Oil Paintings by Xu Fang - born 1979

This page presents oil paintings by a young, emerging female artist from China. Her name is Xu Fang. She is especially strong in paintings of young Chinese girls - most of which are self-portraits - in photo-realistic manner.

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Graduate of Yunnan Fine Art Academy

Ms. Xu Fang graduated from Yunnan Fine Art Academy, oil painting department, in 1998. From 2000 to 2004, she worked as a teacher of Yunnan Arts and Crafts School.

Currently she works as a professional artist specialized in oil paintings. Ms. Xu Fang is especially good in realistic paintings of Chinese girls. Her artworks attended some provincial and national exhibitions and won several prizes.

By the way, the clothes worn by the girls shown in her paintings were all designed by Ms. Xu Fang herself.

Paintings by Ms. Xu Fang

The paintings by Ms. Xu Fang are very Chinese, and especially typical for paintings in the style of Yunnan Art School. By "typical Chinese" I mean the flowering language in subject, brush stroke and in the titles.

The paintings presented here on this page have not yet entered the art market. They were made for the Chinese art market. For Western eyes the images and the titles may sound and look a bit too sweet, too pleasing - maybe even kitschy. For Chinese people they are not.

In my view they are beautiful. But it requires a bit of non-conformity and the courage to display a taste different from Western mainstream art. I am a German from the mountainous state of Bavaria. And typical for people who grew up and live in a region of mountains, I like strong colors.

In any case, these paintings in oil are technically very well done. What could be more beautiful to decorate your home than a portrait of a young woman of exceptional beauty!