个人履历 / Biography
韩美林，生于1936年12月26日，山东济南人，毕业于中央工艺美术学院，是一位孜孜不倦的艺术实践者和开拓者。其创作涉及广泛，包括绘画、书法、雕塑、陶瓷、民间艺术、标志设计乃至写作等等。其艺术风格独到，致力于从中国两汉以前文化和民间艺术中汲取精髓，并转化为体现现代审美理念的艺术作品。
其艺术成就斐然：在1980年便于美国21个城市举办巡回画展，并获得美国圣地亚哥市赠予的“金钥匙”，同年，他创作的动画片《狐狸打猎人》获得南斯拉夫第四届萨格拉布国际动漫电影节最佳美术奖；1983年，韩美林先生的6幅作品入选联合国发行的圣诞卡； 2003年，荣获世界艺术家协会（美）世界艺术贡献奖；2004年，获世界艺术家协会（美）颁发的世界艺术大师奖和美国前总统布什颁发的总统教育奖。在推动和促进艺术文化发展和交流方面，韩美林先生也做出了突出的贡献，他曾多次应邀到日本、印度等国进行文化交流和访问。2011年被环球时报评为“最受全球关注的中国人物”榜首。在中国的北京、杭州两地均建有韩美林艺术馆。
其代表作有：书法作品古文字集录《天书》，巨型城市雕塑《迎风长啸》、《大舜耕田》、《五云九如》、《钱江龙》、《钱王射潮》、《火凤凰》、《火凤迎祥》、《百鸟朝凤》，设计作品有中国国际航空公司航徽、奥运吉祥物福娃等，作品集《山花烂漫》、《美林》、《韩美林自选雕塑集》，《韩美林自选绘画集》，散文集《闲言碎语》、《韩美林自述》、《韩美林散文》、《豆蔻梢头——韩美林人体艺术作品集》、《几回明月——韩美林课徒人体画稿选》、《嚥山嚼水——韩美林山水画集》《良弓在手——韩美林书法作品集》等等。
韩美林先生现任全国政协常委，中央文史研究馆馆员，中国美术家协会陶瓷艺术委员会主任，世界华人协会副会长，中国文化研究院荣誉院士，中国工艺美术学会书画委员会会长，中国和平统一促进会常务委员，中国作家协会创作研究部专业作家，清华大学教授、学术委员会副主任，中国艺术研究院研究生院博士生导师。
Born in Jinan, Shandong Province in 1936, and graduated from the Central Academy of Arts and Design, Han Meilin is known as an industrious explorer and practioner of art. His works include painting, calligraphy, sculpture, ceramics, dyeing, logo design and even writing. He draws the marrow of Chinese folk art and the culture dating back to the period before Han Dynasty (202 BC-220AD), and displays those elements in his works in modern art forms.
In 1980, he held his art exhibition in 21 cities in the United States and was given the “Golden Key” of the city of San Diego as an honorary citizen; in the same year his cartoon The Fox and the Hunter won the Best Fine Arts Prize of the 4th Zagrab International Cartoon &Animation Festival in Yugoslavia. In 1983, six of his works were elected as UN’s Christmas card pictures. In 2003 and 2004, he was granted the honor of special contribution to world art and the world art master prize by the World Artists Association. In 2004, he was granted the President’s Award for Educational Excellence by the former US president George Bush. Han Meilin has made great contribution to promote the development and exchange of art and culture. He has been invited to foreign countries such as Japan and India for art and culture exchange and been topped the list of “The Most Global-Concerned Chinese Characters” by Global Times in 2011. He has two Han Meilin Art Galleries located in Beijing and Hangzhou.
His masterpieces include calligraphy of ancient characters album: The Sealed Book; large urban sculptures: A Group of Tigers, Emperor Shun Plowing the Fields, Five Dragons Clock Tower, (Atlanta, USA), The King Qian Shooting the Tide, Fire Phoenix, Fire Phoenix Greeting Auspicious, A Hundred Birds Worship the Phoenix; design works: logo of Air China, Mascots of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games—Fuwa; collection of paintings: Mountain Flowers in Full Bloom, Meilin, Selection of Painting Works of Han Meilin and Selection of Sculpture Works of Han Meilin; collection of essays: Quotation from Han Meilin, Narrative of Han Meilin, Han Meilin’s Human Body Painting Album, The Full Moon Returns—Teaching Sketch Collection of Han Meilin’s Human Body, Masticating and Ingesting Landscape—Han Meilin’s Landscape Painting Album, Good Bow in Hands—Han Meilin’s Chinese Calligraphy Album etc.
Han Meilin is now the member of Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, member of China Central Research Institute of Culture and History, Director of Ceramics Committee of the China Artists Association, Vice Chairman of the United World Chinese Association, Honorary Academician of Chinese Culture Research Institute, Chairman of the Calligraphy and Painting Committee of the China Crafts and Art Society, Standing Committee Member of China Peaceful Unification Promotion Agency, professional writer of China Writers Association, professor and Vice Director of Academic Committee of Tsinghua University, Doctoral supervisor of National Academy of Arts of China.
