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Works from the New Jinling Painting School are on display at the
Museum of Beijing Painting Institute until February 21.
Entitled "Inherit and Innovate," the exhibition showcases 88
works by the late founders and representative painters of the
school, many of which were contributed by family members and are
available for public viewing for the first time.
Featuring eminent names such as Fu Baoshi, Chen Zhifo, Qian
Songyan, Ya Ming, Song Wenzhi and Wei Zixi, the New Jinling
Painting School was founded in the early 1960s in Jiangsu Province.
The school came to fame after an exhibition of a large number of
sketches recording the 11,500-kilometre three-month journey of its
ink painters around several provinces in western and southern
China.
Sketches may not seem special today, but were completely new
then given the established formula for landscapists to copy the
works of the Song and Yuan dynasties.
The painters created another stir in 1961 when 140 ink paintings
based on their sketches were shown in Beijing. Different from the
old Jinling School of the early Qing Dynasty (1644-1911), the new
Jinling breaks through conservatism and nihilism, and instead
employs a realistic spirit and style. With landscapes as the main
theme, they present an elegant natural flavor and fresh
brushwork.
The works are close to ordinary life and record the development
of New China.
Sponsored by the Beijing Painting Institute and the Beijing Fine
Artists' Association, the current exhibition is also a major event
in fine arts circles. Due to the high value of the exhibits, strict
security and high quality equipment have been employed. The
temperature and moisture standards are being strictly maintained
and the lighting installation carefully arranged to ensure perfect
viewing of the masterpieces.
(China Daily February 6, 2006)
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