Landscape Paintings of Shen Beixin

Exhibition Info

Exhibition Period　　　27 December 2022 - 26 March 2023

Exhibition Venue　　　3rd Floor Exhibition Hall, Tsinghua University Art Museum

Chief Director　　　Du Pengfei

Academic Director　　　Shui Tianzhong

Curator　　　Xu Hong

Project Coordination　　　Wang Chenya　Sun Yiwei

Visual Director　　　Wang Peng

Exhibition and Visual Design　　　　　　Guo Bin

Exhibition Team　　　Sun Yiwei　Li Qinghua　Guo Bin　Cao Ke

Publicity Team　　　Li Zhe　Liu Yaomeng　Zhou Xinxin　Xiao Fei

Host　　　Tsinghua University Art Museum

Co-organizers　　　National Art Museum of China　Central Academy of Fine Arts　Xi'an Academy of Fine Arts

Acknowledgement　　　Shen Beixin and his family

Exhibition Profile

Shen Beixin (1932-) is originally from Nanchang, Jiangxi Province. He grew up in a family with a deep cultural heritage. Shen graduated from the Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1953 and from Konstantin M. Maksimov's Oil Painting Study Class of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1957. His graduation work was a landscape oil painting. In those days, he was the first student to use landscape oil painting as his graduation work, and was thus called "the first Chinese landscape oil painter". The profound transformation of China's social environment in the late 20th century opened the door to the exploration of many artistic styles. It was at this stage that Shen's artistic individuality was fully developed. 

 

Freshness and brightness are the major characteristics of Shen's landscape works. it manifests itself as the reproduction of nature and the extension of humanistic ideals. It sprouts from the painter's vision and broad-mindedness and is embedded in his bright colors and free strokes. In terms of painting style and methodology, color is the most important message in his works that deal with the relationship between colors with high generalization and exaggeration. He is encouraged to use extremely light, heavy and full colors, with pure white blocks and leaping deep strokes often dominating the picture. 

 

Shen’s observation of nature's forms, colors, sunlight and shadows, and his interpretation of nature are related to his personality and his understanding of the values of life. The natural splendor in his works is a reflection of his tranquil heart.

Artist Profile

Shen Beixin

 

Born in Beijing in 1932 and originally from Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, is professor at Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts.

 

Shen graduated from the Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1953, and from K. M. Maksimov’s oil painting study class at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1957.

He is director of the China Oil Painting Society, honorary director of the Beijing Academy of China Xieyi Oil Painting, and honorary professor at the Repin Institute of Art in Russia. He has served as director of the Oil Painting Department of the Xi’an Academy of Fine Arts, vice president of the Academy, and president of the Shaanxi Oil Painting Society.

 

His works have been exhibited in the National Art Exhibition for many times. He has also held solo exhibitions in Beijing, Paris, Eindhoven, Taipei, and Hong Kong, among other places.

In May 2016, “Inspiration Strikes: Shen Beixin’s Painting Exhibition” was held at the National Art Museum of China as part of the National Artwork Collection and Donation Award Program.

 

His works are collected in the National Art Museum of China, CAFA Art Museum , the Art Museum of the University of Oxford, UK, etc.