Li Huilian

      Li Huilian, art name Li Xuan, real name Yan, courtesy name Shi Qing, pseudonym Qifeng Shanren, Xuangmo Daoist, Han Chinese, born in Beijing, 1953.

      Honorary Chairman of the World Chinese Artists Association, Vice Chairman of the World Famous Artists Research Association, Four-star Calligraphy and Painting Artist of the International Artists Committee of the United States, one of the top 50 influential calligraphers and painters in China, founder of Xuangmo Calligraphy and Painting, Senior Artistic Professional of the State, member of the Chinese Calligraphers Association, Deputy Secretary-General of the Chinese Dunhuang Art Creation Committee, Director of the Oriental Xuangmo Calligraphy and Painting Institute, Deputy Director of the Chinese Huaxia Calligraphy and Painting Institute, Guest Professor at the International Classic Calligraphy and Painting Academy, and an antique appraiser.

      In 2011, he was awarded the title of "Outstanding Artist of the People's Republic of China." In 2012, his works were included in the "Great Encyclopedia of New Chinese Artists." He began studying calligraphy, painting, and art history in the early 1970s. From the early 1980s to the late 1990s, his representative works in ink wash freehand flower-and-bird paintings featured the Four Gentlemen—plum blossom, orchid, bamboo, and chrysanthemum—and he excelled in pine, bamboo, and plum (Three Friends), wind-snow bamboo, ink wash freehand landscape paintings, and calligraphy mainly in regular script and cursive script. Since the late 1990s, his artistic creation has been dominated by Xuangmo Calligraphy and Painting, pioneering the Xuangmo art cultural field with Taoist philosophy and Buddhist concepts as its creative foundation. In 1996, he authored the book "A Brief Discussion on Chinese and Western Art History," followed by winning the China Art Golden Image Award. Based on ancient Chinese Taoist thought, he has long engaged in Xuangmo Calligraphy and Painting creation and published multiple theoretical papers on innovative techniques in Xuangmo culture. He has also spent many years studying and appraising ancient antiques and calligraphy. He believes that Chinese calligraphy and painting should inherit tradition while striving for innovation.