王春元，1937年12月生于张家口市，1956年——1961年就读于天津美术学院，1961年——1986年先后任职天津美术学院，1961年——1986年先后从事过舞台美术设计、编剧、文化局副局长等工作，1986年——2004年1月先后任河北省工艺美术学校校长、河北大学工艺美术学院院长、河北省政协常委。现为中国美术家协会会员，河北省美术研究所顾问、保定画院顾问，现为臻纪签约艺术家。
学生时代专攻版画，因为57年被打入另册。毕业后学业上用非所学，生活上艰难曲折，直至文化大革命被迁送农村落户，1979年后落实政策，重新拾得旧营生，1986年调任美校工作，闲暇之余开始“舞文弄墨”。
作品曾入选中国美协、全国政协、国家教委、河北美协举办的各种展览，并被选入《法国巴黎首届当代中国艺术精品展作品集》、《第二届全国教师优秀美术作品集》、《河北省百位画家作品集》多种画集。《人民日报》海外版、《人民政协报》、《河北画报》等报刊均刊发过评论其作品文章。出版有《王春元画集》、《学画春牛牧童》、《中老年国画自学课本》等刊物。作品有《黑猫系列》、《短笛无人信口吹》、《伙伴》等。

Wang Chunyuan, was born at city of Zhang Jia mouth in December 1937, 1956 -- read 1961 at Tianjin academy of fine arts, 1961 -- held the post of duty Tianjin academy of fine arts early or late 1986, 1961 -- had pursued the job such as deputy director general of bureau of arena artistic design, playwrite, culture early or late 1986, 1986 -- held the post of Heibei to save prexy of arts and crafts of university of principal of school of arts and crafts, Heibei, Heibei to save members of standing committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference early or late in January 2004. It is Chinese artist academician now, heibei saves adviser of imperial art academy of art institute adviser, Baoding, it is now attain record label makes an appointment with an artist.
Student times specializes in woodcut, be infiltrated because of 57 years the other register. Learn with blame place on the school work after graduation, the hardship on the life is labyrinthian, till the Great Cultural Revolution is sent rural settle by change, policy is implemented after 1979, pick up oldly afresh livelihood, transfer beautiful school worked 1986, the beginning of leisure " pervert the law by playing with legal phraseology " .
Work ever entered beauty of pitch on country assist, countrywide the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, country teachs appoint, Heibei is beautiful assist all sorts of held exhibitions, be chosen " Chinese artistic high-quality goods exhibits French Paris first now work collect " , " teacher of the 2nd whole nation is outstanding art work collect " , " Heibei saves market of 100 artists work " a variety of picture collect. " People's Daily " overseas edition, " people the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference signs up for " , " Heibei pictorial " wait for the press all print hair comments on its work article too. Publish have " Wang Chunyuan draws volume " , " cowboy of Chun Niu learning a picture " , " in senile traditional Chinese painting teachs oneself textbook " wait for a journal. Work has " black cat series " , " unmanned letter mouth blows piccolo " , " companionate " etc.