Pizhou (Pi County) Peasant Painting

Pizhou peasant painting emerged in 1955, formed a climax in 1958, the first in the country to realize the mural county. 1960, Zhou Enlai received in Beijing to participate in the third session of the national "cultural congress" of the Pizhou peasant painting authors on behalf of Liang Chuankui, said: "you Pixian mural engaged in good. You have done a good job in Pixian mural painting. You should insist on production, amateurism, and expanding the team." During the "Cultural Revolution", although there was only a short period of interruption, the traditional forms of expression and artistic characteristics were seriously damaged, and its romantic, simple, close to life creative characteristics for the formulaic, conceptualization, "three prominent" and so on instead. 1977, the National Art Work Conference was held. In 1977, the National Art Work Conference was held, Pixian peasant painting authors were invited to attend, and thus began to turn the corner. 1978 January, in order to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the realization of Pixian "mural county", Pixian Revolutionary Committee and Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum in Nanjing, jointly organized the "Pixian Peasant Paintings, Clay Sculpture Exhibition "Liu Kaiqiu traveled to Ningxia to watch the exhibition. Liu Kaiqiu traveled to Ning to watch the exhibition, and the development of Pixian peasant paintings put forward views and hopes. In February of the same year, the county party committee propaganda department organized a county-wide art work forum, county party secretary Li Chuan made a theme report. At that time, the county *** there are 35 amateur art creation groups, amateur authors more than 1,200 people, backbone authors 250 people, annual creation of more than 1,500 works (pieces). From this, Pizhou peasant painting activities then stepped into a new period of prosperity and development.

Peasant painting is a traditional folk art of the Chinese nation with a deep mass base. It is y rooted in the people and is the crystallization of the working people's aspirations and visions of life. Pizhou Peasant Painting originates from the traditional folk painting in Pizhou, and there are many kinds of traditional folk paintings, among which Peasant Painting is a new kind of painting after the establishment of new China, which is also called modern folk painting.

Pizhou peasant painting has a long history. From the big Dunzi, Liu Lin cultural sites unearthed in the colored pottery found that Pizhou ancestors as early as 2,000 years ago, painting techniques have been quite mature; from the excavation of the Han portrait stone on a variety of exquisite images, but also proved that as early as before the Han Dynasty, there is a high level of painting skills. On the day of spring, Pizhou has the custom of painting walls with red clay, painting cattle, horses, donkeys, mules and other livestock on the wall, sickle, plow, harrow and other production tools. from the early 1950s, the turnover of the farmers began to paint the social customs with great enthusiasm. "Villages and villages have murals, every family painted walls", this spectacle attracted the attention of the art world and the press and publishing industry. So, the walls were full of paintings, and the farmers moved the paintings to paper. Publishers also enthusiastically published a book and a special collection of Pi County farmers' paintings. Pizhou is known as the "hometown of peasant paintings".

In 1979, the county cultural center organized seven training courses for the creation of peasant paintings. 1982, the establishment of the Pi County Art Workers' Association with the peasant painting authors as the main members; the county cultural center opened the Amateur Art School. 1983, the restoration of the tradition of mural paintings, Sihou Township was the first to paint 70 murals on the streets. 1984, the organizer of the activities of peasant paintings, Gao Ziliang, and the authors of the peasant paintings. On behalf of Li Jinyou, attended the second "Cultural Congress" and the fourth "Beauty Congress" in Jiangsu Province, Li Jinyou was elected director of the Provincial Art Association.

In May 1988, China *** Pixian County Party Committee and Pixian County People's Government organized an exhibition of Pixian farmers' paintings and paper-cutting at the National Art Museum of China in Beijing, which was visited by thousands of people from all walks of life, including He Jingzhi, vice minister of the Propaganda Department, Gao Zhanxiang, vice minister of the Ministry of Culture, Huajunwu, chairman of the China Federation of Art Societies, and Jin Shangyi, president of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, etc., and was reported by the media, and nine authors of peasants' paintings were included in the China National Association of Fine Arts and Music. Peasant painting authors were cataloged in the China Art Museum Yearbook. In November of the same year, the county government approved the establishment of the Pixian County Folk Art Research Institute, mainly responsible for the collection and organization of folk art mainly based on peasant paintings and research and development work.

