What are the different themes of the first batch of export paintings in Qing Dynasty?

At first, the themes of export paintings in Qing Dynasty included tea making, pottery making and silk making.

Export paintings in the late Qing Dynasty (also known as "trade paintings") refer to paintings made for the purpose of foreign sales, especially those made in Guangdong coastal ports and aimed at Europeans.

Its appearance is closely related to the exchanges between businessmen in southern China and Europe. Foreigners buy China's paintings in China, just like modern travelers buy tourist postcards. "Export painting" is a short-lived phenomenon before the popularization of photography. When photography can leave exotic scenery and people more conveniently, its decline will become inevitable.

As early as a century or two ago, Guangzhou's vivid urban life was fixed on export paintings. Bustling street business, noisy street entertainment, full of fireworks; The energetic figures in the painting are the epitome of countless residents who once lived in this city.

Guangzhou scenery is the favorite export painting theme of Guangzhou Port export painters in the19th century. Today, let's learn about the old things and street customs of Guangfu in this period through the export paintings of the Qing Dynasty, and explore those Guangzhou marks that have long disappeared or survived! It turns out that Guangzhou people are pragmatic, tolerant, calm and humorous, and Guangdong businessmen's keen grasp of business opportunities and service spirit have long been deeply integrated.