王其智，1930出生于山东省掖县（现为莱州市）。别名书海。擅长油画、中国画。自幼受父亲王式廓影响，学习绘画。1951年毕业于中央美院。作品《钢铁工人》、《丰收》入选第二届、第三届全国美术展，《万里千担一亩田》入选建国25周年全国美展等。
作为新中国第一代伟人肖像油画画家，也是天安门城楼毛泽东油画肖像标准范式的创作者之一，王其智先生1949年入华北大学国立艺专美术系学习，从师其父王式廓及胡一川先生。后入国立北平艺专学习绘画，中央美术学院美干班学习西画。曾得到齐白石、徐悲鸿、吴作人、李可染、蒋兆和、罗工柳、张仃等画坛名师的指教。1951年中央美术学院结业后留该院肖像画室工作，与前辈张振仕、左辉先一起创作、绘制天安门城楼、新华门、人民大会堂等处的毛泽东油画肖像。在原北京市美术公司继续从事创作、绘制天安门城楼、新华门、人民大会堂、国务院等处的毛泽东及其它伟人油画肖像。直至1978年的27年间，王其智始终奋斗在绘制毛泽东、周恩来、邓小平、孙中山以及马、恩、列、斯等伟人肖像的岗位上，是中国当代绘画伟人肖像画时间最长的画家，并确立了天安门城楼毛泽东肖像的标准范式。之后开始兼攻中国水墨画，在前辈画虎大师的基础上，潜心研习中国画画虎的新技法，其深厚的绘画功力自然地融入水墨表现技巧中，他笔下的虎，与众不同，是介于大写意和工笔之间，笔墨虚实结合，色彩冷暖结合，努力追求师法自然，重在写神。无论静、卧、动都具虎的威猛气势。被选入《中国当代美术家人名录》、《当代中国名家书画宝鉴》、《中国美术、书法界名人名作博揽》。

Wang Jizhi, 1930 be born in Shandong to save assist county (it is Lai state city now) . Alias book sea. Be good at canvas, China drawing. From a child suffers outline of father king type to affect, study is painterly. Was graduated from central beautiful courtyard 1951. Work " steely worker " , " bumper harvest " selected the 2nd, art of the 3rd whole nation is exhibited, " 10 thousand lis 1000 a mu of cropland " selected found a state 25 years countrywide beauty is exhibited etc.
Regard new China as painter of canvas of effigies of generation great person, also be one of create person of Fan Shi of standard of effigies of canvas of Mao Zedong of a tower over a city gate of Tian An Men, mr Wang Jizhi state-maintaineded into China north university 1949 art only art is study, from division outline of type of its father king reachs Mr Hu Yichuan. Make the same score into national north after art learn brushwork only, beautiful study doing a class draws central academy of fine arts on the west. Ever got Qi Baishi, Xu Beihong, Wu Zunren, Li Ke is caught, Jiang Zhao and, of the division of the name that draw altar such as Luo Gong willow, Zhang Ding give advice or comments. In the center of 1951 atelier of this courtyard effigies stays to work after complete a course of academy of fine arts, with elder Zhang Zhenshi, Zun Hui is created together first, a tower over a city gate of scale Tian An Men, new the effigies of Mao Zedong canvas of the place such as hall of congress of China door, people. Continue to be engaged in Tian An Men of creation, scale in company of former Beijing art a tower over a city gate, new effigies of the Mao Zedong of the place such as hall of congress of China door, people, the State Council and canvas of other great person. Till 27 years of 1978, wang Jizhi struggles to come in scale Mao Zedong, Zhou En from beginning to end, Deng Xiaoping, Sun Zhongshan and horse, favour, row, this on the post that waits for great person effigies, it is the painter with the longest time of portraiture of great person of Chinese contemporary brushwork, and establish the standard Fan Shi of effigies of Mao Zedong of a tower over a city gate of Tian An Men. Begin to hold concurrently later attack Chinese wash, on the foundation that draws tiger Great Master in elder, with great concentration studies China to paint the new ability way that paints a tiger, naturally of its deep painterly work force blends in water Chinese ink to behave skill in, the tiger of his the wording and purpose of what one writes, extraordinary, it is interpose between great desire and traditional Chinese realistic painting characterized by fine brushwork and close attention to detail, words the actual condition is united in wedlock, colour changes in temperature is united in wedlock, go after imitate nature hard, keeping a mind again. No matter static, lie, move what provide a tiger power fierce imposing manner. Be chosen " directory of family of Chinese contemporary art " , " Bao Jian of painting and calligraphy of contemporary China a person of academic or artistic distinction " , " rich of master of famous person of group of Chinese art, calligraphy is pulled " .