Li Defeng, Vice Chairman of China Artists Association, Vice Director of Calligraphy Art Committee of Shandong Couplet Association.
Member of China Calligraphers Association and China Couplet Association.
Li Defeng, a famous calligrapher, 1959, was born in Linyi, Shandong Province, and studied under Ouyang Zhongshi, a great calligrapher.
He is currently the vice chairman of China Artists Association and the deputy director of the Calligraphy Art Committee of Shandong Couplet Artists Association; Member of China Calligraphers Association, member of Calligraphy Art Committee of China Couplet Society, consultant of Shangbao Art Museum in Songzhuang, Beijing, vice chairman of Linyi Couplet Artists Association, honorary president of Linyi Lanting Painting and Calligraphy Institute, and professor of calligraphy specialty class of Linyi University for the Aged;
He studied under Professor Ouyang Zhongshi and graduated from China Correspondence College of Painting and Calligraphy in 1989. He studied in the advanced calligraphy art lecture class offered by Professor Ouyang Zhongshi.
Calligraphy works entered the first China Scholar Culture Festival "Xi Cup" National Calligraphy and Painting Grand Prix Gold Award, Calligraphy Series Exhibition in Praise of Reform and Opening-up, National Newcomer Exhibition, "Wenyang Cup" National Couplet Calligraphy Exhibition, Shandong Painting Academy Spring Calligraphy Exhibition, "Asia-Pacific Cup" National Calligraphy Exhibition Gold Award, Peking University Second Calligraphy Exhibition, Calligraphy Exhibition in Commemoration of the Centennial Birthday of Comrade Mao Zedong, Calligraphy Exhibition in Celebration of the 10th Anniversary of Hong Kong's Return to the Motherland, and Shandong Welcome.
Li Defeng's Calligraphy Collection and Li Defeng's Calligraphy Art have been published, and biographies have been compiled into collections of works jointly exhibited by the Painting and Calligraphy Institute of Capital Normal University and the hometown of painting and calligraphy, China Painting and Calligraphy Newspaper, Art Newspaper, Grand View of Poetry and Painting Printing in the New Century, Who's Who of China Painting and Calligraphy Alumni and Art Exchange. His calligraphy works are deeply appreciated and collected by experts, collectors and enthusiasts, and have been engraved in scenic spots and historical sites all over the country and reported by Chinese and foreign news media.