Jin has made remarkable contribution to depicting of Chinese figures by oil and is considered as a landmark of Chinese oil painting in the new era. Neoclassicism represented by his oil style has had extensive impact on Chinese fine arts circle as well as the whole society.
The subject of humanity represents Jin's artistic style. Reserved facial expressions, elegant tones and serene images corresponded to cultural psychology and social ideal for humanity and beauty in the early 1980s. When realism was marginalized in Chinese painting circle, Jin did not simply safeguard it but revamp its value by exploring humanity.
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