Now in his nineties, Liu hails from Wuchin County, Kiangsu Province, the home county of the renowned Ch'ing Dynasty artist Yun Nan-t'ien.
這位今年已屆「九五嵩壽」的老畫家，是江蘇武進縣人。古時屬常州的武進，曾出過一位著名的畫家惲南田，影響所及，鄉里的繪畫風氣鼎盛，幾乎人人都會畫上一筆。