshi

    Fu Baoshi was born in Nanchang, Jiangxi in October 5th 1904. He is famous and representative artist of “New landscape painting”. He lived in poverty in his boyhood. He became a trainee at pottery shop when he was 11 years old, he learned calligraphy, seal curving and painting by himself. He was good at painting fountain, rain and fog, in his later years his works became more powerful. In portraits he often painted women and scientists.

  • He Haixia

    He Haixia was born in Beijing. In his early years, he learned painting from Zhang Daqian. He was one of the greatest artists of Chang An style panting. Right after he was appointed as a vice-director of The Shaanxi national painting center, He became a Beijing Chinese art researcher. He is good at painting landscape and flowers, had a powerful stroke and beautiful style.

  • Dong Shouping

    Dong Shouping was born in Shanxi. He was a member of the Chinese Art Association, a consultant of Rong Bao Zhai, good at painting landscapes, flowers, especially good at bamboo, plum and Huangshan Mountain.