Artist Gao Xiaohua People Oil Painting Work – Catch the Train
Painting Title: Catch the Train
Artist: Gao Xiaohua (China)
Painting Size: 4.5*1.4m
Media: Oil on Canvas
Creation Time: 1982
Bargain Value: RMB 3.63 million Yuan
“Catch the Train” was created by artist Gao Xiaohua at the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts in 1982. The oil painting work is 4.5 m long, 1.4 meters, which painted a true picture of the scene crowd to catch the train in the 1980s China, as there are so many people, with strong shocking characteristics of the times. so it was renowed the “Riverside Scenery of Qingming Festival” in Chinese art world .
Desalination techniques that be used in the native naturalistic painting is obvious, oil painting “catch the Train” created by artist Gao Xiaohua is just like a scene in a continuous plot. Those dramatic confliction and affairs, emotions and mental logiscitc relation exisited in the ‘scar painting’ in the early times have been desalted greatly. Almost all of countryside naturalism painting artisits had painted scar paintings. and From scar to countryside, which showing that the perspective of people of artists has shifted.
About Artist Gao Xiaohua:
Mr. Gao Xiaohua, is one of a young painters that has outstanding contribution to the the late Chinese painting history of late the 20th century.
Mr. Gao xiaohua is also a representative figure of the “Sichuan Painting Group”, his initial famous work “Why” opened a start to the Chinese contemporary “scar art”. The oil painting work “catch the train” created in 1982 was renowed as the”Riverside” in the oil painting circle, In 1999 this oil painting also be adward as “the 20th century Artistic Contribution Award” awarded by the U.S. Asia-Pacific Academy of Arts; In 2003, this work be austioned out with a very high pirce of 3.63 million yuan.
In 1985, Mr. Gao Xiaohua went to study in U.S.A;
In 2000, Mr. Gao Xiaohua accpeted the invitation of Chongqing University of Arts and return home and taught at the Humanities Education Institute.
Main Exhibitions:
1979: National Fine Arts Exhibition
1985: China Fine Arts Gallery Exhibition
1985: International Youth Art Exhibition
1986: U.S. Pacific Asia Museum
1988: New York Hammer Gallery
1995: Bao’er Museum USA
1997: Carney Museum
2004: Blue Space Academic invitation Show (Chengdu, China)
2005:
“Past impression” Gao Xiaohua Chrished Collection of Manuscripts Exhibition (Blue Space Gallery, Chengdu)
“Big River – Up and Down” New Ear Chinese Oil Painting Review Exhibiton (China Fine Arts Gallery)
“The Authority of Body” – Eight Artists from Chengdu and Chongqin Districts on Shelved oil painting works Exhibiton (Blue Space Gallery & Chongqing Art Gallery)
Publications:
1986: “Gao Xiaohua Painting Portraits”
1994: “Gao Xiaohua Oil Painting Collection of Yi People”
2003: Contemporary Chinese Famous Artist Gao Xiaohuia – History and Reality”
2004: China Comtemporaty Warlords Artists Oil painting Selection – Gao Xiaohua“ (1#&2#)
2005: “Past impression” Gao Xiaohua Chrished Manuscripts Collection Exhibition”
* Original address of this oil painting artist post: Contemporary Chinese Artist Gao Xiaohua Oil Painting Art Appreciation — Catch the Train





















































