Xiang Xianwen (1941) was from Wuxi, Jiangsu Province. He graduated from the Fine Arts Department of Nanjing University of the Arts in 1964, under the tutelage of the famous painters Song Wenzhi, Ya Ming, Chen Dayu and others.

Xiang is a famous landscape painter. His works have been awarded prizes and have been collected by the Zhongnanhai Collection; the Ministry of Culture; the Chairman Mao Memorial Hall; and the Tian'anmen Gate.