出生于1948年，四川成都人，1982年毕业于四川美术学院绘画系油画专业研究生，成都画院一级画师，中国美术家协会会员。
何多苓最为知名的时代是在“伤痕美术”期间。“伤痕美术”让中国艺术在国际上拥有极高的知名度，尤其是欧洲国家，对中国现代艺术的认识几乎都开端于“伤痕”，这一批艺术家可以说是最早获得国际声誉的中国现代艺术家。何多苓是“伤痕美术”潮流中一个重要画家，他的《春风已经苏醒》、《青春》等作品具有强烈的个人风格和现代意识，这种画法时至今日仍被很多年轻艺术家模仿、学习。他被称为中国油画“硕果仅存的古典画派”，无论外界如何变化，始终专心画自己的画，研究不同的路子怎么走。早在1982年，久负盛名的法国巴黎春季沙龙就邀请何多苓参加，他的作品第一次挂进了卢浮宫。然后他本人也踏上美利坚的土地，却最终为追求个人的艺术而回国。
何多苓在中国当代艺术史上拥有不可以替代的位置，他是“伤痕美术”的重要画家，他的作品《春风已经苏醒》和《青春》具有重要的历史地位和时代象征性。他的先锋新锐恰恰是因为他对古典和传统油画的创造性承续，在绘画上，在为人，都是如此。“使我满意的是，从一开始我就是只身一人，潜心作画，未成为任何潮流的主将或附庸——在喧哗的潮流中是多么寂寞，”他自己这样说。在他身上看不到夸张的姿态和宣言，有的只是沉静和优雅。“作为油画家，何多苓的造型功力坚实而全面，人物、景象在他的笔下显得很有生命。而且更重要的是，他的形式语言上所达到的单纯感与中国传统的水墨画有相通之处。就画面整体的单纯而言，它表现出一种较为脱的精神境界和艺术理想。还有他在单纯中求细致和复杂手法（如他所说，对外轮廓限制很严，轮廓里的东西画得很充实、微妙），也是得之于中国传统艺术之启发”。
Born in 1948 in Chengdu, Sichuan. He Duoling entered the 1st cohort of Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts when it restored college entrance examination in 1978. Graduated from the Master degree from the Oil Painting Department of Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts in 1982, he continues painting and living in Chengdu.
As a pivotal artist in the development of Chinese contemporary art in the South-Western region as well as iconic figure in “Scars Art”, He Duoling has been creating realist masterpieces since the 1980s along with Chen Danqing and Luo Zhongli. Known for his oil paintings of nude women and images of minorities in rural settings, He Duoling exemplifies this group of painters by his lyrical realism.
Given his important status in Chinese contemporary art, He Duoling has been widely exhibited in various museums and biennials, including “French Spring Saloons” (1982), The Louvre Museum, Paris, France; “The 2nd Asian Fine Arts Works Exhibition” (1986), Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka, Japan; “Faces and Bodies from Middle Kingdom: Chinese Art of the 90s” (1997), The Prague National Art Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic; “Literati – He Duoling Solo Exhibition”, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China (2011); “He Duoling’s The Art of Determination” Poly Gallery, Hong Kong (2018).
He Duoling is also awarded with the 6th and 7th National Art Exhibition Silver Award, Copper Award, Monaco Government Award. His works has been collected by private collectors and public institutions like National Art Museum of China, Shanghai Museum of Art and Fukuoka Art Museum.
