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The portrait appears to be of a local peasant, but could
also be an intellectual youth. It is also unclear if the piece was a
study painting for a major work as its title may indicate. The piece
reflects a return to a socialist realism style from the revolutionary
romanticism that characterized art during the Cultural Revolution (1966-1976),
reflecting an atmosphere of greater artistic freedom that emerged in
the final years of that tumultuous decade. |
