Fei Danxu (費丹旭 Fèi Dānxù; 1801–1850) was an itinerant Chinese painter during the Qing Dynasty.

Fei's courtesy name was Zitiao (子苕), and his art names were Xiaolou (晓楼) and Huanxisheng (环溪生). A later pseudonym was Ouweng (偶翁). He was a native of Wucheng (乌程 - now Wuxing, Zhejiang).

Fei began painting when he was very young in Wucheng. He later traveled throughout Zhejiang and Jiangsu provinces to practiced his art. He is most noted for his paintings of beautiful women. Among his paintings of beautiful women is "Twelve Beauties of Jinling," which features twelve of the major female characters in the novel Dream of the Red Chamber.

He was often associated with the painter Gai Qi in what was known as the "Gai Fei" school. Fei's younger brother Dancheng, as well as his sons and grandsons, continued the tradition of painting beautiful women, as did Gai Qi's grandson.

父親費玨，擅畫山水，丹旭深得家傳，於坡石、流水、雜草等無不得精到，尤擅繪仕女。秦祖永《桐陰論畫》曰：「補景仕女，香艷中更饒妍雅之致，一樹一石，雖未能深入古法，而一種瀟灑之致頗極自然。」晚年感悟人生如寄，自號隅翁，另有環赭生、三碑鄉人等號。卒於道光三十三年（1850年）。

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