Fruitful life in art exchange and cultural fusion marked at exhibition

On Jan 5, a big birthday cake was presented to the eminent artists Jin Shangyi and Shao Dazhen at the China National Academy of Painting. The cake was to celebrate their upcoming 90th birthday in the year. The special arrangement also unveiled an exhibition held there to celebrate the prolific careers of them as well as another two artists who also in their 90s, Quan Shanshi and Zhou Shaohua.

The works of the four are on show at Mutual Exchange and Fusion, which pays tribute to their contributions to the development of art creation over the past seven decades.

Jin is viewed a leading figure in the integration of oil painting with Chinese cultural temperament by making dozens of iconic portraits; Quan is known for creating a body of works with historical narratives; Zhou is a trailblazer in paving new ways for the ink tradition in a new era; Shao teaches and writes productively.

The exhibition also shows the works of over 20 artists who are students of the four, or have been influenced by their work.