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Mian Situ born in southern China is a painter possessing extreme skill and technique. He trained in his native land and appears to be part of a remarkable cultural transference. This transference occurred when the 19th-century European academic realism traveled to Russia under the reign of the Czars. There it developed in the service of Communism as Socialist Realism and was later imported to Mao's China. These western painting techniques were fostered in the People's Republic of China during the cultural revolution and subsequently available to talented young Chinese. Hardworking Situ grew into one of the best artist.
Situ earned a Bachelor's of Arts and Master of Fine Arts Degree from the Guanzhou Academy of Fine Art, and then worked as a art instructor for six years at the Academy. In 1988, Situ moved to Canada and pursued his painting career. He later emigrated to the United States in 1998 and currently enjoys Southern California.
Some of Situ's current awards are: First Place Prize for the Carmel Art Festival 2000, the Best Painting by the artist choice for the 90th Gold Medal Exhibition of California Art Club 2000, the Corporate National Award of Excellence for the 1999 National Juried Exhibition of Oil Painting of America, and the Grumbacher Gold Medal Award for the 1998 National Juried Exhibition of Oil Painting.
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