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Farmers' Paintings from Huxian - June 12, 2005
Dear friends of Chinese art paintings
Bidding for auction # 185 is open on
www.artelino.com/auction/catalog.asp with 40
hand-made paintings from a farmers' community
in Huxian county in China. The auction will
close coming Thursday, June 16 at 8:00 PM
local time = 2:00 PM in New York.
Chinese farmers' paintings are a recognized art genre.
They have been exhibited worldwide and
are collected by museums in and outside of China.
We are presenting you 40 hand-made paintings
on paper in gouache watercolor technique
from the farmers' community in Huxian in Shaanxi
province, the best known among circa 40 rural
painting places. The fourty paintings are by
four different artists. Twenty have been
contributed by today's star painter, female artist
Pan Xiaoling, born 1956. She is known all over
China from numerous TV spots and articles in
newspapers and magazines. This brave woman is
really one of a kind. But please read
our little introduction and overview on
Chinese farmers' paintings on
www.artelino.com/articles/chinese-farmers-paintings.asp
Another interesting article is to be found on
www.artelino.com/articles/huxian-farmers-paintings.asp
It was written by Cao Zhengfeng, the former deputy
head of the Chinese National Art Gallery.
Enjoy our web site. And if you like what we do,
please bid and buy in our auctions.
your artelino team
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