Hebei Xinji Farmer Painting Research

Farmer’s painting mural movement of Hebei Xinji started from the fifties of20thcentury, through the development of the past six decades, there were three movementclimaxes, the first is the mural "Great Leap Forward" period, the county vigorously mademural painting, which is refreshing, but soon faded; the second climax is the CulturalRevolution, although the works focus on the shape and lines, the level increased,increasingly elegant style works fine, but with a serious element of the Cultural Revolution,becoming political tools; the third climax is the reform and opening up, Hebei Xinji farmerpaintings finally get rid of the shackles of political, which embarked on a return to self,self-concern road. Meanwhile, under the guidance of art instructor, absorbed and learned avariety of traditional forms of folk art paintings and paper cutting, whose embroidery, colorcontrast dynamically, strong, exaggerated, summarized, along with the unique full Hebeiregion, rugged, simple yet profound artistic features, rich atmosphere of life, which reflectsthe new era of farmers’ lives passion and aesthetic appealing, as well as farmer paintings ofHebei Xinji on the stage of the world, frequently exhibited, renowned and won awards atboth home and abroad, domestic and foreign friends.Yet, farmer paintings of Hebei Xinji was famous for a time, recently it met a bottleneck,retired, and faced with the lack of these two serious problems and lack of drawing talentmarket concept, hindering the development of farmer paintings in Hebei Xinji. Graduallydeclining farmer paintings of Hebei Xinji, and warned that we should increase theprotection, strengthen development, and respected for folk art, respected farmer creation,continuous reflection, introspection, the arts hold a conscious, self-consciousness, in orderto make farmer paintings of Xinji vital in long-term.