Explore the painting genre "Picasso from the East"

Recently, the launching ceremony of the China Shaanxi Farmer Painting Art Digital Exhibition was held at Xi'an Jiaotong University Museum. This digital exhibition boasts more than 300 representative works of Shaanxi's five major farmer painting origins in both Chinese and English. Precious graphic materials of Shaanxi farmer paintings in international cultural exchange events are also displayed.

Five major origins of farmer paintings 

Since its inception in the late 1950s, Shaanxi farmer paintings have been developing for 64 years and bringing wonderful works to the hall of Chinese art. Farmers create paintings with the themes of rural and agricultural life. This art borrows elements from Chinese folk art, such as exaggerated shapes and brilliant colors. 

Shaanxi farmer paintings exhibited globally

Farmer paintings are characterized by simplicity and the local atmosphere. As a vehicle of native accentuation, homeland affection, and nostalgia, this art enjoys the designation "Picasso from the East". Farmer paintings originate in the countryside of the Loess Plateau and the Guanzhong Plain in China, have spread to over 70 countries and regions for communication and exhibition purposes, and are well received by people from all walks of life domestically and internationally.

The exhibition collects 200 fine works from five major origins of farmer paintings, comprehensively displaying the highest level of Shaanxi farmer paintings. The exhibition covers works by farmer artists across three generations, showing visitors the history of farmer painting creation and invoking the odor of fresh soil. There are also some precious materials recording Shaanxi farmers in international exchanges.

Thanks to the promotion and publicity by the Belt and Road University Alliance initiated by Xi’an Jiaotong University, by platforms such as embassies and consulates abroad, Shaanxi Provincial People’s Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries, Shaanxi Federation of Returned Overseas Chinese, Council for the Promotion of International Trade, and overseas cooperative institutions of farmer painting art, as well as by foreign media, more international friends can feel the charm of local art in Shaanxi.