Lu Baojiang

I was born in 1961. The countryside was not like it is now. Back then we all worked on a collective. Every morning just after I woke, I ...

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Hui Shuyi
"I liked to paint when I was young. In elementary school there was an art teacher I liked and I was always very careful to finish the homework ...

Hou Baoming
"I was born along side the Grand Canal. This area is home to me. People who live in this area have a special character. They are very outgoing ...

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Zhang Shurong
"I am an art teacher at the Beijiao Cultural Center. I graduated in 1978 from an art college in Tianjin. My major ...
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zhang min
"I was born in 1937 in Beijing. In 1963, I graduated from the Chinese Central Art Academy. Seven years later, I began working at the ...
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Pang Yuxiu
After graduating from a local Tianjin high school in 1967, Pang Yuxiu was sent to Mongolia for re-education during the Culture Revolution. Today ...
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Ma Zengfu
"I was born in 1961, the beginning of the cultural revolution. My family was very poor. Only my father was able to work to support our family ...
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Lu Lianjiang
A village doctor, Lu Lianjiang owns a private clinic. He began peasant painting in 1983, though he studied art for ...
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Jiang Jianning
"I used to be a teacher. I taught mathematics. Now I am retired and I never painted before I retired. My father was a Chinese painter and ....
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Dong Guangrui
"My mother used to embroider. She embroidered flowers on our shoes and clothes. When I was a bit older, I learned embroidery from ...
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Chen Lianxing
When I was little I drew pictures everywhere including my textbooks. Because my family couldn't afford to buy paper for me, whenever I ...
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Chen Jiaqi
A respected member of his village, Chen Jiaqi is invited to all the village weddings and funerals as the ceremonial guest speaker ...
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An Tongju
"I am a peasant. I grew up in the countryside. I have three brothers so I am the youngest of four. My family was very poor, but my father ...
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Pang Gui Chen
Born 1958. She started paint peasant painting after she married. Her husband encouraged her. He asked her to draw simple things. She ...
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Xia Xueming
In 1989, she learned about peasant paintings. She grew up in the farm, she loves the peasant painting style. When she paints it always brings ...
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Qin Chen Yu
Born 1949. He is a farmer who plants watermelon and corn. He started peasant paintings in 1987 after taking a painting course in his ...
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