Artists

Fu Wenjun (1955-) is a Chinese contemporary artist who specializes in visual arts and other arts. He proposed and founded the "Digital Painting Photography" art genre. Currently, he is a librarian of the Chongqing Municipal People's Government Literature and History Research Center.

Oscar-Claude Monet was a French painter, a representative figure and one of the founders of Impressionism. The word "Impression" comes from his famous painting "Impression Sunrise", which was exhibited in the first independent exhibition organized by Monet and his colleagues in 1874.

Christian Dior (French: Christian Dior, pronounced: [kʁistjɑə djɔʁ], January 21, 1905 – October 23, 1957), French fashion designer. Dior studied at Sciences Po in Paris. He founded his eponymous fashion brand Dior, which is now owned by Groupe Arnault. Christian Dior believed in luck so much that he launched a perfume called Lucky. Dior eventually died of a heart attack.

Ling Shuhua (1900-May 22, 1990), Chinese female writer. Originally from Panyu, Guangdong, he was born in Beijing in 1900. The concubine daughter of Qing Dynasty official Ling Fu and Peng, her biological mother was Li Ruolan, the third concubine. Together with Su Xuelin and Yuan Changying, they are collectively known as the "Three Literary Friends of Luojialin Mountain" (the three outstanding female figures of Luojia). The three are very good friends in life. Ling Shuhua’s husband was Chen Xiying, the dean of the School of Liberal Arts of National Wuhan University in the 1930s. In 1943, Ling Shuhua followed her husband to London and worked at the Sino-British Cultural Association. During this period, he helped Li Siguang get rid of the British government's obstruction and return to China. In 1946, Chen was appointed by the National Government of the Republic of China as the first representative to UNESCO, stationed in Paris, France.

Liu Shouxiang (April 1958 - February 13, 2020), a native of Wuhan, Hubei, a watercolor painter of the People's Republic of China, a professor at Hubei Academy of Fine Arts, and a member of the China Democratic League. His works have won many awards and are collected by many art museums.

Liu Xiaodong (1963-), male, native of Liaoning, is a Chinese avant-garde painter.

Liu Xucang (1913-1966), formerly known as Chengdong, was a Chinese photojournalist from Nanxun, Wuxing County, Zhejiang.

Liu Zhibai (November 24, 1915 - August 14, 2003), formerly known as Liu Tingtan, was a Chinese ink painting painter.

Liu Guosong (born April 26, 1932), male, native of Yidu, Shandong, is a Taiwanese painter. He started studying traditional Chinese painting in Wuchang at the age of 14, switched to Western painting at the age of 20, and returned to the world of paper and ink at the age of 29 to create "modern ink". He settled in Taiwan in 1949 and served as the dean of the Art Department of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, a visiting professor at the University of Iowa and the University of Wisconsin in the United States, the director of the National Tainan University of the Arts Research Institute, and the honorary professor of many key universities and art academies in China. He is currently a chair professor at the National Taiwan Normal University and the director of the Institute of Contemporary Ink Art at the Shanghai Institute of Visual Arts.

Giovanni Antonio Canal (Italian: Giovanni Antonio Canal; October 18, 1697 - April 19, 1768, commonly known as Canaletto in the English world), was a painter of the Republic of Venice in Italy and one of the representative painters of the Venetian School in the 18th century. He was a cityscape painter who painted cityscapes of Venice, Rome and London, as well as fictional landscapes (known as "Capriccio"), although in his work the line between reality and fiction was never quite clear. He was also an important printmaker using etching techniques. Working in England between 1746 and 1756, he painted many landscapes of London and other locations, including Warwick Castle and Alnwick Castle. He achieved great success in England thanks to the English merchant and connoisseur Joseph Smith, whose large collection of Canaletto works was sold to King George III in 1762.

Le Corbusier (French: Le Corbusier, October 6, 1887 - August 27, 1965, also translated as Le Corbusier, Corbusier, Le Corbusier or Corbusier, formerly known as Charles-Édouard Jeanneret-Gris), a Swiss-French architect, interior designer, sculptor, and painter. He is one of the most important architects of the 20th century. He is a dean of functionalist architecture and is known as the "Father of Functionalism". Together with Buckminster Fuller and Mies van der Rohe, he is known as the main representative of the International School of Formal Architecture. Le Corbusier was committed to providing a better living environment for people living in crowded cities and had a relevant influence on urban planning. He was also a founding member of the International Institute of Modern Architecture (CIAM).

Nanbu Kijiro (Japanese: South kijiro/Nanbu Kijiro, Romanized: Nanbu Kijirō (April 2, 1869 - May 1, 1949) was a firearms designer affiliated with the Imperial Japanese Army and a doctor of engineering. In Japan, he was known as the John Browning of Japan for his contribution to the modernization of the Army's firearms. He was awarded the Second Class Imperial Treasure Medal and was the founder of Nanbu Firearms Manufacturing Co., Ltd.

