陈莲涛（1901-1994）浙江鄞县人，生前为上海文史馆馆长，其艺术成就在《近现代书画家款印总汇》、《中国当代国画家辞典》等著述中均有记录。曾与张大壮、江寒汀、郑慕康等人创办“大观雅集”画室，擅画山水、人物、花鸟、走兽，晚年尤擅画猫，“江南猫王”之名享誉中外，尤以邓小平收藏并生前挂在办公室内的《白猫黑猫图》最为著名。一生创作巨幅二件，“百猫图”、“百虎图”，此为其一。

Chen Liantao (1901-1994) person of Zhejiang Yin county, it is curator of Shanghai Rearch Institute of Culture and History before one's death, its art achievement is in " modern money of home of painting and calligraphy imprints come or flow together " , " dictionary of home of Chinese contemporary traditional Chinese painting " there all is a record in waiting for write. Ever the person such as as strong as magnify, Jiang Hanting, Zheng Mukang establishs " grand sight elegant collect " atelier, arrogate to oneself draws landscape, character, painting of flowers and birds in traditional Chinese style, beasts, arrogate to oneself of old age blame draws a cat, "King of Changjiang Delta cat " the name is famous in China and foreign countries, be collected with Deng Xiaoping especially and be hanged inside the office before one's death " white cat black cat pursues " most famous. Lifetime creation is gigantic 2, "100 cats pursue " , " 100 tigers pursue " , this is firstly.