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Dafen used to be an unheard-of farming village but is now an artistic oil painting village with thousands of painters working there. Dafen is a so-called "urban village" in Shenzhen. It only covers about 0.4 square kilometer but is home to over 1,200 painting workshops and over 10,000 painters.
The young artists of Dafen Oil Painting Village are becoming a strong force in original art. Their works are not only popular in the domestic market but also gaining recognition on the international art stage.
Feb 18, 2018 · Reproducing works by famous artists is big business, and for more than 20 years, Dafen oil painting village in southern China has been at the centre of the global trade in art reproductions.
- Al Jazeera Staff
Sep 26, 2016 · Dafen Oil Painting Village is the knock-off oil painting capital of the world, producing 60% of the world’s art reproductions. Here, you can buy as many Van Goghs, Monets, and classical...
Dafen (Chinese: 大 芬; pinyin: Dàfēn; Jyutping: daai6 fan1) is a suburb of Buji, Longgang, Shenzhen, in the province of Guangdong, China. Since 1989, the area has been an artists' village for the production of replicas of masterworks and outsourcing of original art creation as a specialised urban cottage industry.
The 10,000 Masterpieces of Dafen Village. Colin Lowther and Alice Irrizary talk about an interesting village in China where painters have been learning to paint in the style of Vincent van Gogh.
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Jul 19, 2018 · The documentary travels through the Dafen oil painting village, where painters tirelessly churn out copies of historical masterpieces.
