钟开天，1944年生，云南昆明人。成都军区专职美术创作员。曾任北京大学艺术顾问，中国科技大学客座教授。1979年加入中国美术家协会，长期从事中国画、壁画、书法的创作和研究，擅人物、山水、花鸟画和书法，特别具有驾驭控制大画面的能力。多次出国举办画展并讲学。曾获解放军总政治部美术创作奖，云南文学艺术成就奖。中央军委八一大楼外宾厅、中南海紫光阁、国防部外事大厅、人民大会堂金色大厅、云南厅等有作品陈列。绘画作品具有民族气派和较强的时代精神，形成质朴凝重、沉雄豪迈的艺术风格。书法体势多变，随意生动，洒脱开张。2001年于北京人民大会堂隆重举行大型画册《钟开天画集》首发式，出版过多种画册和书法集。

Zhong Kaitian，born in 1944，a native of Kunming, Yunnan province, is a professional painter of Chendu Military Region. He used to be art counselor of Beijing University and visiting professor of Science and Technology University of China. He became a member of Chinese Artists Association in 1979, engaged in research and creation of traditional Chinese painting, fresco, and calligraphy. He is good at portrait-painting, mountains-and-waters painting, flowers-and-birds painting and calligraphy, especially capable of managing large pictures. Mr. Zhong has held many exhibitions of his works and lectured abroad. He won Artistic Creation Prize awarded by General Political Department of the People's Liberation Army and won Literary and Artistic Achievement Prize in Yunnan. His works are displayed in Foreign Guests Hall of 8.1 Building of CMC, in Ziguang Pavilion of ZhongNanhai, in Foreign Affairs Hall of National Defense Department, and in Golden Hall and Yunnan Hall of Great Hall of the People. National air and strong Zeitgeist are reflected in his works, with an artistic style which is simple and dignified, calm and bold. His works show varied calligraphy, free and easy, wide and magnificent, and vivid. Launching ceremony for A Collection of Zhong Kaitian's Paintings was held in 2001 in the Great Hall of the People. He has also various painting albums and calligraphy collections published.