In 1989, Xuzhou city folk art work conference held in Pixian County, delegates visited the Pixian County folk art exhibition. 1990 April, 800 (pieces) of peasant paintings and other folk art works to participate in the Shanghai 90 China Folk Art Expo, collectively won the "Cloisonné Cup" award; in May of the same year, the County Government Held a county-wide commendation of folk art work, commending the 164 outstanding creators and organizers, while naming the four towns as "peasant painting township"; in December, the organization of 1,100 (pieces) of peasant paintings and other folk art works were invited to the Shenyang Lu Xun

1990, the State Ministry of Culture, edited and published by the Chinese folk painting In May 1991, the National Modern Folk Painting Symposium was held in Pixian County, 80 representatives from 24 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions of the country gathered in Pixian County, **** the revitalization of the folk painting business; at the same time, Pixian County was named by the Ministry of Culture of China as "China's modern folk painting township". "In July 1992, China Peasant Painting and Calligraphy Research Association absorbed Pizhou Folk Art Research Institute as the first group members; in August, more than 400 peasant paintings and paper-cutting works were organized to hold an exhibition in Turpan, Xinjiang; in October, 120 pieces of folk art works were invited to participate in China's second National Culture Expo held in Beijing, and the awards were the highest in the number of exhibitors and the number of awards was the highest. In the same month, the municipal government appointed Liao Kaiming, assistant director of the National Art Museum of China, as the honorary director of the Pizhou Folk Art Research Institute; in December, the art appreciation film "Pixian Peasant Paintings" produced by the Shanghai Science and Education Film Studio was distributed to 146 Chinese embassies abroad in 7 languages and published as "The Collection of Pixian Peasant Paintings"; in June, 1993, at the invitation of the Hong Kong Print and Drawing Society and Hong Kong Daiichi Art and Design Institute, Pizhou Folk Art Research Institute was invited to participate in the Second China National Culture Expo held in Beijing, with awards and awards topped by the number of exhibitors. In June 1993, invited by the Hong Kong Printmaking Association and the Hong Kong University Art and Design Institute, Pizhou peasant paintings were exhibited in Hong Kong for half a month, and the major media in Hong Kong published articles commenting on Pizhou peasant paintings. 1994, invited by the Nanjing Arts Institute, more than 1500 pieces of peasant paintings and other works of folk art were exhibited in the Institute. 1996, the folk art works of Pizhou went to Hangzhou to participate in the "96 Chinese folk art works" organized by the China Folk Artists Association. In 1996, Pizhou folk art works went to Hangzhou to participate in the "96 China Folk Art Fair" organized by the China Folk Artists Association and won the gold medal. 1997, at the invitation of Singapore Dading Art Center, more than 1,000 pieces of peasant paintings and paper cuttings were exhibited in Singapore.

In 2002, the author of peasant paintings Zhou Cong by the Pizhou Municipal Committee of the Leading Group of Intellectuals named "professional and technical talents" In June 2003, the Municipal Bureau of Culture and Sports Organization set up the Pizhou City, the new Star Cultural Development Co. The end of the sales of more than 1,500 sets, income of 200,000 yuan. In the same year, the folk art of Pizhou represented by peasant painting and folk paper-cutting was established by Jiangsu Province as the key project of cultural support in the north of Jiangsu Province. 2005 November, Pizhou Municipal Party Committee and Municipal Government organized and held the first "Pizhou - China Peasant Painting Festival", in which more than 10 representatives of painting hometowns across the country were invited to participate, and the "Pizhou Peasant Painting Festival" was held at the same time. "Pizhou peasant painting 50th anniversary retrospective exhibition", edited and published "Pizhou peasant painting collection". 2006, *** organization to create and process more than 5,000 pieces of peasant paintings, paper-cutting works, of which 4,500 were purchased by domestic and foreign relevant units and experts collection.

