Yunnan Heavy-Color Painting is a kind of painting originated from Yunnan, China. It is characterized by a combination of traditional Chinese painting techniques and the more expressive Western art forms. They have created a unique style that does not belong exclusively to the East or the West, but to the world.
It is a quite good art painting because of its lucid and lively colors, emphasis of rhythm and veins. It was invented by a lot of painters in Yunnan, such as Ding Shaoguang in the beginning of 1980s. They painted the bright colors of Western Painting on the shape of Chinese Painting, which made the painting lively and magnificent.
Yunnan Heavy-Color Painting has rich local characteristics; it mainly reflects the natural scenery, customs of minority groups, history and culture in Yunnan. The compatibility of exaggerated and realistic figures and various colors bring us mysterious and abstract impression. So, Yunnan Heavy-Color Painting has strong exotic tropical. It is marriage of ancient art customs, masterful brush strokes, and calligraphic lines, mixed with the starkness and beauty of modernism
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