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Chinese Peasant Artists of Huxian and Jinshan at the Harlow

Beginning in the 1950s, encouraged by the populist vision of Mao Zedong, Chinese peasants began to create colorful, imaginative, deceptively simple, and yet remarkably sophisticated art. These Chinese peasants’ art became internationally famous in the 1980s, leading to the creation of more than 50 schools of such artists throughout China. The two most famous of […]