Li Fumao, male, Han nationality, born in Linyi City, Shandong Province in 1951, was born in a scholarly family, and is a famous contemporary Chinese calligrapher and painter. He is currently a member of the Chinese Artists Association, a director of the Shandong Artists Association, the vice president of the China Confucius Painting and Calligraphy Research Institute, a member of the Shandong Calligraphers Association, the deputy secretary-general of the China-Korea Calligraphy and Painting Exchange Association, and a contracted painter of Rong Baozhai.
Artistic experience: engaged in the creation of Chinese painting art, his works are mainly ink landscapes, figures, flowers and birds, after years of painstaking research, the brush and ink are moist and smooth, full of charm, with the pen loose and smooth, rigid and soft, with ink is thick and light, dry and wet, the picture presents a heavy and moist artistic effect, with skillful techniques, exquisite brush and ink, the construction of the soul of the "image world" has formed its own unique artistic style, well-known at home and abroad. Most of his flower and bird paintings belong to the small freehand painting method, the artistic language is refined and natural, the image is concise and vivid, and there are eight major brushwork, Shi Tao's ink taste, and has a distinct personal artistic charm. He is good at constructing poetic spiritual realms and images, emphasizing the integration of quiet observation and active life into beautiful works of art through the principles of harmony. It has a wide range of flowers and birds, especially lotus paintings and various grass insects. In 1985, he entered the Chinese Calligraphy and Painting Correspondence University. In 1988, he studied flower and bird painting and landscape painting with the famous teacher Li Hongxi. His calligraphy works are in the permanent collection of the Academy of Fine Arts of Tsinghua University. In the process of learning, he was instructed by Cheng Dali, Gu Yalong, Huo Chunyang, Zhang Baozhu and other teachers. Gongbi paintings and landscape works are priced at 90,000 per square foot by the Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Collection Appraisal Committee, and freehand works are priced at 50,000 per square foot.
In 2000, he was selected as the artist with the most investment collection potential in China.
In 2015, he was named the most popular and most valuable Chinese painter in China from 2015 to 2016.
In 2019, he was selected as one of the 30 most influential and promising contemporary artists.
In 2015, he was named the most influential artist of the new era.
In 2021 in Vienna . United Nations Chinese Day (Chinese Painting Exhibition) activities.
In 2021, he was rated as China's most powerful artist with investment value and a national rite artist.
In addition, nearly 100 works have been published in newspapers and periodicals such as "Calligraphy and Painting", "Workers' Daily", "Taishan Evening News", "Xizhi Calligraphy and Painting", as well as magazines such as "Red Sun Network" and "New Silk Road". Many of his works have won national, provincial and municipal excellence awards, and many of his works have been collected by the United States and Korea International Friends and Friendship Association. His works have participated in many national painting and calligraphy exhibitions and have won a lot of praise. In 2009, his solo exhibition caused a sensation in Singapore, and it was hard to find a painting! Mr. Fumao is both virtuous and artistic, and is known as the most collectible contemporary calligraphy and painting artist by the collection industry.