On The Bright Sunshine Farmers' Paintings

Rizhao peasant painting, local painting with obvious ethnic and folk flavor which conveys the local life and aesthetic ideals by fishermen, is a kind of folk art forms characterized by its painters—fishermen. Rizhao peasant painting which keeps not only the ethnic and local art style, but also distinct locality and the spirit of the time, has distinct characteristics in content, color and forms of expression. In the decades after the rise of peasant painting, through the laborious practice and research of many local artists and counselors, Rizhao peasant painting has had great progress and been among the best of Chinese modern folk art as one of the "three most famous peasant paintings". The contemporary literary and art circles have studied much on the domestic peasant paintings, and a certain number of wonderful research results are constantly emerging.However, among these results, the research on Rizhao peasant painting is very rare, and the comprehensive and expandable study or discussion on it is even a blank. As a kind of authentic folk paintings in Shandong Province, Rizhao peasant painting is rooted in the local life and conveys the deep love and pure thoughts for their life of fishermen. Its unique artistic glamour condenses the wisdom of the local working people. It is a task entrusted to us by the times to collect, collate and study the information about it and make Rizhao peasant painting clearly and naturally present in the eyes of the world, which is also a help to concerning and promoting our national culture. To this end, the thesis will study and understand Rizhao peasant painting practically through field trips and visits to Rizhao fisher villages and cultural sectors.The thesis will analyze and discuss Rizhao peasant painting from every perspective such as beginning and development, customs and morals, contents and forms, style and features, inheritance and succession, difficulties and solutions. The thesis aims at analyzing Rizhao peasant painting and the problems and opportunities exist in its development comprehensively and contemporarily on the basis of some original theory and research from a perspective of the development, thus the theoretical system research of Rizhao peasant painting can be deepened and enriched. It also aims at attracting more concerns from art lovers and general public on Rizhao peasant painting and makes them understand this charming folk art more deeply and comprehensively, and eventually draws it to a wider dissemination and promotion.