On this day, 27 years ago, on April 14, 1998 (March 18, 1998 in the lunar calendar), the famous painter Yin Shoushi passed away. On April 14, 1998, Yin Shoushi, vice chairman of the fifth and sixth China Literary and Art Circles and famous Chinese painter, died in Beijing at the age of 80. Yin Shoushi, 1919--1998, Zhou Tiren, Yixing, Jiangsu Province. A member of the Communist Party of China, he studied at Wuchang Art College in his early years. A well-known calligraphy and painting artist, he has served as a researcher at the Guangxi Provincial Art Research Institute, a faculty member of the Art Department of the North China Union University College of Literature and Art, president of the Inner Mongolia Branch of the Chinese Artists Association, vice president of the Beijing Chinese Painting Academy, chairman of the Beijing Artists Association, director of the Chinese Artists Association, vice chairman of the Beijing City Federation of Literary and Art Circles, vice chairman of the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles, member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and former vice president of the Beijing Painting Academy. He is good at Chinese painting, especially characters. His works include Chinese painting: "Qu Yuan","Portrait of Mao Zedong","Blizzard","At the Model Worker Meeting", etc.