Shilun
Jiang

Born in 1927 in the city of Mukden in the north-east of China. Father, a philologist and a calligrapher, from an early age taught his son, taught his son the art of calligraphy, developed artistic skills, taught him to work with ink, pen and rice paper.
He graduated from a specialized gymnasium with an artistic bias in the city of Mukden
1948 graduated from the philological faculty of Shenyang State Northeastern University
1955 moved to the Soviet Union, whose citizenship he took in 1977, and in the same year became a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR
1955 worked as a teacher at Leningrad State University and Leningrad Chinese boarding school
1977 received a silver medal from the Armenian patriarch Vazgen I for the painting "Mount Ararat" in Armenia
1988 became a member of the Union of Artists of China and entered the encyclopedia of world famous artists
1992 was elected an honorary professor at the Shenyang Institute of Fine Arts. Lu Xin
1996 Appointed Chief Consultant, People's Arts Center of China
1999 was elected chairman of the Chinese society of St. Petersburg, and at the same time received the Gold Medal for the best painting “Pushkin’s House” at an exhibition in St. Petersburg dedicated to the 200th anniversary of Alexander Pushkin
2000, elected Honorary Professor of the Russian Academy of Arts
2003 became an honorary doctorate of arts A.I. Herzen in St. Petersburg, in the same year he was awarded the medal "Worthy" of the Russian Academy of Arts
2004 became a member of the Supervisory Scientific Council of RSPU. A.I. Herzen
2006 was awarded the title of "The Best Watercolor of Russia" at the international exhibition of watercolorists in Moscow.
In 2013-2014 It was planned to hold a large-scale exhibition in the Russian Museum of St. Petersburg, but for personal reasons the exhibition did not take place.
Currently, the artist is in a nursing home in China.