Movie sketches artist's life

Liu Yuyi, painter. Photo provided to China Daily

Artist Liu Yuyi will attend the premiere of a documentary movie about his life made by Hollywood film producer and director Chris D. Nebe in the United States in October.

Liu, who is well-known for his oil paintings with a historical theme, is a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

When he attended the annual sessions this year, many other CPPCC members asked him to pose with them for photographs in front of two of his paintings on the wall in the Great Hall of the People, where the sessions were held.

As an oil painting master, he has donated 15 artworks to the nation during the past 20 years, and they are all displayed in prominent places such as the Great Hall, Chairman Mao Memorial Hall, Tian'anmen rostrum and the Central Military Office Building.

Nebe saw a portfolio of Liu's paintings by accident last summer in the home of a mutual friend. He decided he wanted to meet the painter.

The two men met in Beijing, and Liu showed Nebe one of his paintings, featuring the 2008 Olympic Games, that is 112 meters long and 5 meters high and contains 2,008 figures. The director was impressed by the perseverance in Liu's art.