Liu Chuanhui (1920) was from Guangxi Province. In 1939, he was admitted to the Western Painting Department of the Fine Arts Department of the National College of Art. In 1942, he left school in Kunming for a long time to engage in education and artistic creation activities. In the 1950s, he served as the standing director of the Yunnan Branch of the Chinese Artists Association, and the head of the oil painting, printmaking and sketch teaching and research group of the Department of Fine Arts of the Yunnan Art Academy. In 1966, he transferred to Yunnan Slideshow Studio, and merged the organization to work with the Yunnan News Photo Agency in 1978. He retired in 1985.

Liu was good in oil painting and Chinese painting