马常利，1931年生于河北省山海关。1953年毕业于地方 美术学院绘画系，后留校任教。1961年作为研讨 生在地方 美术学院油画研讨 班继续深造。1963年毕业后在该院油画系任教，曾任地方 美术学院油画系副系主任、代理系主任等职。现为地方 美术学院教授、中国油画学会理事、中国少数民族美术促进会理事、中国美术家协会会员。在从事艺术教育事业的同时，马常利创作了大量的油画作品，尤以风俗画和风景画见长。其作品参加数届全国美展及全国油画展，并两次荣获北京市优秀美术作品奖。许多作品被选送日本、法国、俄罗斯、罗马尼亚、澳大利亚、科威特、孟加拉、新加坡等国际香港、台湾地区展出，并在巴黎、里昂、新加坡、台北、北京等地举办个人画展。代表作品有《幸福之路》、《大庆人》、《高原青春》、《草原上》、《秋歌》、《水乡》、《收获时节》、《海之晨》、《荷韵》等。1 些作品被中国美术馆、国家博物馆、全国政协、北京市美术家协会、各艺术院校及国内外人士收藏。出版有：《马常利油画选》、《马常利油画集》、《马常利油画写生集》等。

Was born at Heibei to save hill custom 1931. Was graduated from central academy of fine arts to draw 1953 is, stay after school teach. Studied as canvas of academy of fine arts of graduate student centrally the class continues to take advanced courses 1961. After graduating 1963, in this courtyard canvas the department teachs, canvas of academy of fine arts fastens deputy department head, representative to fasten the duty such as the director in the center of Ceng Ren. Learn art of minority of director, China to promote academician of artist of conference director, China for canvas of professor of central academy of fine arts, China now. Be engaged in while art teachs a career, ma Changli created much canvas work, draw zephyr scene to draw be good at with custom especially. Its work attends beauty of several whole nations to exhibit reach countrywide canvas to exhibit, have the honor to win reward of work of Beijing actor beautiful art twice. A lot of work are chosen to send area of the international Hong Kong such as Japan, France, Russia, Romania, Australia, Kuwait, Bengal, Singapore, Taiwan to exhibit, hold individual art exhibition in and other places of Paris, Lyons, Singapore, Taipei, Beijing. Have on behalf of work " happy road " , " Daqing person " , " downy youth " , " on the prairie " , " Qiu Ge " , " a region of rivers and lakes " , " results season " , " Hai Zhichen " , " charm of carry on one's shoulder " etc. A few work by artist of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference of museum of Chinese art gallery, country, whole nation, Beijing school of association, each art and domestic and international personage are collected. Publish have: " canvas chooses Ma Changli " , " collect of Ma Changli canvas " , " collect of paint from life of Ma Changli canvas " etc.