Yin Shoushi's Personality Evaluation

Yin Shoushi is a painter with patriotic thoughts. His figure painting pays attention to describing the spirit with form, which promoted the development of figure painting in China at that time. After working in Inner Mongolia, he opened up a new world of art. His horse benefited from the Inner Mongolia prairie, which not only has a strong flavor of grassland life, but also contains spiritual implications. His horse is a torrent of life, a spiritual image that transcends time and space and overcomes all difficulties and obstacles: his galloping horse is vivid and colorful, and he is another painter with personal characteristics and high achievements after Xu Beihong painted horses.

He has a profound knowledge of calligraphy. He dabbled in it in his early years and made small letters, especially in cursive script. His calligraphy is solid, broad, smooth and moist, with white, dense and urgent branches.

Yin Shoushi is a patriotic artist who appeared at the time of national disaster and national peril.

During the period of War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression, his ancient figure paintings, historical paintings and portraits of national elites who were active in the cultural and political arena at that time all shone with the brilliance of national spirit and national character. Take history as a mirror and inspire the people of China to resist aggression and unite as one.

He also made statues for patriotic politicians and intellectuals, recorded the heroic demeanor of China in an unforgettable era with a brush, and became a precious historical relic.

1946 "Liu Shiyin Painting Exhibition" was jointly held with the poet Liu Yazi. Mao Zedong wrote a title for the exhibition, and Guo Moruo, Mao Dun, Shen Junru and Huang Yanpei made comments. Xu Beihong praised: "The joint exhibition of Liu Shiyin paintings is a solemn and stirring battle song dedicated by poets and painters to the motherland and people in times of crisis."