Karl Lagerfeld (German: Karl Lagerfeld, September 10, 1933 - February 19, 2019), whose full name is Karl Otto Lagerfeld, was a German fashion creative director, fashion designer, artist, photographer and caricature painter living in Paris, France. He has worked in many fields and has collaborated with many fashion and art brands. He is most famous for serving as the leading designer and creative director of the top French fashion brand Chanel, a position he held from 1983 until his death; he is also the creative director of Fendi, an Italian fur and leather fashion brand, and his own namesake fashion brand. He has also served as chief designer for French fashion brand Chloé in the past. Lagerfeld has a profound influence in the fashion and art circles. He has cooperated with various fashion brands to carry out different art-related projects. He is known as the "Fashion Emperor" and the "Caesar of the Fashion Industry". Most Chinese media call him "Lafayette". His signature white hair, black sunglasses, fingerless gloves and high, straight and detachable collar are all his trademarks.

Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (Italian: Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio, September 29, 1571 - July 18, 1610) was an Italian painter who was active from the late 16th to the early 17th century. He mainly painted in Rome. In the last four years of his life, he traveled to Naples, Malta and Sicily. Caravaggio is regarded as one of the important founders of Baroque painting. He is famous for his radical naturalism and highly dramatic chiaroscuro. By directly drawing materials from real figures, strengthening the contrast of light and shadow and emotional tension, he completely changed the visual language of religious painting and had a profound impact on European painting in the 17th century. Over the course of his career, Caravaggio quickly gained both fame and controversy over his artistic style and personal experiences. His works aroused widespread repercussions in Rome and gave birth to "Caravaggioism", which influenced Italy, Spain, the Netherlands and France. In the late 17th century, as artistic taste shifted to classicism, its reputation declined. Since the 20th century, Caravaggio has been re-evaluated by art historical research and is regarded as one of the important pioneers of realist tradition and modern painting.

Calvin Richard Klein (English: Calvin Richard Klein, November 19, 1942 -) is an American fashion designer who founded his namesake company, Calvin Klein, in 1968. In addition to clothing, he has also lent his name to perfume, watches, jewelry, and more. Calvin Crane was one of the leading fashion designers in the Jewish ghetto of the Bronx, along with Robert Denning and Ralph Laurent. After debuting at New York Fashion Week for the first time, Crane became famous and would later be recognized as the second Yves Saint Laurent, famous for his austere designs.

Luca Giordano (Luca Giordano, October 18, 1634 - January 12, 1705), Italian painter, was born in Naples.

Ladisla Degos (Italian: Ludovico Lipparini; February 17, 1800 - March 19, 1856) was a famous Italian painter.

Ludovico Carracci (Italian: Ludovico Carracci, pronounced: [ludoˈviːko karˈrattʃi]; April 21, 1555 – November 13, 1619) was an Italian painter, etcher, and printmaker during the Baroque period. Together with his cousins ​​Anibale Karachi and Agostino Karachi, he is known as the Three Karachi Brothers.

Gustav Klimt was a Symbolist painter born in Vienna and one of the most representative members of the Vienna Secession movement. Klimt is famous for his paintings, murals, drawings and other works of art. Klimt's main subject was the female body, and his work was marked by a frank eroticism.

Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel (French: Gabrielle Bonheur "Coco" Chanel, August 19, 1883 - January 10, 1971), French businessman, fashion designer, and founder of the Chanel brand. Her views on modernism, masculine style, and simple designs combined with elegance made her one of the important figures in the 20th century fashion industry. Her influence on haute couture women's clothing led to her being named one of the 100 most influential people of the 20th century by Time magazine.

Yoshiyama Akio (1352-1431) was a Japanese painter and Zen monk at a Kyoto temple. He painted using the Muromachi ink painting method. His works include ink landscapes and portraits, and he also painted Buddhist portraits.

Xiang Yuanhu (Obashigawa Chiunage Chaoan, 1784-1842) was the court painter of the second Shō dynasty of the Ryukyu Kingdom. Many of the paintings of the queens of the Ryukyu kings were painted by him. He is also good at flower and bird painting, and his most famous work is "Tiger Picture" , there are also works such as "The Picture of the Longevity Man" and "The Picture of the Mandarin Ducks in the Bamboo Face". However, all of his works were destroyed in the Battle of Okinawa, and only some of the photos of his paintings have survived.

Lu Houmin (September 9, 1928 - March 9, 2015), male, from Yilan, Heilongjiang, was a Chinese photographer. He once served as a full-time photographer for the Chinese party and state leaders in Zhongnanhai.

Günter Wilhelm Grass (16 October 1927 – 13 April 2015) was a German writer. He is widely regarded as one of Germany's most famous writers. He was awarded the Georg Bichner Prize in 1965 and was elected an Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society of Letters in 1993. He was awarded the Hermann Kesten Prize in 1995. Günter William Glass's most famous work is "The Tin Drum", which is a representative work of European magical realism and the first work in Danzig's trilogy (the other two works are "Cat and Mouse" and "The Year of the Dog"). His work has a strong political overtone and is considered left-wing, and he is also a supporter of the German Social Democratic Party. The Swedish Academy awarded him the 1999 Nobel Prize for Literature, believing that he "depicted the forgotten historical face of mankind with a playful and tragic allegory."