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Liu Yonghua, also known as Liu Hua, with the courtesy name Changqing and the nickname Yiren, is the owner of Qingfeng Caotang and currently resides in Beijing. Born in the hometown of Zhuangzi in Henan Province, he is a member of the Chinese Calligraphers and Painters Association, the Chinese Oil Painters Association, the Chinese Young and Middle aged Calligraphers and Painters Association, and a famous oil painting artist. National first-class artist, visiting professor of calligraphy and painting in the advanced research class of the School of Arts at Renmin University, and a famous new generation of heavy colored landscape and heavy colored splashed boneless flower and bird painter in China. Vice President of Beijing Hanmo Painting and Calligraphy Academy, and an outstanding young Chinese artist from around the world. I studied at the Oil Painting Department of China Academy of Fine Arts in 2005, under the guidance of Mr. Xiao Feng and Mr. Xu Jiang. And received guidance from the oil painting master Mr. Jin Shangyi. In 2008, the oil painting "Fanghua" won an award at the National Figure Oil Painting Exhibition. In 2009, his oil painting work "Opera" won a gold medal in the National Opera Figure Oil Painting Competition. Renowned as the first figure in contemporary Chinese oil painting and opera. In 2016, the work "Egret" won the first prize at the National Boneless Exhibition. In 2017, the heavy lottery "Lotus Soul Series" won the first prize in the national heavy lottery splashing series. In 2018, the "Jinbi Landscape Series" won the first prize in the National Green Landscape Series. In 2010, he studied at Tianjin Academy of Fine Arts under the guidance of mentors He Jiaying, Huo Chunyang, and Jia Guangjian. His works adopt the brushstrokes of the Song and Yuan dynasties, while the boneless painting method mostly adopts the brushstrokes of Mr. Yun Shouping and undergoes changes. In 2016, he went on to study landscape painting at the National Academy of Painting, under the guidance of Mr. Lu Yushun and Mr. Man Weiqi. Speckled ink painting draws on the technique of Mr. Zhang Daqian and Liu Haisu, and then incorporates his own boneless painting technique to form his own unique style. In 2018, it was included in the Chinese Art Talent Database. In 2020, he was rated as the artist with the highest collection value by the China Collectors Association. The works have been included in books such as the International Dictionary of Modern Names, the Chinese Literature and Art Expo, the Collection of Chinese Young Famous Calligraphers and Painters, and the World List of Calligraphers and Painters.