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“Huxian Peasant Painting“ (Contemporary Chinese folk art), Signed - $280 (Newton/Wellesley/Needham)
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The subject of the painting is villagers hanging long strands of noodles to dry, a typical everyday-life motif from Chinese rural culture that appears frequently in Huxian and Jinshan peasant art. The overall style—flat perspective, strong outlines, simplified figures, and decorative animals in the corner—matches standard Chinese folk art painting characteristics. Its clear diagonal movement, repeated vertical noodle lines, and playful detail (the chickens “eating” stray noodles) are very appealing to art lovers.
Signed 户县周公远 (Huxian Zhou Gongyuan) lower right. 周公远 is listed among recognized Huxian peasant painters from Xihan village and appears in local articles and museum material as an active artist within that tradition. At the beginning of 2025, one of Zhou’s paintings was exhibited by national media agencies to celebrate the Chinese New Year of 2025 (see link below, and the last attached picture is the screen shot of his chosen work ): https://imgs.xinhuanet.com/shuhua/20250126/b5c15bc0ff5e497583775c6eb08fdf21/c.html
Measurements: 25" x 34" (frame). Overall condition is excellent (no foxing, warping, or pigment loss
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