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40年從未停手,她是北京最野才女 Never Stopped for 40 Years – She's Beijing's Wildest Female Artist

A Beijing painter looks back on forty years of painting. She talks about her body and ageing, the father who took her sketching, the freedom of art school and bold colours in her youth, and the wildflowers and bees near her studio. She also talks about her long partnership with a fellow painter and coming to terms with death.

C15:01一条YitFor Chinese speakersChinese captions by the creator

Talks frankly about menstruation and menopause. The captions are in Traditional characters.

Key words

ChineseEnglish
皱纹 (zhòuwén) wrinkle
白头发 (bái tóufa) grey hair
写生 (xiěshēng) to sketch from life
速写 (sùxiě) quick sketch
颜色 (yánsè) colour
工作室 (gōngzuòshì) studio
野花 (yěhuā) wildflower
蜜蜂 (mìfēng) bee
默契 (mòqì) tacit understanding
无常 (wúcháng) impermanence

Did you understand?

  1. 她小时候,谁带她去画写生?

  2. 她在野花里发现了什么?

  3. 她在街头看到的对联,最后一句是什么?

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