China’s first-class traditional Chinese painters include: Han Meilin, Sun Changjie, Yang Xiaoyang, Xue Linxing, Jiang Chengnan, Cai Yushui, Zhuang Xiaolei, Zhou Jingsheng, Zhao Xiaoshi, Wang Wenfu, etc.
1. Han Meilin
Han Meilin, born in Shandong on December 26, 1936, is a very influential and talented contemporary plastic artist in China. He is active in painting, calligraphy, sculpture, ceramics, design and even He has high attainments in writing and many other artistic fields. He is a national first-class artist, a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts of Tsinghua University, and a researcher at the Central Museum of Literature and History.
2. Sun Changjie
Sun Changjie was born in Anhui in 1948 and now lives in Beijing. He graduated from the Chinese Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in his early years. He is a national first-class artist, the winner of the Best Achievement Award of the 7th "Wenhua Award" of the Ministry of Culture, an artist specially provided by the State Council as a state guest, and an expert enjoying the special allowance of the State Council.
3. Yang Xiaoyang
President of the China National Academy of Painting and Vice Chairman of the Chinese Artists Association. Born in 1958 in Shaanxi Province, he was admitted to the Chinese Painting Department of Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts in 1979, graduated in 1983, and was admitted to the postgraduate program in the same year. In November 2016, he was elected as a member of the 10th National Committee of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles.
4. Xue Linxing
Xue Linxing was born on the west coast of Qingdao, Shandong Province (1951). He graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Northeast Normal University in 1982. He is the first painter in Chinese history to be honored at the 2005 French Salon Exhibition at the Louvre in Paris, the world's highest art palace. He is the first painter in Chinese history to have several heads of state inscribe peace greetings on his work "The God of Peace".
5. Jiang Chengnan
Jiang Chengnan was born in Beijing in July 1944. His ancestral home is Xinjin, Liaoning. His courtesy name is Xuefu. He calls himself "Xianglufeng Painter" and "Hongyun Mountain Man". , who used to be named Kong Yu, Yinan, Hongyeju, etc., and won the title of national first-class artist.
Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia-National First-Class Artist