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Li Maolin
Li Maolin
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Li Maolin, born in 1957, is a renowned artist from Shandong Province. He is currently a member of the China Artists Association, a council member of the China Art and Calligraphy Association, and a specially appointed painter at the China National Academy of Painting. Li Maolin has loved painting since childhood, studying under the master of boneless figure painting, Ma Haifang. He specializes in figure painting and bird-and-flower painting. In recent years, he has published multiple art collections through Xinyuan Publishing House, Zhejiang Fine Arts Publishing House, Great Encyclopedia Publishing House, Hebei Education Publishing House, and People's Fine Arts Publishing House, all of which have been permanently collected.
Boneless figure painting is not a modern invention—it existed long ago. During the Song Dynasty, Liang Kai pioneered the use of boneless freehand ink figure painting, and Ren Bonian of the Qing Dynasty also used this technique to paint figures, producing works that were ancient, refined, and innovative for their time. The "boneless" method appears as an integrated mass, but in fact it is the expansion of lines, aiming to achieve variations in ink and brushwork. As Fang Xun of the Qing Dynasty wrote in “Discourses on Painting from the Mountain Quiet Dwelling”: “Ink techniques lie in concentration, gradation, spirit, variation, and movement.” The charm of Chinese ink painting often lies precisely in such dynamic changes and unexpected beauty. The contemporary famous painter Peng Xiancheng’s boneless figure paintings express exactly this kind of variable, profound, and incomprehensible realm, conveying subtle transformations of nature through ambiguity. For many years, he has devoted himself to researching the boneless method—without sketches or fixed creative procedures—allowing everything to evolve naturally according to how ink and color blend. This spontaneous and adaptive approach has resulted in his complex, chance-born ink images, expressing a unique and indescribable aesthetic expectation. In this collection, one can see the artist’s reflections on traditional brushwork issues, as well as new attempts and breakthroughs.
In 2008, his work “Put Down the Sack” won the Outstanding Award at the National Chinese Painting Exhibition;
In 2007, his work “Fu Lu Shou” won the Gold Prize at the Fifth Lichang Chinese Figure Painting Exhibition;
In 1998, his boneless figure painting work won the Second Prize at the “Soul of the Yellow River” Art Exhibition;
His work “A Glimpse into the Countryside” won the Outstanding Award at the “Cross-Strait Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition” and was permanently collected by Taiwan;
In 1994, his work was selected for the “Xianqing Yuxue” Global Chinese Painting Exhibition, winning the Outstanding Award;
His work “Jing. Yun” won the Gold Prize at the “Shennong Award” National Painting Exhibition;
In 2008, his work “Put Down the Sack” won the Outstanding Award at the National Chinese Painting Exhibition;
In 2007, his work “Fu Lu Shou” won the Gold Prize at the Fifth Lichang Chinese Figure Painting Exhibition;
In 1998, his boneless figure painting work won the Second Prize at the “Soul of the Yellow River” Art Exhibition;
His work “A Glimpse into the Countryside” won the Outstanding Award at the “Cross-Strait Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition” and was permanently collected by Taiwan;
In 1994, his work was selected for the “Xianqing Yuxue” Global Chinese Painting Exhibition, winning the Outstanding Award;
His work “Jing. Yun” won the Gold Prize at the “Shennong Award” National Painting Exhibition;
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