著名国画家
中国美术家协会会员
汕头中国画院副院长
作品多次入选全国性美术展览并获奖
作品为多家美术馆美术馆收藏
作品被编入全国高校美术教科书
刘启本多年来潜心致志于肖像画的研究和探索，绘画风格清明端正，朴茂沉厚。特别是系列革命历史题材的作品，在全国画坛占有一席之地。是一位扎根广东而影响力波及全国的画家。
以不凡的写实功力，绘就芸芸众生的生存状态、憧憬和困惑，一个个有血有肉、呼之欲出的人物形象，引起了观众的强烈共鸣。
他表现革命历史题材的《峥嵘岁月》和《打回老家去》，就是两幅在当代中国画坛占有一席之地的力作。画家准确把握主人公内在气质和风采神韵，塑造了戎马倥偬的红军时期毛泽东和朱德既平凡又伟大的光辉形象。大地和人物纵横穿插、交相辉映，营造出史诗般的氛围。这幅气势恢弘的作品在第八届全国美展展出时，曾博得好评，感染过无数观众。
——著名美术评论家：马克
刘启本正是以其严肃认真的创作态度、扎实成熟的艺术技巧、平实沉厚的艺术内涵为我们展现了人物画创作中别开生面的一页。他的创作成果显示了西方写实技法在应用到人物画创作的几十年后，所带来的创新与改变，而同时刘启本以其良好的艺术修养，为构筑这个时代的人物绘画多姿多彩的风貌贡献了自己精彩的一笔。
——萧莉
在许多画家看来，肖像画绘画因素最少，难度最大，最能考验画家的全部才能，又最能暴露画家的任何一点弱点。刘启本老师却乐于接受这种挑战，并由此而展现出他非同一般的艺术功底。
——陈静莹
刘启本的《常乐》系列却是融自己人生体悟和审美情趣的精心之作。画家以弥勒佛独特的亲和力和趣味横生的笑容，赋予“海纳百川，有容乃大”的开放、关爱及包容精神。其作品笔简形具，意趣俱足。正是这些具有欣赏价值和感染力的新弥勒，受到了广大观众欢迎和海内外收藏家的青睐。
——边城

广州美术学院

Famous Chinese painter

Member of China Artists Association

Vice president of Shantou Chinese Academy of painting

His works have been selected into national art exhibitions for many times and won awards

Works are collected by many art galleries

Works are included in the National College Art Textbook

Liu Qiben has been devoted to the research and exploration of portrait painting for many years. His painting style is clear and upright, simple and profound. In particular, a series of works with revolutionary historical themes occupy a place in the national painting circle. He is a painter who takes root in Guangdong and has influence all over the country.

With the extraordinary realistic skill, the living state, vision and confusion of all living beings are painted, and the characters with flesh and blood and eager to emerge are all aroused the strong resonance of the audience.

His two masterpieces of revolutionary historical themes, extraordinary years and fighting back to his hometown, are two masterpieces that have a place in Contemporary Chinese painting. The painter accurately grasped the inner temperament and charm of the protagonist and created the ordinary and great brilliant images of Mao Zedong and Zhu De in the Red Army. The earth and the characters are interspersed with each other to create an epic atmosphere. When this magnificent work was exhibited in the Eighth National Art Exhibition, it was well received and attracted numerous audiences.

——Famous art critic: Mark

Liu Qiben shows us a new page in the creation of figure painting with his serious attitude, solid and mature artistic skills and plain and profound artistic connotation. His creative achievements show the innovation and change brought by the western realistic techniques after decades of application to the creation of figure painting. At the same time, Liu Qiben, with his good artistic accomplishment, has made a brilliant contribution to the construction of the colorful style of figure painting in this era.

-- Xiao Li

In the view of many painters, portrait painting has the least factors and the most difficulties, which can test all painters' abilities and expose any weakness of painters. Liu Qiben is willing to accept the challenge and shows his extraordinary artistic skill.

——Chen Jingying

Liu Qiben's Changle series is an elaborate work that integrates his own understanding of life and aesthetic taste. With the unique affinity and interesting smile of Maitreya Buddha, the painter endows the open, caring and inclusive spirit of "embracing all rivers and embracing all rivers". His works are simple and interesting. It is these new Maitreya with appreciation value and appeal that are welcomed by the vast audience and favored by collectors at home and abroad.

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