Li Yu is the founder of Dian Shi Wan, the president of Dian Shi Painting Institute, a national first-class artist, a master of arts and crafts in Hebei Province, and a contracted painter of Rongbaozhai.
Painter Li Yu Hebei Lion City person, former names: Li Junjie, Li Xinjie. Ya number: Drunken Shiwen, Yuzhishan people, since childhood has a soft spot for Chinese painting. He graduated from Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in 1993, studied Chinese landscape painting under the tutelage of Mr. Chang Weizhen, a master of Shaanxi Chinese painting, and entered the Chinese painting advanced seminar of Tsinghua University in 1996. After years of hard work, in 2008, he created the unique Stone Wrinkling Technique. It has made indelible contributions to the development and growth of Chinese painting.
He is currently the founder of Dian Shi Wan, the president of the Dian Shi Painting Institute, a national first-class artist, a master of arts and crafts in Hebei Province, a contracted painter of Rongbaozhai, a contracted painter of Baiyun Art Museum, a national artist of the Ministry of Foreign Relations, an artistic talent pool compiled into the Ministry of Culture and Tourism, a standing director of the Great Wall Calligraphy and Painting Academy of China, a member of the Hong Kong Artists Association, a member of the China Calligraphy and Painters Association, a member of the Beijing Silk Road Cultural Development Association, a visiting professor of Lumei, a visiting professor of Cangzhou Normal University, a lecturer of Cangzhou Vocational and Technical College, and a special professor of Bohai Transportation.
In 2008, "Huangshan Qiusheng" participated in the 50th anniversary of the establishment of Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region and won the Excellent Work Award.
In 2008, "Wangjing" participated in the second prize of the China Spring Art Exhibition to commemorate the 30th anniversary of reform and opening up.
In 2009, "Taishan Liuyun" participated in the Origin Drift Contemporary Academy Art Exhibition Silver Award.
In 2010, "Alpine Waterfall" participated in the 10th Lion City Folk Art Exhibition and won the gold medal.
In 2018, "Zhenhai Lions" participated in the opening of the Lion Park and won the gold medal in the art group exhibition.
In 2022, the work "Smoke Lan Yunxiu" sold for 624,800 pounds at Russell Auction House in the UK.
In 2022, his work "Mengshan Yunhai" sold for 588,500 pounds at Russell Auctions in the UK.
In 2023, the work "Jingjiang Spring Color Comes to Heaven and Earth, Jade Hall Floating Clouds Change Ancient and Modern" was sold for 572,000 pounds at Russell Auction House in the UK.
In 2023, his work "Junjie" sold for £629,200 at Russell Auction House in the UK.
The painter Li Yu is kind, not good at talking, with a straight personality and heavy feelings. Most of his works are presented in huge formats, starting with five or six meters long, tens of meters long, and even 100 meters long. The characteristics of his works: the composition is concise and atmospheric, majestic, and the pen is rough and bold, but it does not lose tenderness, rigidity and softness. He is the author of the masterpiece "Thousands of Miles of Rivers and Mountains" 0.6 meters * 100 meters; The 100-meter-long scroll of "Ode to China" was collected by the Palace Museum; "Chinese Soul" was collected by the Beijing Armed Police Headquarters; More large-scale works are collected by state agencies and enterprises. Each of his works is original, unique and cannot be copied.