LIU MU
Artist Biography
Liu Mu, landscape artist, was born in 1947 in Tongzhou, Beijing. In his youth, he studied under the tutelage of Chinese painter Wu Jingting. Liu was assigned to the local enamel factory after graduating from Beijing Arts & Crafts School in 1967. From 1988 and beyond, he worked at the Fine Art Museum of Research Institute of Traditional Chinese Painting. In 2004, Liu became the vice chairman of Beijing Education & Training Centre followed by his devotion in the establishment project. Since then he had been in charge of the workshop for advance study of Chinese painting until his retirement in 2011.
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Though out his career, Liu has taken part in numerous China and overseas academic exhibitions. He and his works have greatly influenced the Chinese art world. Published works include “Soul and art”, “Liu Mu: landscape study”, “Clouds, come and go”, “Teaching”, “Lessons by Liu Mu”, “The Dairy”, “Blue sky, the story of painting” and so forth.
