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Mian Situ Paintings

Chinese, b. 1953
Biography Mian Situ (Born 1953) Winner of the Best of Show in 1995 at the Oil Painters of America, Mian Situ made his art debut in the United States at that time. He is Chinese born and having traveled extensively in that country, he creates impressionist paintings that focus on depicting the everyday life of the people he knows. Situ studied at the Guangzhou Institute of Fine Arts where he had basic academic training. However, during the Cultural Revolution in the mid 1980s, he was ordered to work as a film projectionist for propaganda films. Later he returned to the Institute to graduate. He wanted to study art in America and arrived in Los Angeles in 1987. He worked in a commercial gallery where he copied European paintings for 75 dollars per painting. Born in Southern China, Mian Situ's received his formal art training in his native homeland of Guangdong, formerly Canton. During his schooling, he experimented with various artistic styles such as impressionism, post-impressionism and expressionism. He was also deeply influenced by the 19th Century European Academic Realism that traveled to Russia and was eventually imported to China. His academic training is a result of western influences that were prevalent during the Cultural Revolution, and available only to talented young Chinese. After teaching at the institute for six years, Situ moved to Canada where he became a citizen and lived for ten years before reaching the United States. Situ's paintings clearly reflect his upbringing in the rural countryside of his native China. His deep-toned impressionistic paintings of the backcountry often focus on people going about their daily lives in their small villages and farming communities. Despite leaving China in 1987, the rural countryside life of his youth is one that is still deeply rooted within him. Situ's paintings often combine elements of the young and old, which he sees as symbolic of the passage of time. He endeavors to capture the dignity and quiet beauty of the traditional way of life and dress that is eminently disappearing. Situ's artistic versatility is also evident in his exquisite portraiture, as well as his more recent works inspired by western historical themes and American landscapes. • BFA, MFA, Guangzhou Institute of Fine Arts, China Selected Group Exhibitions • National Museum of Wildlife Art, Western Visions, Jackson, WY, 2014 • Trailside Galleries, East Meets West, Scottsdale, AZ, 2006-2014 • Autry National Center, Masters of the American West, Los Angeles, CA, 2001-2014 Selected Publications • Trailside Galleries, Mian Situ-Colors of the Shaoshu Minzu, April 2013 Selected Press • Western Art Collector, March, 2013 • Southwest Art, May, 2012 • Art of the West, January/February 2011 • Western Art Collector, December, 2010 • Southwest Art, December, 2009 • Art of the West, May/June, 2007 • Fine Art Connoisseur, January, 2006 • American Art Collector, September, 2006 • Art of the West, April, 2005 • Western Art Collector, October, 2007 • Western Art & Architecture, Fall/Winter, 2008 Affiliations • California Art Club- • Oil Painters of America-Signature Member Selected Collections • Autry National Center, Los Angeles, CA Awards See Bio in description for many more awards.
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Artist: Mian Situ
In Tradition
By Mian Situ
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist. Signed "Mian Situ" on lower right Description In this oil painting titled, In Tradition, Mian Situ pays tribute to the ...
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2010s Realist Mian Situ Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Lantern Festival
By Mian Situ
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist. Signed "Mian Situ" on lower left Description The subject of this oil painting by Mian Situ shows a young woman standing poised in a moment of contemplation. The Lantern Festival is a time to remember departed family members. In her deep blue silk robe...
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2010s Realist Mian Situ Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

"Thai Woman at Market" Original Realist Cityscape Market Scene
By Mian Situ
Located in Denver, CO
Artist Statement "This market scene is from Cangyuan county in the Yunnan Province. The woman carrying the basket is Thai, while the other people at the market are from the Wa tribe....
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2010s Realist Mian Situ Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Wa Market
By Mian Situ
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance On consignment to the gallery from a private collector in Newport Beach, California. Artist Statement "The location is in a small town within the province of Yunnan in So...
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2010s Realist Mian Situ Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Maui Coastline
By Mian Situ
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Signed "Mian Situ" on lower left Description A work done en plein air while the artist was visiting the island of Maui, ...
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2010s Realist Mian Situ Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Family Helping Hands
By Mian Situ
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provnance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist. Signed "Mian Situ: on lower right. Description Three Miao sisters from the Guizhou Province of China, accompanied by the...
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2010s Realist Mian Situ Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Noon at Eaton Canyon
By Mian Situ
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Signed " Mian Situ" on lower left FRAMED: 17.25" x 21.25" x 1.625" UNFRAMED: 12" x 16" Artist Statement "Eaton Canyon...
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2010s Impressionist Mian Situ Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A Glimpse of Beauty
By Mian Situ
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist. Signed Mian Situ" on lower left Description The artist portrays his wife, Gloria, in an elegant and refined setting. Her sinuous pose and assured profile project a sense of beauty and confidence. The drape of her pink silk robe hearkens back to her Chinese ancestry and its contrasting embroidered border creates a diagonal line that exudes a feeling of strength. Outside is cool and fresh, the beginning of spring; and the Glimpse of Beauty is viewed from either side of the window. Artist Statement "A Chinese lady looking out of her window enjoying the magnolia blossom in Spring. Her window is decorated with a piece of Paper Cutting art...
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2010s Realist Mian Situ Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Gloria
By Mian Situ
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist. Signed "Mian Situ" on lower left Description Mian Situ portrays his wife, Gloria, as a woman of beauty, dignity, cultu...
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2010s Realist Mian Situ Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

A Sunny Afternoon on the South Course
By Mian Situ
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Signed "Mian Situ" on lower right Exhibited Mian Situ: Passion, History and Culture, American Legacy Fine Arts, Pasadena...
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2010s Realist Mian Situ Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Day Dreaming; Miao Girl
By Mian Situ
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance On consignment to the gallery from a private collector in Newport Beach, California. Signed "Mian Situ" on lower left Artist Statement "Miao people are one of the larges...
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2010s Realist Mian Situ Paintings

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Canvas, Oil, Panel

Prepare to Celebrate
By Mian Situ
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Signed "Mian Situ" on lower left Description Charged with uplifting energy, this beautiful oil painting by Mian Situ is ...
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2010s Realist Mian Situ Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Day Dreamers: Miao Girls fom Basha, Guizhou Province
By Mian Situ
Located in Pasadena, CA
Provenance Acquired by the gallery directly from the artist Signed "Mian Situ" on lower right Description In the painting, “Day Dreamers,” Mian Situ refl...
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2010s Realist Mian Situ Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Companionship
By Mian Situ
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original oil painting on canvas by artist Mian Situ. Framed.
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mian Situ Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Time with Mom
By Mian Situ
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original oil painting on canvas by artist Mian Situ. Framed.
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mian Situ Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Her Big Brother
By Mian Situ
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original oil painting on canvas by artist Mian Situ. Framed.
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mian Situ Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

Hani Tradition
By Mian Situ
Located in Colorado Springs, CO
Original oil painting on canvas by artist Mian Situ. Framed.
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21st Century and Contemporary Realist Mian Situ Paintings

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Canvas, Oil

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Hawaii Coastline
Hawaii Coastline
H 17.75 in W 21.75 in

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