Is Du Xigu a painter?

Du Xigu, also known as Du Xigu, 1937 was born in Beijing, director of Beijing Qi Baishi Art Research Association, painter of China Three Gorges Painting Academy, professor of Chinese painting at Beijing Art Exchange Center, and professor of Chinese painting at China Painting Research Institute. Mr. Du Xigu studied under Mr. He Jing, a painter of the Republic of China, and later worshipped Mr. Zhong Ling (the last son of Qi Baishi, an art master), becoming the second son of Qi Baishi. After decades of ups and downs, he worked hard in his career, constantly seeking and persevering, and finally stood on his own feet from the monument founded by his ancestors, which attracted the attention of colleagues in the painting and calligraphy circles. Mr. Du is good at freehand brushwork. His flower-and-bird paintings do not seek similarity, but tell the truth, regardless of flowers, grass, wood, stones, birds and so on. In the picture, they are full of charm, reflecting a vivid and natural "childlike interest", and have also been highly purified in the use of ink and wash. Mr. Du is also good at calligraphy. He is good at Han Li, combined with the rhythm of the times, and integrated into the calligraphy of line, grass and Weibei. In recent years, Mr. Du's works have been favored at home and abroad, and he has held personal painting and calligraphy exhibitions in Korea, Indonesia, the Netherlands, Malaysia and other places and countries, and won many honorary awards. The representative works "Chrysanthemum Chicken" and "Goldfish Full Pool" are collected by the Great Hall of the People, Zhongnanhai, Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, Murakami Art Museum in Japan and other national units. Beijing Daily, Beijing Evening News, People's Daily Market News, China Consumer News, China Development News, China Medicine News, China Jijian News, Beijing Workers News, Capital Economic Reference News, China Business News, China Population News, Youth Literature Magazine, Ziguang. Dozens of domestic newspapers and magazines such as Right and Wrong have published Mr. Du Xigu's works, and they have a high evaluation of Mr. Du Xigu's art. In recent years, books such as Contemporary China Famous Paintings and Calligraphy Treasures, Zhongnanhai Book Collection Volume III, Selected Works of Famous Paintings and Calligraphy in China, and Selected Paintings of Xiyuan Hotel, etc. printed by national publishing units, have all been selected. China Beijing TV Station took Du Xigu's flower-and-bird paintings as a special topic, made a special tape and played it repeatedly. 1994, Mr. Du Xigu was awarded the title of "Master of Chinese and Foreign Painting and Calligraphy" by 12 countries and their painting and calligraphy organizations.