Jin Shangyi | |
Native Name: | 靳尚谊 |
Birth Date: | 1934 |
Birth Place: | He Nan |
Nationality: | Chinese |
Known For: | Figurative Art |
Jin Shangyi (born in 1934) is a contemporary Chinese oil painter within the neoclassical realism movement in Chinese oil painting.[1] From 1987 to 2001, Jin Shangyi served as president of the Central Academy of Fine Arts and professor of the Oil Painting Department.[2]
Jin Shangyi's paintings have been permanently collected by the National Art Museum of China among others.[3] [4]
In 2013, Jin Shangyi's painting Tajik Bride was sold for 85.1 million yuan ($13.97 million) at the 2013 Autumn Auctions at China Guardian Beijing.[5] [6]