杨瑞芬
著名花鸟画画家杨瑞芬女士，是国家一级美术师，北京画院专业画家，中国美术家协会会员，中国炎黄女子书画家联谊会理事，马来西亚草堂门金石书画会理事，荣宝斋画院特聘教授。
杨瑞芬是中国当代花鸟画坛的代表人物，拟态花卉和泼墨花鸟的创始人。她师从著名花鸟画家田世光先生，并从宋、元、明、清的绘画中得以继承和发展，从意境趣味和时代性上，又将现代新兴艺术融入到作品情感的表现中，造就出别具一格、生意盎然、清丽典雅的杨氏花鸟画。从80年代起，杨瑞芬就开始在全国美展和国际上的大展中屡次获奖。其作品多次在台湾、香港、新加坡、马来西亚、日本、韩国、澳洲、美国、印度、瑞士等国家展出。中国美术馆、中国国际展览中心、中国美协、北京画院等国内机构，以及国外的美术馆等机构都有收藏杨瑞芬的画作。
从杨瑞芬的作品中，我们能看出其在传统与现代的多样技法间收放自如的才华造艺，其中透露的魄力与优雅皆使人印象深刻。中国著名美术理论家邵大箴赞其作品“雅丽而质朴”；著名策展人、美术批评家贾方舟赞其作品反映了“山花野卉中的生命激情”；著名美术史论家华夏高度评价杨瑞芬是“中国画坛中的佼佼者”；著名人物画家范曾亲笔为杨瑞芬花鸟画题字“寄意花魂鸟魄”，著名大写意画家贾浩义称杨瑞芬的风格为“大写意工笔花鸟画”；著名画家、美术评论家、散文家郁风赞美杨瑞芬的风格是“独创的典雅、纯净的艺术美”。
著有
《杨瑞芬花鸟画集》
《杨瑞芬画集》
《中国当代名家画集•杨瑞芬》
《当代名家工笔花鸟精品•杨瑞芬》
《杨瑞芬作品选》
《刘德舟、杨瑞芬画集》
《荣宝斋国画技法丛书——工笔画范•玉兰》
入编
《中国当代花鸟画》
《当代中国画精品•花鸟卷》
《中国工笔画全集》
《中国现代花鸟画全集》
《中国花鸟画名家》
《中国当代国画家辞典》
《世界华人美术名家年鉴》
《世界华人美术名家书画集》
Yang Ruifen was born in 1950 in Beijing, a famous Chinese contemporary flower-and-bird painting artist. She is a national-level artist, member of the Chinese Artists Association, Director of Calligraphists & Artists Federation of Female Descendants of Yan Di and Huang Di in China, Director of the Malaysia Calligraphists & Artists Association of Thatched Cottage Door Golden Stone, Appointed professor by Rongbaozhai Academy of Fine Arts, and also a professional painter of the Beijing Academy of Fine Arts.
She is a contemporary female artist in China with unique characteristics, being expert in flowers and birds with a style elegant, tasteful, coupling hardness with softness, and with rich wonderful imagination. Her works have won many awards and her paintings such as Hollyhock, Golden Lotus from the Earth etc., have been collected by The National Art Museum of China, Chinese Artists Association, China International Arts Exhibition Agency, Beijing Artists Association, the Beijing Academy of Fine Arts etc., and institutions and personal collectors abroad. She has held art exhibitions in mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Japan, Australia, South Korea, Switzerland, the United States of America, Malaysia.
Her masterpieces are: "A collection of flowers-and-birds paintings by Yang Ruifen","Album of Yang Ruifen","High Quality Goods of Contemporary Famous Traditional Flowers and Birds, Yang Ruifen" etc. Her works are compiled in books like: "China Contemporary Paintings of Birds and Flowers","The Collection of Traditional Chinese Realistic Paintings","Famous Chinese Artists of Birds and Flowers", "Dictionary of Chinese Contemporary Traditional Paintings","The Yearbook of Chinese Artists in the World" etc.