李世南，1940年生于上海。1961年师从何海霞先生；1971年师从石鲁先生。曾参与延安革命纪念馆革命历史画创作组、陕西美术创作组等工作。现为国家一级美术师、中国国家画院研究员。

Li Shinan was born in 1940 in Shanghai. He became a student of He Haixia in 1961, and of Shi Lu in 1971. He was a member of the creation group of revolutionary history painters for the Yan’an revolutionary memorial and a member of Shaanxi Art Creation Group Work. He is a national top-level artist and a research fellow at China National Academy of Painting.