陈半丁1876年(清光绪二年)生于浙江山阴(今绍兴)。家境贫寒,自幼学习诗文书画,少年时父母双亡,生活坎坷。为谋生,十五岁在钱庄学徒中开始接触笔墨,20岁时赴上海,与任伯年、吴昌硕相识,后拜吴昌硕为师。40岁后到北京,初就职于北京图书馆,后任教于北平艺术专科学校。擅花卉、山水、人物、走兽,以写意花卉最知名。除任伯年、吴昌硕外,又师法赵之谦、徐渭、陈淳,吸收明清各家画法而独树一帜。作品笔墨苍润朴拙,色彩鲜丽、沉着,形象简练、概括,讲求诗书画印的相互作用,兼善摹印。曾任中国美术家协会理事、北京画院副院长、中国画研究会会长,1970年1月29日卒于北京。作品有《卢橘 Chen Bancong 1876 (Qing Emperor Guangxu two years) was born in Zhejiang Shanyin (now Shaoxing). Poor family, poetry and painting at an early age to learn painting, juvenile parents died, life is bumpy. In order to make a living, fifteen began to touch pen and ink in the apprenticeship of the bank. When he was 20, he went to Shanghai to meet Ren Burnian and Wu Changshuo and worship Wuchang Shuo as a teacher. At the age of 40, he came to Beijing and initially worked in the Beijing Library, teaching at Peking Art College. Good flowers, landscapes, figures, animals, the most well-known flowers. In addition to Ren Bian years, Wuchang Shuo, and teacher Zhao Qian, Xu Wei, Chen Chun, absorb the Ming and Qing dynasties of painting is unique. His works are simple and crayon, colorful, calm, concise and concise, emphasizing the interaction of poems, calligraphy, painting and printing, and good copy. Former Chinese Artists Association, vice president of Beijing Painting Academy, Chinese painting research association, died January 29, 1970 in Beijing. Works are "Lu orange