Song Huimin, the famous Chinese oil painter and former president of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, passed away

China News Service, Shenyang, October 19 (Reporter Li Hu) Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts issued an obituary on the 19th. Song Huimin, a famous oil painter, art educator, recipient of special government allowances from the State Council, former executive director of the Chinese Artists Association, former party committee secretary, former president, honorary president, and honorary tenured professor of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts, died in Shenyang on the 18th due to ineffective medical treatment. He was 89 years old.

Song Huimin was born in January 1937 in Changchun, Jilin. As a pioneer in China's panoramic painting industry, Song Huimin led the Lumei creative team to complete China's first panoramic painting "Conquering Jinzhou", which won the first prize for art science and technology from the Ministry of Culture (now the Ministry of Culture and Tourism). He presided over the creation of the panoramic painting "Battle of Red Cliff" and won the gold medal at the 10th National Art Exhibition.

Since then, he has successively presided over the creation of many large-scale panoramic paintings, making a historic contribution to the cause of Chinese panoramic painting. He devoted himself to oil painting creation with sincerity and dedication. He has been painting continuously for more than sixty years and has created hundreds of masterpieces. His works such as "Cao Xueqin", "Holy Mountain" and "Old Hero Meng Tai" have all been exhibited in national art exhibitions and won awards, establishing his academic status as a leading figure in the field of Chinese oil painting.

The obituary of Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts stated that Song Huimin was knowledgeable, moral and artistic, and made indelible and outstanding contributions to China's higher art education and the development of socialist art.