Mr. Li Hongtao, born in 1947 in Dalian, China, is currently an honorary professor at the Randolph-Macon College in the United States, an honorary academician of the European International Academy of Oriental Fine Arts, an advisor to the Japan International Art Association, a senior art advisor to the Sino-American Cultural Exchange Association, and a senior art advisor to the American People's Ambassadors Association.
Li Hongtao is known as a master of contemporary and postmodern abstract oil painting, and his works are said to be representative works of "imagery" that elevate to "the elephant is invisible, and the art is alone" on the basis of figurative impression abstraction.
Mr. Li Hongtao was the first Chinese painter to hold an exhibition at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France.
As the first Chinese painter to hold an exhibition at the Louvre Museum in Paris, France, Mr. Li Hongtao has held solo exhibitions in more than 20 world-class art halls, including the Louis Wichsie Museum in Germany, the Meredith International Art Center in the United States, the Ray-Ban Building in the United States, the National Museum of Baltimore, the United Nations Headquarters in New York, the Russian National Museum, the National Museum of Art in Tokyo, and the Pierre Cardin Art Center in France. The response was strong and praised. His exhibition at the Louvre Museum in France has been reported by **TV Station, **News Office**, Phoenix Satellite TV and many others.
His works have won many awards and honors in Europe, America, Japan and other countries, such as the "Outstanding Leadership Award", "Outstanding Art and Design Award", and "International Cultural and Art Exchange Contribution Award". In 2000, in the "Cross-Century Art Exhibition" held in Van Gogh's hometown of the Netherlands, which was attended by 11 famous artists from the East and the West, Li Hongtao's work "Summer of Flowing Water" won the "Van Gogh Gold Award" in one fell swoop. In 1997, in the art exhibition held in Japan, his work "Forever and Forever" won the "Special Excellence Award" signed by Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori.
The National Historical Museum of Russia (which acquired and treasured 28 of his works), the National Library of the United States, the Casares Museum in Italy and many other world-famous museums and libraries, as well as many dignitaries and celebrities such as former Carter and George H.W. Bush in the United States, are proud to collect his paintings. Among them, several major museums and academies of fine arts in Italy have collected a total of 60 of his works, which is really rare!
Former chief Li Zhaoxing participated in the International Oil Painting Exhibition of Master Li Hongtao.
Li Hongtao's oil painting "Laughter in the Bush" was sold at Guardian Auction in 1995 and was collected by collectorsIn 2019, the two works of "Old Coming Red" and "Mountain Flowers" were auctioned for 46 million yuan and 43 million yuan respectively.
When Li Hongtao's oil paintings were exhibited at the National Museum of China, Professor Yu Weichao, the curator, felt the inscription after visiting:"The passion of life, the boiling of blood"He also made an exception to collect his oil painting "Wild Vine" as a treasure in the museum's collection.
Successive Chinese representatives to the United Nations and ambassadors to the United States, from Li Zhaoxing to Zhou Wenzhong to Li Baodong, have visited Li Hongtao's studio many times, visited his art exhibitions, and spoke highly of him.
More than 50 art ** around the world vied to report on the first Chinese to hold an exhibition at the Louvre Museum in France.
Peng Chong, then vice chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, wrote an inscription: "Shen Yun".
Ban Ki-moon, then Secretary-General of the United Nations, collected his paintings with the inscription: "Heaven and Earth Contract".
Dai Bingguo, former State Councilor of China, was impressed by Li Hongtao's painting exhibition, and wrote "a fine product combining Chinese and Western art, a model of the unity of art and life".
In 1994, Zhao Puchu, a master of Chinese Buddhism, praised Li Hongtao's painting "Kaiguang" after the inscription: "It is in the middle of the world, beyond the image." ”
Zeng Xianzi, chairman of the board of directors of Hong Kong Goldlion Group, wrote an inscription: "Li Hongtao artist creates his own energy painting. ”
Each work of art here is shining with a pleasing artistic soul, bursting with shocking and warm and peaceful energy. "This is Della, director of the Coca-Cola Art Museum and senior art appraiser. Ms. Patterson's evaluation of Mr. Li Hongtao's oil paintings.
At the opening ceremony of the solo exhibition in the United States Congress, Mr. Peter Levington., the chairman of the National Art Society of the United States, the founder of the National Art Society, and the famous American collectorDr. Richard, the special plenipotentiary representative of BIDDTE, read out his handwritten congratulatory letter, and collected 7 large works of Li Hongtao with his relatives.
During Li Hongtao's exhibition at the Singapore International Expo, Huang Simian, member of the International Olympic Committee and chairman of the Singapore National Sports Council, Chen Zheng, editor-in-chief of Singapore United Evening News, and their relatives and friends collected a total of 50 of his works.
The French costume master Pierre Cardin collected a huge amount of paintings by Master Li Hongtao.
Pierre Cardin, a French fashion master, visited Li Hongtao's oil painting exhibition twice in two years, and wrote an inscription on the guest book after viewing the exhibition"I hope I have the pleasure of hosting your exhibition at our Cardin Centre", and collected Li Hongtao's highest oil painting at that time, which was the first time Pierre Cardin collected Chinese oil paintings. In 2008, the National Centre for the Performing Arts of China collected Li Hongtao's works "The Mystery of the Earth" and "The Laughter of the Heavenly Road" donated by Pierre Cardin.
Huang Jieping, president of Today World Television in the United States, wrote, "Buying four oil paintings by the art master Li Hongtao has a feeling: Jun painting is like beauty, and he has fallen into the city before he is married." "
Zhou Xugeng, chairman of the American International Association and president of the American-Chinese Business Daily, wrote after collecting Li Hongtao's works:"The paintings of Master Hong Tao concentrate the essence of Western art. The imagination is extraordinary, the content is rich, the touching is profound, and the soul penetrates. It can be expected that Master Hong Tao will become one of the greatest art giants of mankind in the 21st century. "
Russia's former ambassador to the United Nations and ambassador to the United States Volyntsov said: You have a special talent that makes each of your colorful works full of vitality. These works are not static, but dynamic, jumping, and wonderful art of life!Thank you very much, I am fascinated by your paintings!”
Professor Warbeck, director of the Ludwig Museum in Germany and then director of the European International Art Forum, said: From a European point of view, these paintings are an excellent example of comprehensive art in contemporary international art, which includes a deep understanding of China's rich painting art and culture, and on the other hand, it actually has the strong expression of European and American art, and the wisdom of this comprehensive art is shrouded in the artist's strong passion and vivid desire. Li Hongtao Van Gogh on the coast of China. (Jia Min).
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