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李方玉，又名李牛、牛翁，號竹屋主人，國家一級美術師、山東省美術館專業(yè)畫家，被世界文化藝術研究中心授予“世界杰出華人藝術家”榮譽稱號。

1945年生于河南省范縣的李方玉，1969年畢業(yè)于山東師范大學藝術系，1974年在中國美術學院國畫系深造。現(xiàn)為中國美術家協(xié)會會員、中國工藝美術家協(xié)會會員、山東當代花鳥畫院常務院長、山東省書畫研究院副院長、中國書法藝術研究院藝委委員、中華當代書畫藝術研究會名譽主席、新加坡新神州藝術院高級名譽院士、曼谷中國畫院名譽顧問。

李方玉主攻花鳥，尤擅藤竹，有“山東一枝竹”之譽。多幅作品被國內(nèi)外美術機構收藏，還被國家選送至法國、美國、俄羅斯、日本、韓國、加拿大、澳大利亞等10余個國家展出并被收藏。其作品多次獲國際、國家大獎，“墨竹”獲“97東南亞國際現(xiàn)代名家水墨展”金獎；“紫藤”、“雪竹”分別獲第三屆、第四屆“世界華人藝術香港大型藝術展”特別金獎及國際特別獎；作品“鲇魚”在慶祝香港特別行政區(qū)成立10周年“當代中國書畫名家作品展”中榮獲銀獎；隸書作品獲全國書法篆刻大展一等獎。曾在人民美術出版社、大百科全書出版社、山東美術出版社、陜西人民美術出版社、天津楊柳青畫社等出版畫集、技法書及理論研究專著10余冊，在專業(yè)報刊雜志發(fā)表繪畫評論文章百余篇。

2007年，李方玉將收藏及創(chuàng)作的書畫精品600余件捐獻給家鄉(xiāng)河南省濮陽市博物館，當?shù)卣钙錇殄ш柺袠s譽市民并建立了“李方玉藝術館”。

（本文圖片由李方玉提供）

An Appreciation of Li Fangyu’s Painting Art

Li Fangyu， also named Li Niu and Niu Weng， styled Host of the Bamboo House， is a national grade one painter and full-time painter of Shandong Gallery. He has been granted the honorary title of “World Outstanding Chinese Artist” by the World Culture and Art Research Center.

Li Fangyu is mainly engaged in the flower and bird paintings. He is especially good at painting vines and bamboo and is honored as the “No. 1 Bamboo Painter in Shandong.” Many of his works have been collected by domestic and foreign galleries. He has been awarded many national and international prizes. He has published more than 10 kinds of painting collections and theories on painting techniques and has published more than 100 articles in professional journals and newspapers.

In 2007， Li Fangyu donated more than 600 works of calligraphy and paintings collected and created by him to the Puyang Museum in his hometown in Henan Province. The local government， therefore， granted him the title of honorary citizen and established the Li Fangyu Art Museum.