Li Qiang (b.1962) Scenery Of Sichuan oil on canvas executed in 2009 120 x 80 cm. (47 1/4 x 31 1/2 in.) FURTHER DESCRIPTION As a professor and director of the Oil Painting Department of the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute, Li Qiang reinterprets the world we see with a transcendent and romantic vision, like in this piece titled Scenery of Sichuan, he reexamines the precious traditions of Chinese and Western landscape painting, depicting a scene from Huangjueping Main Street, where the Sichuan Fine Arts Institute is situated. The softly lit setting imposes brilliant colours, creating a dream-like effect in the piece, fully demonstrating the artist’s mastery of oil painting techniques and his successful realisation of his personal sense of aesthetics.