Liu Dawei (born 22 October 1945) is a Chinese painter who is a professor at the

People's Liberation Army Academy of Art The Military and Cultural Institute of National Defense University, People's Liberation Army (), previously the People's Liberation Army Academy of Art (, colloquially known as Junyi 军艺), is an academic institute of the PLA National Defense U ...

. He was president of the China Artists Association between 2008 and 2018.

Biography

Liu was born in

Weifang Weifang () is a prefecture-level city in central Shandong province, People's Republic of China. The city borders Dongying to the northwest, Zibo to the west, Linyi to the southwest, Rizhao to the south, Qingdao to the east, and looks out to the L ...

Shandong Shandong ( , ; ; alternately romanized as Shantung) is a coastal province of the People's Republic of China and is part of the East China region. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history since the beginning of Chinese civilizati ...

, on 22 October 1945, while his ancestral home is in Zhucheng. After the establishment of the Communist State, in 1951, his family moved to

Baotou Baotou (; mn, Buɣutu qota, Бугат хот) is the largest city by urban population in Inner Mongolia, China. Governed as a prefecture-level city, as of the 2020 census, its built-up (''or metro'') area made up of its 5 urban districts is h ...

. As a child he developed an interesting in painting and studied calligraphy with his grandfather. In September 1963, he was accepted to

Inner Mongolia Normal University Inner Mongolia Normal University (, mn, ) is a university in Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China under the authority of the Autonomous Region government. It is located in Hohhot, the capital city of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Esta ...

, majoring in the Department of Arts. After graduating in December 1968, he was despatched to Baotou Semiconductor Device Factory as a fitter. In 1972, he was transferred to ''Baotou Daily'' as an art editor and journalist. In September 1978, he was admitted to the Central Academy of Fine Arts, studying paint under

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, Li Kuchan, and

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. He became president of the China Artists Association in 2008, and served until 2018. He was a member of the 11th National Committee of the

Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference The Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC, zh, 中国人民政治协商会议), also known as the People's PCC (, ) or simply the PCC (), is a political advisory body in the People's Republic of China and a central part of ...

References

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