Boundless Sea,Endless Sky: A 68-Year Retrospective of Li Jinming
Hall 16, Guangdong Museum of Art (BAIETAN)
2026-10-11——
2026-07-28
Date:July 28 – October 11, 2026
Venue: Hall 16, Guangdong Museum of Art (BAIETAN)
Organizers: Guangdong Museum of Art
Co-organizers：Guangdong Artists Association
Supporting Organization:Guangzhou Artists Association, Guangdong Academy of Oil Painting, Jiangmen Art Museum, Jiangmen Painting Academy, Heshan Bureau of Culture, Radio, Television, Tourism and Sports
Special Thanks to: Guangzhou Martelli Cultural Development Co., Ltd., 020 Art Observer, Nansha Yacht Club, Yashuge Art & Cultural Space, Guangzhou Dongmo Art Center
Introduction
The Guangdong Museum of Art will soon present a retrospective exhibition of Li Jinming's artistic career. Having spent much of his life by the sea and harbour, Li Jinming has always perceived the world through colour. Over nearly seven decades, he has pursued a path of “freehand oil painting” – blending the luminosity of Impressionism with the calligraphic brushwork of traditional Chinese ink to create a language that is both warm and powerful. His brush travels freely between the glimmering fishing ports and the rhythms of everyday life, capturing not only the vibrant energy of coastal Guangdong, but also the quiet lives of ordinary people amid a changing era.
This exhibition presents twenty works donated by the artist, alongside over fifty representative pieces and archival materials from different periods, organised into four sections: Harbour and Boats; People and Era; Travel and Landscape; and Homeland and Life. Titled Boundless Sea, Endless Sky , the exhibition looks back at the distinctive natural and human landscapes of the South China coast, while tracing how one artist, through sustained and attentive observation, has situated his personal expression within an ever-shifting historical context, thereby building a vision that is both expansive and warmly humane.
Selected Works
红与白的协奏
混合材料
64cm × 80cm
1985
海滨假日
布面油画
64cm × 80cm
1985
向海洋
布面油画
130cm × 300cm
1997
边疆集市
布面油画
130cm × 97cm
1999
舶
布面油画
130cm × 97cm
1999
步行街之夜
布面油画
180cm × 120cm
2002
春天
布面油画
100cm × 80cm
2008
海阔天空
布面油画
200cm × 450cm
2013
晨港华曦
布面油画
100cm × 80cm
2025
About Artist
Li JinmingLi Jinming was born in Hong Kong, China in 1942 and is a native of Heshan, Jiangmen, Guangdong. He later settled in Guangzhou. He graduated from the Art School of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 1961 and graduated from the five-year undergraduate programme in Oil Painting Department of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts in 1966.
He served as Senior Artist and Director of the Art Design Department at the Chinese Export Commodities Fair (Canton Fair). He is a member of the China Artists Association, and has held positions including Council Member of the Guangdong Artists Association, Standing Council Member and Executive Secretary‑General of the Guangdong Oil Painting Society, Honorary Chairman of the Guangdong Freehand Oil Painting Society, Visiting Professor at Wuyi University in Jiangmen, and Honorary Director of the Li Tiefu Art Museum.
He served as Senior Artist and Director of the Art Design Department at the Chinese Export Commodities Fair (Canton Fair). He is a member of the China Artists Association, and has held positions including Council Member of the Guangdong Artists Association, Standing Council Member and Executive Secretary‑General of the Guangdong Oil Painting Society, Honorary Chairman of the Guangdong Freehand Oil Painting Society, Visiting Professor at Wuyi University in Jiangmen, and Honorary Director of the Li Tiefu Art Museum.
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