Artist Liu Yitong's Solo Exhibition "Water and Ink Phantom" is about to appear in the British Museum

On November 28, 2018, artist Liu Yitong's solo exhibition "Water and Ink Phantom" will open at the British Museum.

Liu Yi Tong

Fujian Shishiren, the founding master of Chinese ink and wash illusionism, was born in 1950. He was successively taught by Lou Shibai, Ding Di, Huang Diqi, Wei Jiangqiong, Wang Baisheng, Hong Weivale, Liu Zhengzheng, Huang Dade and other masters of traditional Chinese painting. He has been skilled in ink and wash painting, New Year's painting, woodcut, 70s and 80s, and his works have participated in the whole country for 50 years. The art exhibition, published and distributed by the national publishing house, has been included in dozens of authoritative calligraphy and painting books, such as The List of Chinese Artists, Archives of Contemporary Chinese Artists, and The Book of Painters and Calligraphers in the Twentieth Century in East China. Over the past 50 years, he has explored his own way in art and has been diligently exploring in the field of Chinese ink painting. In 2013, he was invited to attend Cannes Film Festival in France. His self-created ink illusionism shocked the art collectors at home and abroad, and many celebrities sent out invitations to collect.