Jin Qinbo

Jin Qinbo (1910–1998), also known as Kaiye and with the courtesy names Jio and Jingbei, was born in Shanghai in 1910 (the second year of the Qing Xuantong era). Originally from Nanxun Town, Wuxing, Zhejiang Province (now part of Huzhou City), he was a painter and art educator who settled in Taiwan after 1948. He excelled in ink wash paintings of flowers, birds, figures, and landscapes, particularly in meticulous flower and bird paintings.
==Life==
Born in a wealthy artistic family, Jin Qinbo was nurtured in the appreciation of calligraphy, painting, and jade by his father, Jin Shaoki (1886-1949), laying the foundation for his future artistic endeavors. Under the guidance of his elder uncles Jin Cheng (1878-1926), Jin Shaotang (1880-1965), his aunt Jin Zhang (1884-1939), his fourth uncle Jin Shaofang (1890-1979), as well as Chen Shizeng and the Qing Dynasty court painter Yu Ming (1884-1935), he received instruction in brushwork, painting principles, and traditional painting techniques. In 1921, he was recommended by his eldest uncle to join the "Chinese Painting Study Society" and graduated in 1926. In 1929, he enrolled in the biology department at Yanjing University, graduating with a master's degree in the same department in 1935. He then studied abroad in the United Kingdom at the University of London before transferring to Columbia University in the United States. Due to the outbreak of the war in 1937, he abandoned his studies and returned to China. During the Sino-Japanese War from 1937 to 1945, he worked at the Palace Museum in Beijing and extensively copied ancient paintings at the home of the connoisseur Pang Yuanji (1864-1949), accumulating a solid foundation in painting.
In 1934, Jin Qinbo married Xu Wenyun and they had three sons. From 1937, he served as a substitute teacher at the Department of Fine Arts at Fu Jen Catholic University in Beijing. In 1948, the family moved to Taiwan where Jin Qinbo met Guo Bochuan. He also established friendships with artists who had immigrated to Taiwan, such as Pu Xinyu, Zhang Daqian, Huang Junbi, Zhuang Yan, Tai Jingnong, and Kong Decheng, engaging in mutual exchange and improvement of their painting and calligraphy skills. Continuing his artistic endeavors, Jin Qinbo held solo exhibitions and participated in national-level painting and calligraphy exhibitions, serving as a judge for various national art competitions. In 1959, he received the Fulbright Program for Scholarly Exchange award from the United States, teaching at the Rhode Island School of Design and holding a solo exhibition at a local museum. He also exhibited and promoted Chinese painting and calligraphy education at various universities. He returned to Taiwan in 1967and settled permanently .
==Career as an artist and art educator==
From 1950 until his retirement in 1983, Jin Qinbo taught at various institutions, including the Department of Fine Arts at National Taiwan Normal University, National Taiwan University of Arts, and National Taiwan College of Arts (now known as National Taiwan University of Arts). He offered courses on meticulous flower and bird painting, utilizing his collection as teaching materials to cultivate students' aesthetic appreciation. Additionally, he provided abundant painting drafts for students to copy, imparting brushwork techniques and encouraging innovation and the development of individual styles within the traditional foundation of ink wash painting. Many of his students, such as Hu Nianzu, Sun Jiaqin, Yu Zhonglin, and Fu Shen, have become well-known artists, collectors, and art critics in contemporary Taiwan. Jin Qinbo made significant contributions to the shaping and development of modern ink wash painting styles in Taiwan, as well as to art education.
Category:People from Shanghai
Category:1910 births
Category:Painters
Category:Art educators