中国美术史与文化建构领域一代巨匠陈履生先生不幸逝世，北美视觉艺术研究院于2025年6月3日发唁电，向其家属致以最深切的哀思与诚挚慰问。
陈履生先生风采
陈履生先生六十九载人生，在图像哲学、美术史论与批评、博物馆学、教育实践等领域成就斐然。他著述宏富，专著超五十部，文集、书画等作品合计逾八十卷，《新中国美术图史》《红旗飘飘》等巨作奠定学术高地，图像史方法论启后人思维。
先生躬身实践，创建八座美术馆与博物馆，融合研究、典藏等功能；以私人收藏创立世界首座油灯博物馆；任国家博物馆副馆长期间，推动策展体系革新与美术史专题展构建；近年跨界中国科学技术大学，开创科技与艺术融合教学，为文化创新埋下星火。
在教育领域，陈履生先生长期任教于中国国家画院、南京艺术学院等学府，身为博士生导师，桃李遍天下。
国际视野下，他推动北美视觉艺术研究院创立及新北美画派兴起，担任该院高级顾问，亲力参与中美学术对话，助力美国华人教授协会发展，成为中外文化互鉴的精神中枢。同时，他深耕汉画与民间美术保护，任中国汉画学会会长，推动古老文脉当代传承。
先生一生以讲座传播艺术精神，融合中国美术根基与世界多元脉络，践行“以文化的步履，陈述平生的坚守”。北美视觉艺术研究院在唁电中表示，将永铭其教诲，延续其开创的艺术、人文与博物之道，循“图像与文明之星轨”耕耘不辍。
In memory of Mr. ChenLynsheng
以下是唁电全文
唁 电
陈履生先生家属钧鉴：
惊闻陈履生先生驾鹤西归，北美视觉艺术研究院全体同仁沉痛哀悼，谨以此电，致以最深的哀思与最诚挚的慰问。
陈履生先生，是中国美术史与文化建构领域的一代巨匠。六十九载浓缩的春秋，他以横跨图像哲学、美术史论与批评、博物馆学、教育实践、文化政策、国际交流之恢弘事业，绘就了当代中国美术不可逾越的历史坐标。其思想之深邃、视野之宏阔、作为之笃实，不仅是中国当代美术研究的脊梁，更在世界美术发展史上镌刻下无可替代的丰碑。
先生著述宏富，专著五十余部，另辑文集、书画与摄影之作，卷帙浩繁，合计已逾八十卷。尤以《新中国美术图史》《红旗飘飘》《延安以来的主题创作研究》等巨作奠定学术高地，其图像史方法论启后人思维，其文化建构意识引千层波澜。在时间与图像的交织中，陈履生先生构筑起一座又一座通向历史纵深与思想高远的殿堂。
更彰其心志者，先生曾亲自创建八座美术馆与博物馆，将研究、典藏、展览、教育功能融于一体；又以一己之力的私人收藏，创立了世界首座油灯博物馆。亦曾创下一日连开三场个展之艺术奇绩，其精神之饱满、体量之恢弘、能量之磅礴，令人敬仰。
在担任国家博物馆副馆长六年间, 陈履生先生全面推动策展体系革新、馆藏梳理与美术史专题展的系统构建，为国家美术史叙述奠定坚实基石。近年更跨界受聘于中国科学技术大学，担任艺术与科学研究中心主任及博物馆馆长，在中国开创科技与艺术融合教学之先河，为科技菁英植入人文艺术之根基，亦为未来文化创新埋下星火。
在教育领域，先生长期任教于中国国家画院、南京艺术学院、上海大学美术学院等高等学府，博士生导师，躬耕讲坛数十年，桃李遍华夏。
他不仅深耕中国学界，更心系全球文化发展，推动北美视觉艺术研究院的创立与新北美画派的兴起，担任我院高级顾问，亲力参与中美学术对话，架构起文化互鉴之桥梁。亦为美国华人教授协会等专业团体的重要推动者，诚为连接中外艺史脉络的精神中枢。
陈履生先生自青年即投身中国汉画学会，现任会长。数十年来专注于汉画与民间美术的制度化扶持，使这一古老文脉在当代语境中得以延展与建构，在中国美术史的发展谱系中留下独特而重要的篇章。
先生无论行履何方，无论策展、讲学、访问或考察，皆以讲座点亮心灵之光。他讲述中国美术的精神根基，亦融汇世界艺术的多元脉络；声情并茂之间，历史、文明与审美交织如歌。他以己身践行“以文化的步履，陈述平生的坚守”之道，让讲座化为光塔，照亮无数求知者心灵。
如今陈履生先生归于星辰，而其精神与志业，已深植于我们共同的文化记忆与专业信念之中。北美视觉艺术研究院全体同仁，将永铭其教诲与襄助，继续开拓他所开创的艺术之道、人文之道、博物之道，循图像与文明之星轨而行，心灯不灭，耕耘不辍。
愿斯人之志，化作人文星光，照彻文明的未来航道。
北美视觉艺术研究院敬挽
2025年6月3日
Condolence Letter
To the family of Mr. Chen Lynsheng,
Wemourn the passing of Mr. Chen Lynsheng, whose presence shaped the spirituallandscape of Chinese art and cultural thought. With a life devoted to inquiry,preservation, and vision, he became a quiet force behind the continuity ofvisual civilization. At the Greater American Institute of Art (GAIA), we offerour most heartfelt condolences and enduring respect. His absence leaves aprofound silence, but his legacy continues to speak across generations andcultures.
