Chen Youhua was born in Taizhou in tde mid-autumn of 1952. He is currently a member of tde Instituteof Traditional Chinese Art and Culture, Beijing University and tde manager of tde Chinese LandscapePainting Institute. He is considered a national-level master of traditional Chinese painting, and isalso a researcher at tde Haipai Cultural research Institute at Shanghai’s National Chiao Tung University.He studied under Prof. Ru Yanshao, a master of contemporary Chinese landscape painting. He is skilledat painting mountains and streams, as well as plums and stones, and is also an expert calligrapher.Chen’sworks possess a brisk and straightforward artistic power. According to famous art historian Wang Po-minhad tdis to say about Chen: “The details of his landscape paintings are exquisite. His strokes are richlyharmonious, and he emphasizes a traditional presentation while striving to achieve creativity. As a result,his art is exceptional indeed.”Chen’s paintings “Mountain Dwelling” and “Song of tde Fisherman Living on tde Water” respectivelywon tde China Artists Association’s 2005 Work Award and 2006 Outstanding Work Award. His2008 painting “Boundless River and Mountains” was collected by tde Great Hall of tde People.
Books containing his works include “Selected Paintings of Chen Youhua,” “Selected Works of Chen Youhua,” “Finest Works of a Contemporary Master of Chinese Painting—Chen Youhua,” “A Masterof Classic Traditional Chinese Painting: Chen Youhua,” and “Everyone’s Model—Selected Works ofChen Youhua, A Contemporary Master of Chinese Painting.” His works also appear in such collectionsas “Collected Works of Contemporary Chinese Masters,” “Album of Contemporary Masters of ChinesePainting,” “Classic Works of Contemporary Chinese Painting Masters,” “Sentiments Expressed in Brushand Ink: Appreciating tde Classic Works of Masters,” “Selected Fine Art of China,” “A Century of ChinesePainters: Contemporary Volume,” “Six Great Contemporary Chinese Masters,” “Chinese Fine Artin 2010,” “A New Century—Classic Chinese Paintings,” “Famous Shanghai Painters and Calligraphers,”“Encyclopedia of Contemporary Masters of Painting and Calligraphy,” “ Encyclopedia of tde World’sContemporary Painters, Calligraphers, and Seal Carvers,” and “Encyclopedic Compendium of tde World’sProminent Contemporary Painters and Calligraphers.”