Huang Binhong (January 27, 1865 - March 25, 1955), was first named Maozhi, and later changed his name to Zhi. Male, originally from She County, Huizhou, Anhui Province, and born in Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province. A modern Chinese painter who is good at painting landscapes and is a master of landscape painting. He is also a calligrapher, and together with Bai Jiao, Gao Ershi and Li Zhimin, he is known as the "Four Great Literary Calligraphers of the 20th Century". He once served as the principal of the China Art College. After liberation, he served as a member of the Second National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a director of the Chinese Artists Association. Known as "the outstanding painter of the Chinese people"; died of illness in Hangzhou, Zhejiang on March 25, 1955.
In the history of modern Chinese painting, there is the theory of "Southern Huang and Northern Qi". "Northern Qi" refers to Qi Baishi, a flower and bird painter living in Beijing, and "Southern Huang" refers to Huang Binhong, a painter from Zhejiang. The two are listed together in the art world, which shows that Huang Binhong's artistic skills and achievements are extraordinary.
Huang Binhong was born in Jinhua, Zhejiang in 1865 and died in 1955. He has a simple name and a simple character. He is good at landscapes, flowers and pays attention to sketching, but he became famous relatively late. After the age of 50, his painting style gradually became more realistic, and after the age of 80, the "black, dense, thick and heavy" painting style that people are familiar with was truly formed. Huang Binhong's landscape paintings in his later years were characterized by deep layers of mountains and rivers, majestic momentum, and shocking world. This remarkable feature also elevated Chinese landscape paintings to a supreme realm. Due to Huang Binhong's outstanding contribution in the history of art, he was awarded the title of "Outstanding Painter of the Chinese People" by the country on his 90th birthday.