Yang Feiyun, born on 1954, is an acclaimed figure painter born in Baoton, Inner Mongolia. Yang studied art in Beijing, and graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1982. He was then chosen to be a lecturer in the Oil Painting department of the academy in 1984, where he currently holds a position as associate professor. Yang is a master of Chinese Realism, and his wife is a popular subject of his paintings. He paints primarily in oil with Leonardo da Vinci, Albrecht Dürer, and the European classical style being the most profound influences on his work. Yang’s paintings are precisely painted with excellent compositional harmony, and photorealistic sharpness. He has won multiple national awards for his art, and been exhibited at such institutions as the China National Museum of Art and the Jiangnan Museum of Art, Wuxi.

现为中国艺术研究院中国油画院院长，博士生导师。中国美术家协会理
事，中国美术家协会油画艺委会主任，中国油画学会副主席，北京美术
家协会副主席，中央美术学院客座教授。