Xu Jie, 002, 2008
Oil on canvas
50 x 42 cm
Condition: Very good
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Xu Jie (Chinese, b. 1962) is an oil painter whose practice is shaped by early artistic influence from her father and rigorous academic training in Shanghai. She graduated in Oil Painting from the Academy/School of Fine Arts at Shanghai University, developing a strong technical foundation while increasingly turning toward more imaginative, symbolic modes of expression. A member of the Shanghai Artists Association, Xu Jie has exhibited internationally. In November 2025, she was invited to join the Asian Art Association Singapore (Traditional Painting).
This painting is part of her Chinese Boys and Girls series which is central in Xu Jie’s oeuvre: a sustained vision of a “utopian” inner world rendered through childhood figures. With flushed cheeks and simple clothing, her boys and girls inhabit a distant, sunlit land—quiet, carefree, and close to nature—while subtly suggesting emotions and thoughts that sit beneath the visible surface. Using dense colors and strong contrasts informed by classical oil techniques and the luminosity of Impressionist light, Xu Jie reconstructs memory into an imaginary realm.
Acquired from White Canvas Gallery at Affordable Art Fair in 2011.
(Photographed in December 2025)