Mr.Chen Lynsheng was a towering figure in the fields of Chinese art history andcultural construction. Over the course of nearly seven decades, his workspanned image philosophy, art criticism, museum studies, curatorial innovation,educational leadership, cultural policy, and international exchange. Hisprofound vision and tireless devotion not only anchored the foundations ofmodern Chinese art scholarship but also left a lasting imprint on the globalhistory of visual culture.
Hispublications were monumental in scope. With more than fifty scholarlymonographs and additional volumes of collected writings, painting, calligraphy,and photography, his life’s work comprises over eighty volumes. Seminal workssuch as A Pictorial History of New China’s Art, The Flying Red Flag, andStudies on Theme-Based Art after Yan’an elevated the discipline to new heights.His pioneering methodology of image-based historiography reshaped contemporarythought, while his sense of cultural architecture rippled across generations.Within the interplay of time and image, Professor Chen built pathways tointellectual depth and historical vision.
ProfessorChen’s commitment to practice was no less extraordinary. He personallyestablished eight museums and art institutions, integrating research, curation,preservation, and education. With his private collection, he founded theworld’s first Oil Lamp Museum—testament to his ability to bring overlooked traditionsinto luminous focus. His unparalleled vitality once led him to open three soloexhibitions in a single day, a feat both dazzling and humbling.
Duringhis six-year tenure as Deputy Director of the National Museum of China, heinitiated a major transformation of the curatorial system, collectioncataloguing, and thematic exhibition planning, laying a solid foundation forChina’s national art historiography. In recent years, he further bridgeddisciplines by serving as Director of the Center for Art and Science at theUniversity of Science and Technology of China, pioneering integrative curriculathat united technology and the humanities, and planting seeds of aestheticconsciousness within the landscape of scientific education.
As aneducator, Professor Chen shaped generations of minds through his roles asdoctoral advisor and faculty member at the China National Academy of Painting,Nanjing University of the Arts, Shanghai University, and beyond. His teachingssowed the roots of aesthetic literacy throughout the nation.
Mr.Chen Lynsheng was not only deeply engaged with Chinese academia but alsoremained committed to global cultural development. As Senior Advisor to theGreater American Institute of Art (GAIA), he supported the founding of our instituteand encouraged the rise of the “New North American Art Movement.” He alsocontributed actively to organizations such as the Association of ChineseProfessors in America, becoming a spiritual anchor that linked the narrativesof art history between China and the West.
ProfessorChen also devoted his life to the Chinese Han Pictorial Art Society. From hisearliest years after graduation to his final days as its President, he advancedthe institutional support for Han pictorial traditions and grassroots visualheritage, leaving an indelible mark on the living evolution of China’s arthistorical lineage.
Inevery place he traveled—whether curating exhibitions, delivering lectures, orconducting field research—Professor Chen’s voice illuminated minds. Hislectures wove together the spirit of Chinese aesthetics and the diversity ofglobal art traditions. With eloquence and vision, he transformed knowledge intolanterns, casting light for seekers of culture and meaning.
Nowthat Mr. Chen Lynsheng has returned to the stars, his insight and convictionremain embedded in our shared cultural memory. All of us at the GreaterAmerican Institute of Art will forever honor his legacy, continuing the path heilluminated—the path of art, of humanity, of museology. We shall walk,steadfast and humble, along the celestial trajectories of image andcivilization, with heart-light undimmed and hands ever sowing.
Mayhis spirit become a guiding constellation, shining upon the evolving course ofhuman culture.
— Withdeepest respect,
GreaterAmerican Institute of Art (GAIA)
www.gaiausa.org
June3, 2025
相关链接：
古蜀玄境•千光金梦：盖亚•叶丽东京个展即将启幕，艺术与考古交汇百年美术殿堂
Mirrored Genesis stuns the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum — Dr. Lily Gaia Ye Wins Gold Award at the 18th International Art Grand Prize Exhibition
杨丽萍《春之祭》震撼斯坦福，盖亚•叶丽AI艺术作品献礼与收藏
2024年CVPR：AI与艺术的碰撞与融合
艺术女神：丁绍光巨幅壁画炫目回归
北美视觉艺术研究院GAIA： 回顾2022，展望 2023
“反艺术”成就了当代艺术之父 -- 杜尚
“大彩飞扬—古铣贤作品展”暨“古铣贤日”命名仪式在旧金山举行
叶丽：设计不是为了哲学而是为了生活
她视野·梦想之母：第59屆威尼斯双年展的当代女艺术家系列之一
