He was born and raised up in the legendary Hangzhou area, one time the capital of 12th century China, and he had practiced the traditional Chinese scroll painting techniques including tons of rough paper writing of Chinese calligraphy before he went to Germany for a Kantian philosophical inspiration. His life in Germany has made Chen Ruo Bing one of the new Chinese artists whose attitude to the theory and practice of color has been making a meaningful change in the history of contemporary Chinese art.