Huang Yongyu

Huang Yongyu (August 9, 1924 - June 13, 2023), formerly known as Yongyu, was a Tujia nationality and a native of Phoenix, Hunan. He was a Chinese painter, writer, and poet, with the pen names Huang Xingbin, Huang Niu, and Niu Fuzi. He was the director of the Printmaking Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, the vice chairman of the Chinese Artists Association, and the president of the Printmaking Institute of the National Academy of Painting. Huang Yongyu's wife is the writer Zhang Meixi, and his cousin is the Chinese writer Shen Congwen, who gave him the name "Huang Yongyu". His second brother is the painter Huang Yonghou.