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Evolving out of China’s age-old traditional folk painting, the genre of “farmer painting” refers to the works done by amateur artists who are farmers, herdsmen, or fishmen. These paintings, featuring plain artistic language, pithy and vigorous style, rich coloring, exaggerated depiction, and profound motifs, give an authentic and vivid description of social changes that have taken place in the countryside China over the past half century. Drawing material from the country life with which they are familiar, farmer painters depict the enchanting rural scenery, or the picture of overflowing labor enthusiasm, or the joyous festival celebrations to express their high hopes for life. This album contains over 100 paintings drawn by farmer artists from five towns or counties throughout China.