Qin’s Life History 1976～1998

1976～1998

After the Cultural Revolution 1976, comes rapid progress and prosperity of the society and the stability of life. These stimulated Mr. Qin’s enthusiasm. He wanted to get back the time wasted during the Cultural Revolution, and, in the spare time, when not teaching, he created many paintings.   

In 1979, Mr. Qin attended the fourth Chinese Cultural and Arts National Conference and the third National Fine Arts Conference. He was then elected as a member of the National Fine Arts Association. In 1980, he was elected as the Vice Chairman of the Fine Arts Association in JiangSu Province. In 1987, Mr. Qin was elected as the Vice Chairman of the Chinese Fine Arts Education institution. He was also a member of the editorial committee of “Chinese Vocabulary Encyclopedia,  Book of Fine Arts”.  

The oil painting “Fireworks on the Yangtse River Bridge” is rich in colors, bright with lights and a magnificent landscape. In it, he did not make detailed sketches of characters but focused on the visual effects of lights and colors and the sharp contrast between lights and shadows. The painting well represented the joyful atmosphere of a holiday night, both physically and spiritually.

(The oil painting “Fireworks on the Yangtse River Bridge”)

 The same is true for another large size oil painting “The Lantern Festival at the Confucius Temple”, which depicts a festival night. In the painting, the author applied a different and unconstrained style. He paints where his interests and feelings are with humor romance, with frankness and with true feelings. 

(The oil painting “The Lantern Festival at the Confucius Temple”, the oil painting with pasted texile “The big Roaster”)

Mr. Qin’s last oil painting is “Imaged Structure” painted at the age of 85 . It is a painting with free, daring imagination. In the painting, there are magnificent mountains and falls with water swiftly coming down from the mountain, splitting high waves in the little pond. With the magnificent atmosphere and hazy, but energetic features, the painting is just like a traditional Chinese heavy ink painting. 

In 1985, Mr. Qin held his third personal painting exhibition and displayed 170 paintings. 

(Cover of the brochure of the third solo paintings exhibition, Pictures for the Mayor of Nanjing, Peng Chong, who visited the gallery, and family members, who celebrated the exhibition. The oil painting “a portrait of boy”, Gouache  “a pair of white parrot”; “The fruit and melons”; “Giant monster”)

In his late years, Mr. Qin created a lot of monotype paintings. In the nineteen eighties, due to Mr. Qin’s age, it became hard for him to carry a painting case and go out to paint. He began to paint at home.  He wanted to express in his paintings. The strong feelings about life that had been calculated in his heart for decades and decades-- his pursuit for truth, righteousness and perfection. He also attempted to experiment in his paintings with various materials, colors and skills. His paintings during this time have various themes, such as realistic, abstract, mysterious, and imaginative, which fully demonstrated his profound cultural tastes and talents in art creation.  

In 1979, Mr. Qin attended the fourth Chinese Cultural and Arts National Conference and the third National Fine Arts Conference. He was then elected as a member of the National Fine Arts Association. In 1980, he was elected as the Vice Chairman of the Fine Arts Association in JiangSu Province. In 1987, Mr. Qin was elected as the Vice Chairman of the Chinese Fine Arts Education institution. He was also a member of the editorial committee of “Chinese Vocabulary Encyclopedia,  Book of Fine Arts”.  

In 1988, Mr. and Mrs. Qin went to the United States of America for a visit, and he held his fourth solo arts exhibition in the State of Minnesota. 

(Pictures in US, when Mr. Qin studied the Art works in US galleries.  The photos and video recording of the Mr. Qin Xuanfu’s fourth arts exhibition at Minnesota US in 1988).

In 1996, Mr. Qin Xuanfu held his solo exhibition to celebrate his ninetieth birthday, and with his personal donation, Nanjing Normal University Fine Arts College established Qin Xuanfu Foundation.

In 1998, Mr. Qin died of illness at age of ninety-two.