陳履生（chen lusheng），1956年生於江蘇揚中市。1982年畢業於南京藝術學院美術系，同時考入該院美術歷史及理論專業研究生獲碩士學位。30餘年來潛心研究美術歷史及理論，並從事美術批評、美術創作。出版著作（包括編著）30餘種，其中有《新中國美術圖史1949-1966》、《以「藝術」的名義》等；發表各種論文百餘篇。先後多次在國內外舉辦個人畫展，出版有個人畫集3種。建有私人博物館「油燈博物館」。現為中國美術館研究員、學術一部主任、《中國美術館》月刊常務副主編，《當代中國畫》月刊主編。兼任南京藝術學院、深圳大學藝術學院、吉首大學客座教授。
　
Lu Sheng Chen was born in Yangjhong City of Jiangsu Province, China in 1956. In 1982, he graduated from Fine Arts Department of Nanjing Fine Arts College and he was also allowed to enter the master-degree programme of Fine Arts History and Theory Graduate Institute. Later he received his Masters degree. Throughout thirty years, he has devoted himself to studying the history and theories of fine arts as well as writing art criticism and making his own artworks. His publications including his editing work cover more than thirty categories. Among them, there are History of Paintings in China from 1949 to 1966, In Name of Art, etc. He has published more than one hundred papers. In addition, he has held his solo exhibitions at home and abroad. Three volumes of collections of his paintings have been published. What is more, he set up his private museum, Oil Lantern Museum. Now he is a researcher at Chinese Fine Arts Museum, the Director of the First Academy Department, the deputy editor-in-chief of a monthly journal, Chinese Fine Arts Museum, and the editor-in-chief of a monthly journal, Contemporary Chinese Paintings. He also acts as a guest professor at Nanjing Fine Arts College, at Art College of Shenzhen University, and at Jishou University.