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Painted while at the You Qing Xiang May 7th Cadre School
in Jilin Province shortly before Jin was sent to Yan'an in 1973. The
warm colors and the woman's rosy cheeks are more typical of socialist
idealism or revolutionary romanticism mandated by Mao's wife Jiang Qing
during the Cultural Revolution. However, the painting illustrates that
restrictions placed upon artists during the Cultural Revolution were
beginning to be relaxed and Jin was beginning to return to a style he
used earlier in his career--socialist realism. |
