Peasant painting

A: Chinese Peasant Painting is at the same time ancient

    and young.  It is ancient because it originates from the

    thousand years traditions of embroidering, batik, paper

    cutting and wall painting.  It is young because as genre

    of painting which has emerged within the last thirty

    years with the help of trained artists.  Peasant art is

    totally free of staleness and has a vigorous, strong and

    sincere artistic impact. Its exaggerated modeling,

    distortion and surrealistic style can give a feeling of

    truthfulness and naivety. 
The vivid colors and compositions are very imaginative

    and with cheerful decorative effects. 
This particular and unique art exprimes simplicity of

    people who live away from the complexity of big city

    life.  Throughout China, there are more than forty so-

    called Painting Villages. These villages specialize in

    various forms and styles of folk arts.