Guo Beiping is one of the most
outstanding artists in the area of figure painting in China today.
His masterful style of artwork is highly recognized and appreciated
by many private and cooperate collectors around the world. In the
past decade, Guo was invited to many national and international art
exhibitions and won various top prizes. His artworks are widely
collected by art collectors and museums in many countries and areas.
Several years ago Guo Beiping was
invited to visit New York. During his first trip to the Unites
States, he opened his individual exhibition at the National Art
Club. This was the first time American audiences and artists had an
opportunity to view his grateful figure oil paintings. Because of
Guo Beiping’s successful career and important contribution to the
figure painting, the American Oil & Acrylic Painter’s Society
decided the first time in its history to grant its oversea
membership to a Chinese artist. Guo becomes the first and the only
Chinese artist who received the honor.
Guo Beiping’s art career started
and has mostly been developed in Shaanxi , China where thousand
years of history and culture was generated and inherited. He was one
of the top art students in the city only art high school when the
Culture Revolution started. He was sent down to the northen part of
Shaanxi, a very isolated and poor area. He was assigned to a small
culture unit with only five people. Everyday they either wrote
political slogans or did nothing. He tried very hard to keep his art
skills fresh. When the Culture Revolution was over, he was selected
to a art institute to begin his graduate study. The beautiful
historical lectures and hereditary culture as well as the life in
the countryside has a strong impact on his artworks. Many of Guo’s
painting figures appear in a dreamland or historical background. It
makes a very strong contrast with the lighter skin of the nude
bodies. All of his figure paintings show Gou’s masterful skills in
free of using colors and body curves. He is very good at using large
size of canvas to make the figures more attractive and lively appear
. The “Red Background?, at the beginning of this page, is a typical
painting of Guo’s style.
