高山流水遇知音 Mountain and Stream: A Meeting of Kindred Spirits

孙尔泠，男，汉族，（1949.05.27—），现居北京，祖籍：江苏宜兴人。西泠印社社员，中国画坛巨匠，彩墨当代艺术创始人，著名美术评论家，收藏家，美术教育家，艺术鉴赏家，中国博物馆研究院研究员，鲁迅美术学院教授，中央美术学院教授，清华美术学院教授，全国书画艺术委员会顾问。国家高级美术师，工笔画家、中国画、油画、木板油画、陶瓷画艺术家，国家一级美术师，中华国宾礼艺术家，中国最具收藏价值艺术家，德艺双馨人民艺术家，百年百家艺术家，他被誉为“当代梵高”。

Sun Erling, Male, Han ethnicity, born on May 27, 1949.

Currently residing in Beijing, with ancestral roots in Yixing, Jiangsu Province.

He is a member of the Xiling Seal Engraver's Society and a master of Chinese painting. Sun is the founder of contemporary color ink art, a renowned art critic, collector, art educator, art connoisseur, and a researcher at the China Museum Research Institute. He holds professorships at Luxun Academy of Fine Arts, the Central Academy of Fine Arts, and Tsinghua Academy of Fine Arts.

Additionally, Sun serves as an advisor to the National Calligraphy and Painting Art Committee. He is a National Senior Artist specializing in meticulous brush painting, Chinese painting, oil painting, woodblock oil painting, and ceramic painting. Sun is a National First-Class Artist, an artist of Chinese State Gifts, one of China's most collectible artists, and a People’s Artist recognized for both virtue and artistry.

He is also listed among the “Century’s 100 Artists,” and is often referred to as the “Van Gogh of the Contemporary Era.