Xu Rulin， also named Yuan Ben， was born in Jiangsu Province. He is a national firstlevel artist and skilled in calligraphy， painting and seal cutting. Currently he is the president of China Jinling Painting and Calligraphy Art Museum， the honorable chairman of Indonesia Chinese Artists Association， a member of China Artists Association， a professional painter of Nanjing International Painter Village， etc. Xu has unique painting style which absorbed western artistic aspects and integrated with Chinese traditional paintings. He has participated in many exhibitions at home and abroad and held some solo exhibitions in recent years. His artistic achievements have been reported by various media and some of his artworks have been collected by famous museums and galleries.

許如林又名原本， 字千荷，號拂印堂主，江蘇泗洪人，國家一級美術(shù)師。擅長書法、繪畫、篆刻。就讀于中國美術(shù)學院、西泠印社，師承劉江、韓天衡等名家。任中國金陵書畫藝術(shù)館館長、江蘇虹州畫院院長、中國書畫家協(xié)會會員、印尼中國美術(shù)家協(xié)會名譽主席、印尼書法家協(xié)會海外榮譽顧問。南京國際畫家村職業(yè)書畫家，北京宋莊畫家村簽約畫家。

許如林繪畫風格獨特，融西方藝術(shù)元素于傳統(tǒng)水墨，將傳統(tǒng)與現(xiàn)代、抽象與具象、水墨與色彩有機融合，賦予時代審美。構(gòu)圖飽滿有張力；筆墨淋漓有激情；色墨相融有氣韻。師造化而抒己意，力求“似與不似”，充分體現(xiàn)中國畫的內(nèi)涵和神韻，具有“點拂橫斜處，天機在此中”的超拔境界。

作品曾入選入展“中國首屆書法藝術(shù)節(jié)”、“中國第六屆藝術(shù)節(jié)”、“中國第二屆草書藝術(shù)大展”、“中日書法藝術(shù)交流展”、“西泠印社第四屆篆刻評展”、“東盟十國書畫聯(lián)展”、“全國環(huán)保書畫邀請展”、“江蘇青年篆刻展”、“南京—杭州交流展”、“中國首屆藝術(shù)品博覽會——宋莊百名簽約畫家作品展”、“金陵書畫名家十人展”、“歐美同學會百年慶典書畫藝術(shù)展”、“禪書禪畫進青奧書畫展”、“印尼首屆國際美術(shù)大展”等，并多次獲金獎。

近年來舉辦了“許如林書畫篆刻巡回展”、“許如林師生五人書畫篆刻展”，在印度尼西亞首都雅加達舉辦“中國書畫名家——許如林、楊勇現(xiàn)代書畫精品展”。

藝術(shù)成就被《中國書法》、《國畫家》、《環(huán)球藝術(shù)》、《名人藝術(shù)》、《商報》、江蘇衛(wèi)視、印度尼西亞美都電視等專題報導。出版《中國當代藝術(shù)名家精品系列——許如林畫集》、《許如林書畫展覽集》、《中國當代書畫名家許如林珍藏郵票冊》。有百件書畫作品被印度尼西亞、新加坡、馬來西亞、日本、德國、俄羅斯、臺灣等地美術(shù)館、畫廊及社會名流收藏。