李方玉，又名李牛、牛翁，號(hào)竹屋主人，國(guó)家一級(jí)美術(shù)師、山東省美術(shù)館專業(yè)畫家，被世界文化藝術(shù)研究中心授予“世界杰出華人藝術(shù)家”榮譽(yù)稱號(hào)。

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(xué)藝術(shù)系，1974年在中國(guó)美術(shù)學(xué)院國(guó)畫系深造?，F(xiàn)為中國(guó)美術(shù)家協(xié)會(huì)會(huì)員、中國(guó)工藝美術(shù)家協(xié)會(huì)會(huì)員、山東當(dāng)代花鳥畫院常務(wù)院長(zhǎng)、山東省書畫研究院副院長(zhǎng)、中國(guó)書法藝術(shù)研究院藝委委員、中華當(dāng)代書畫藝術(shù)研究會(huì)名譽(yù)主席、新加坡新神州藝術(shù)院高級(jí)名譽(yù)院士、曼谷中國(guó)畫院名譽(yù)顧問(wèn)。

李方玉主攻花鳥，尤擅藤竹，有“山東一枝竹”之譽(yù)。多幅作品被國(guó)內(nèi)外美術(shù)機(jī)構(gòu)收藏，還被國(guó)家選送至法國(guó)、美國(guó)、俄羅斯、日本、韓國(guó)、加拿大、澳大利亞等10余個(gè)國(guó)家展出并被收藏。其作品多次獲國(guó)際、國(guó)家大獎(jiǎng)，“墨竹”獲“97東南亞國(guó)際現(xiàn)代名家水墨展”金獎(jiǎng)；“紫藤”、“雪竹”分別獲第三屆、第四屆“世界華人藝術(shù)香港大型藝術(shù)展”特別金獎(jiǎng)及國(guó)際特別獎(jiǎng)；作品“鲇魚”在慶祝香港特別行政區(qū)成立10周年“當(dāng)代中國(guó)書畫名家作品展”中榮獲銀獎(jiǎng)；隸書作品獲全國(guó)書法篆刻大展一等獎(jiǎng)。曾在人民美術(shù)出版社、大百科全書出版社、山東美術(shù)出版社、陜西人民美術(shù)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(cè)，在專業(yè)報(bào)刊雜志發(fā)表繪畫評(píng)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(xiàn)給家鄉(xiāng)河南省濮陽(yáng)市博物館，當(dāng)?shù)卣钙錇殄ш?yáng)市榮譽(yù)市民并建立了“李方玉藝術(shù)館”。

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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.