From 1978 to 2007, Pizhou peasant paintings have participated in provincial-level exhibitions and competitions, including: "National Peasant Painting Exhibition" (1978), "National Art Exhibition" (1980), "Jiangsu Provincial Peasant Painting Exhibition", "Jiangsu Provincial Peasant Painting Exhibition", "Jiangsu Provincial Peasant Painting Exhibition", "Jiangsu Provincial Peasant Painting Exhibition", and "Jiangsu Provincial Peasant Painting Exhibition". Jiangsu Peasant Painting Exhibition" (1983), "Jiangsu Provincial Fine Arts Exhibition" (1983), "The Sixth National Fine Arts Exhibition" (1985), "National Printmaking Exhibition (1986), "Beijing? 90 Christmas Chinese Folk Painting Exhibition" (1990), "The Second Peasant Painting Exhibition of Jiangsu Province" (1991), "The Second China National Culture Expo" (1992), "The Second China Folk Painting Exhibition" (1992), "The Sixth National Art Exhibition" (1985), "National Printmaking Exhibition" (1986), "Beijing? Ethnic Culture Expo" (1992), "The First Chinese Peasant Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition" (1993), "Jiangsu Provincial Painting Hometown Works Exhibition" (1994), "Chinese Craftswoman Crafts Grand Prix" (1995), "Chinese Folk Art Exposition" (1996), "The Second Peasant Painting and Calligraphy Competition of Jiangsu Province" (1997), "National Hundreds of millions of farmers to celebrate the National Day Painting and Calligraphy Competition" (1997), Rizhao, Shandong Province, "New Century, New Style Peasant Painting Exhibition" (2001), Zhejiang Xiuzhou, "the First Chinese Peasant Painting Art Festival" (2001), Zhejiang Zhoushan, Zhejiang Province, "National Peasant Painting Exhibition" (2003), Tuxian County, Shaanxi Province, Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, "National Farmers' (Fishermen's) Painting Exhibition" (2004), "The Seventh China Shanghai International Art Festival" (2005), The 7th China Shanghai International Art Festival" (2005), "China Jinshan International Folk Painting Invitation Exhibition" (2005), "'Sailing in Qingdao' 2005 National Modern Folk Painting Exhibition" and so on. More than 10,000 works have been exchanged to more than ten countries and regions such as the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Japan, Italy and Singapore.

In 2007, "Pizhou New Year's Paintings" was listed in the first batch of provincial intangible cultural heritage by the Department of Culture of Jiangsu Province, and in mid-August, 2010, in the first China Peasant Painting Exhibition held in Yinchuan, Ningxia Province, 13 peasant painting authors in Pizhou participated in the competition on behalf of Jiangsu Province and won awards for all the 13 pieces of work. Among them, Chen Linlin's work "mother and child love" won the gold medal, Zou Wencai's "blue printed cloth", Chen Mo's "meet the big market" won the silver medal, Zhang Shicai's "small farmhouse", Chen Ying's "wheat yellow head" won the bronze medal, Chen Ziliang and other 8 farmer painters were awarded the excellence award.

In 2014, the "Speak Civilization, Shue Xinfeng" public service advertisement is a publicity campaign organized by the Central Propaganda Department and the Central Civilization Office, which has been widely carried out by the central major news media and Internet sites. The reporter learned yesterday from Pizhou City, Jiangsu Province, the city's peasant painters Zou Wencai, Yang Niancheng, Zhang Shicai just received at the same time the Central Propaganda Department, the Central Civilization Office, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television and other units issued by the honorary certificate, the three created by the peasant paintings are "civilization, a new style" public service announcements included in the near future will be in the national media joint broadcast.