朱宣咸(1927年浙江--2002年重庆)，中国画画家、木刻版画家与美术教育家；二十世纪四十年代初起就在上海从事中国画与中国新兴木刻版画创作。中国美术家协会会员，重庆市美术家协会首任常务副主席兼秘书长。
　　半个多世纪来朱宣咸先生创作了不少中国画、版画等作品，并被中国美术馆、大英博物馆，清华大学及各地美术馆博物馆等机构收藏；被《中国年鉴》、《20世纪中国画》、《中国百年版画》等大型文献收录；1946年起多次入选一系列国内外重要美展(1946年中华美展，1948年中华全国美展，1952年全国中国画展，1959年全国美展获奖，1962年纪念延讲20年全国优秀美术作品展获奖等)，发表作品数千次；艺术风格被《美术》、《人民日报》等海内外多种主要与专业媒体多次专题评介；出版有《朱宣咸花鸟画选辑》，《朱宣咸木刻版画集》，《朱宣咸风景木刻版画选辑》与《艺术常青--美术家朱宣咸》等；由文化、新闻、出版等六单位曾联合主办“朱宣咸从艺五十五年画展”；生平被载入《中国美术辞典》、《世界美术家传》和《中国文艺家传记》等国家级辞书。
　 年轻时就投身人民美术事业的朱宣咸，早年在上海直接参与鲁迅先生的新文化运动与新兴木刻版画运动，并被捕，后与刘开渠、张乐平共同代表上海美术界在《大公报》发表迎接解放的联合宣言；在中华全国美术协会工作后，参加中国人民解放军，1949年进军到重庆。作为建国后重庆美术事业的主要开拓者，朱宣咸长期以来也正直无私的担任各系统的美术领导工作，对于推动和促进尤其是重庆在二十世纪中期与后期美术事业的繁荣与发展方面作出了重要的贡献。曾获党和政府颁发“共和国创立者”勋章。2003年文化、美术、教育界与政府在重庆举行朱宣咸塑像落成仪式；2006年朱宣咸艺术网建成开通(网址: http://www.zhuxuanxian.com/　http://zhuxuanxian.com/)，2007年朱宣咸艺术百度网(网址: http://hi.baidu.com/zhuxuanxain )，     朱宣咸的雅昌博客(http://zhuxuanxian.blog.artron.net/)。

A Life of Zhu Xuanxian

Mr. ZHU Xuanxian (1927--2002), a prominent master of traditional Chinese paintings and woodcut paintings in 20 Century of China, and also an educationalist in China art.

During more than his half-century art career, Zhu has created a lot of excellent Chinese style art works, such as traditional Chinese paintings, woodcuts paintings and caricatures.... Many of his works are among the collections of notable art galleries and museums home and abroad, in particular, National Art Gallery of China, The British Museum, Qinghua University, and European Woodcut Fund, as well as the collection of several notable publications, such as Chinese Almanac, Chinese paintings of China's 20 Centenary, Woodcuts of China's 20 Centenary etc.. Since 1946, his works were often selected for many influential exhibitions, and his art style arrested the attention of many major and professional media, and other overseas presses. Zhu had a series of collections published, including Selected Collection Chinese Paintings of Flower and Bird, Collection of Woodcuts,Selected Collection of Landscape Woodcuts. Six art and media organizations co-sponsored an exhibition, Works in Zhu Xuanxian's 55-Year Art Career. His biography has been on several notable biography collections and art dictionaries, including Chinese Art Dictionary, World Artists (Volume of Chinese Artists), and A Dictionary to Famous Contemporary Chinese Painters.

Zhu Xuanxian, member of China Artists' Association, plunged into the art cause of the Republic in his youth. He joined in his early years in Shanghai City the New Culture Campaign and the New Woodcut Culture Campaign initiated by Lu Shun, a famous litterateur in Chinese history, and was thus arrested. After the emancipation of Shanghai, Zhu, together with other famous artists (Liu Kaiqu, Zhang Leping), publicized a declaration on Communique. and after a short stay with the Shanghai Office of the newly established National Association for Art, Woodcut and Caricature, he joined the People Liberation Army, and went to Chongqing with the army in 1949. He was later selected as the standing vice-chair and secretary general of Chongqing Artists' Association. Zhu was also founder of Chongqing Artists' Association, Chongqing Academy of Chinese Paintings, and Chongqing Art School. Zhu was a person of integrity and a competent leader of selflessness, and was certainly a great contributor to the prosperity and development of China's art, especially Chongqing's art. Zhu was also once rewarded the Medal for the Founder of the Republic by the government of P. R. China. Completion Ceremony of Zhu Xuanxian Statue was held at the South Mountain in Chongqing in 2003. An album, ZHU Xuanxian, A Master of Brush Evergreen, was published in 2004. China Art by ZHU Xuanxian Web (http://www.zhuxuanxian.com/), was established in 2006. China Art by ZHU Xuanxian in Baidu Web (http://hi.baidu.com/zhuxuanxain), was established in 2007.