Chinese Paintings of Country Doctor

Title Country Doctor

Author Wang Yujue

Category Chinese Paintings

Date 1963

Period Modern

Materials Paper with Color Setting

Cultural Relics Status National Art Museum of China

Specifications Vertical 84.5 centimeters, Horizontal 63 centimeters This painting was painted when Yujue was a student at the Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts. The artist depicts a young female doctor in a mountain village rubbing cotton swabs under a lamp in a traditional brushstroke style, with a horse lamp, a medicine chest, and bottles and jars. All kinds of props have been carefully depicted, the artist also consciously painted the girl's chest **** Youth League emblem to indicate her identity as an advanced youth. The picture of the horse lamp has a circle of light, giving people the feeling of working under the lamp late at night, to show the dedication of doctors in mountain villages. In the picture, the female doctor's concentrated and serious expression and dexterous hands are the focus of the artist's portrayal, while the clothes are handled in a simple and generous manner, reflecting the characteristics of the profession, and a camellia flower sticks out next to the straw hat in the upper right corner, revealing the female doctor's love of life, and has a vibrant and lively spirit.