Huxian peasant painting

Compared with traditional Chinese painting, oil painting, printmaking and other large paintings, the current peasant painting is not an independent painting, most of the popular paintings created and appreciated by the peasants themselves, and now Huxian County in Shaanxi Province (now divided into Xi'an Yiyi District), Nanjing Liuhe, Jiangsu Pixian, Shanghai Jinshan and other places are more prosperous. Most of the peasant paintings are based on the theme of rural life, with simple colors and exaggerated techniques, and the painting style is clumsy, simple and enthusiastic. Huxian peasant paintings have a unique northwest style, mostly depicting the life of mountain villages in the Qinling Mountains, with rough lines and strong local atmosphere.

The creative form of Huxian peasant paintings is free, and there are two main characteristics: first, the color is simple and bold, and the pure color blocks with strong contrasts such as earth yellow, fiery red, bright orange, and dark green are often used, and the picture is vivid and warm; The second is that the composition is unique, not constrained by the principle of perspective, the combination of heads-up and top-down, the silhouette of people and objects is exaggerated and deformed, and the perception is peculiar. Although it was written by a non-academic peasant painter, it won the reputation of "Picasso of the East" and has a high value of art appreciation.

At present, there are peasant paintings for sale in the peasant painting exhibition hall in Xi'an urban area and the private studio in the rural areas of Huxian County, and there are peasant painters painting for sale in the Xi'an Museum and other exhibition halls from time to time, and the price is mostly between 5 and 100,000 yuan. Based on the fact that the popularity of Huxian peasant paintings in the overall art market is not high, it is not recommended to be used as a major investment collection, but it has a certain ornamental value and is suitable for wall-mounted decoration, and consumers can choose according to their personal needs.

Place of purchase: Huxian Peasant Painting Exhibition Hall (Xi'an), Huxian Donghan Village Studio