李天祥,河北景縣人,生於1928年,1946年考入國立北平藝術專科學校（後改名中央美術學院）油畫系,師從吳作人、徐悲鴻等大師,畢業後任研究生兼助教，1953年赴蘇聯列寧格勒列賓美術學院油畫系，奧列什尼柯夫，梅裏尼柯夫畫室學習，畢業創作《兒童圖書館》獲優秀畢業證書，並獲得「美術家」稱號，該作品收藏於蘇聯列賓美院博物館。回國後曾任中央美術學院油畫系第二畫室主任教授，1985年任上海大學美術學院院長等。  

   Li Tianxiang, born in 1928 in Jing County, Hebei Province, was admitted to the Oil Painting Department of the National Beiping Academy of Fine Arts (later renamed the Central Academy of Fine Arts) in 1946, where he studied under masters such as Wu Zuoren and Xu Beihong. After graduation, he served as a graduate student and teaching assistant. In 1953, he went to the Oil Painting Department of the Leningrad Repin Academy of Fine Arts in the Soviet Union to study in the studios of Oleshnikov and Merinikov. His graduation work "Children's Library" received an excellent graduation certificate and was awarded the title of "Artist". The work is collected in the Repin Academy Museum in the Soviet Union. After returning to China, he served as the director professor of the Second Painting Studio of the Oil Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. In 1985, he became the dean of the School of Fine Arts at Shanghai University.