其艺术成就斐然：在1980年便于美国21个城市举办巡回画展，并获得美国圣地亚哥市赠予的“金钥匙”，同年，他创作的动画片《狐狸打猎人》获得南斯拉夫第四届萨格拉布国际动漫电影节最佳美术奖；1983年，韩美林先生的6幅作品入选联合国发行的圣诞卡； 2003年，荣获世界艺术家协会（美）世界艺术贡献奖；2004年，获世界艺术家协会（美）颁发的世界艺术大师奖和美国前总统布什颁发的总统教育奖。在推动和促进艺术文化发展和交流方面，韩美林先生也做出了突出的贡献，他曾多次应邀到日本、印度等国进行文化交流和访问。2011年被环球时报评为“最受全球关注的中国人物”榜首。在中国的北京、杭州两地均建有韩美林艺术馆。
其代表作有：书法作品古文字集录《天书》，巨型城市雕塑《迎风长啸》、《大舜耕田》、《五云九如》、《钱江龙》、《钱王射潮》、《火凤凰》、《火凤迎祥》、《百鸟朝凤》，设计作品有中国国际航空公司航徽、奥运吉祥物福娃等，作品集《山花烂漫》、《美林》、《韩美林自选雕塑集》，《韩美林自选绘画集》，散文集《闲言碎语》、《韩美林自述》、《韩美林散文》、《豆蔻梢头——韩美林人体艺术作品集》、《几回明月——韩美林课徒人体画稿选》、《嚥山嚼水——韩美林山水画集》《良弓在手——韩美林书法作品集》等等。
韩美林先生现任全国政协常委，中央文史研究馆馆员，中国美术家协会陶瓷艺术委员会主任，世界华人协会副会长，中国文化研究院荣誉院士，中国工艺美术学会书画委员会会长，中国和平统一促进会常务委员，中国作家协会创作研究部专业作家，清华大学教授、学术委员会副主任，中国艺术研究院研究生院博士生导师。
Born in Jinan, Shandong Province in 1936, and graduated from the Central Academy of Arts and Design, Han Meilin is known as an industrious explorer and practioner of art. His works include painting, calligraphy, sculpture, ceramics, dyeing, logo design and even writing. He draws the marrow of Chinese folk art and the culture dating back to the period before Han Dynasty (202 BC-220AD), and displays those elements in his works in modern art forms.
In 1980, he held his art exhibition in 21 cities in the United States and was given the “Golden Key” of the city of San Diego as an honorary citizen; in the same year his cartoon The Fox and the Hunter won the Best Fine Arts Prize of the 4th Zagrab International Cartoon &Animation Festival in Yugoslavia. In 1983, six of his works were elected as UN’s Christmas card pictures. In 2003 and 2004, he was granted the honor of special contribution to world art and the world art master prize by the World Artists Association. In 2004, he was granted the President’s Award for Educational Excellence by the former US president George Bush. Han Meilin has made great contribution to promote the development and exchange of art and culture. He has been invited to foreign countries such as Japan and India for art and culture exchange and been topped the list of “The Most Global-Concerned Chinese Characters” by Global Times in 2011. He has two Han Meilin Art Galleries located in Beijing and Hangzhou.
His masterpieces include calligraphy of ancient characters album: The Sealed Book; large urban sculptures: A Group of Tigers, Emperor Shun Plowing the Fields, Five Dragons Clock Tower, (Atlanta, USA), The King Qian Shooting the Tide, Fire Phoenix, Fire Phoenix Greeting Auspicious, A Hundred Birds Worship the Phoenix; design works: logo of Air China, Mascots of 2008 Beijing Olympic Games—Fuwa; collection of paintings: Mountain Flowers in Full Bloom, Meilin, Selection of Painting Works of Han Meilin and Selection of Sculpture Works of Han Meilin; collection of essays: Quotation from Han Meilin, Narrative of Han Meilin, Han Meilin’s Human Body Painting Album, The Full Moon Returns—Teaching Sketch Collection of Han Meilin’s Human Body, Masticating and Ingesting Landscape—Han Meilin’s Landscape Painting Album, Good Bow in Hands—Han Meilin’s Chinese Calligraphy Album etc.
Han Meilin is now the member of Standing Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, member of China Central Research Institute of Culture and History, Director of Ceramics Committee of the China Artists Association, Vice Chairman of the United World Chinese Association, Honorary Academician of Chinese Culture Research Institute, Chairman of the Calligraphy and Painting Committee of the China Crafts and Art Society, Standing Committee Member of China Peaceful Unification Promotion Agency, professional writer of China Writers Association, professor and Vice Director of Academic Committee of Tsinghua University, Doctoral supervisor of National Academy of Arts of China.
