Oil painting Art blog by Lucas Art

As the world’s biggest oil painting producer base of  Xiamen wushipu oil painting village, Not escape  this year’s world financial turmoil , in the past, the oil fragrance abound in painting village, deserted this year, especially, find it hard to see the artist draw to lift, carry draw scenes At present, nearly half of the artist or diverted, or ahead of time go home, and its shape is hard to imagine.
  As the world’s largest oil production base in one of more than one billion output value, accounting for more than 30% of global demand for oil industry in Xiamen, has been its over-dependence on the United States  orders, export orders, is facing a drop test. Small and medium-sized business in the draw general call for “injured” in the context of this for the long-term in the industry chain at the bottom of Xiamen oil painting industry, the escalation of “urgent” and “opportunity” same show.

Orders in the United States to sharply draw small and medium-sized business is “injured” has a draw and advanced artist of the identity provider Mr.Zhang , the recent sudden suspension of its own oil industry expansion. ” my exhibition hall this year before the United States received a customer.” Yuanshan Beili in one thousand square meters of exhibition rooms, MR.Zhang  told its own sad decision: Last month, in order volume of no warmer situation, he determined to transfer out of the exhibition room. This allows him to save 20 million a year expenditure. In the beginning of this year, Mr.Zhang  also thinking of expansion, will be near surrounding a 2000 square meters of warehouse has also rent down. MR.Zhang  told reporters that one of his many years of cooperation between the United States businessmen to him last year on a 50,000 oil painting orders, can be ordered this year, until now more than 200 PCS. In accordance with the understanding of Mr.hang , oil paintings and the real estate market are closely connected, “sub-loan crisis” in the United States under the impact of the largest housing market, reduced demand for oil is also reasonable, “when customers place an order is not so heroic, and also began to worry about Product was a backlog. ”

“I orders this year compared to last year, add 30%, and some colleagues have decreased by almost 50 percent.”  she encountered the same confusion of orders sharply, “and by the canvas and raw materials, rising costs affect , oil painting costs more than 10%, due to fear of losing customers, but also not easily raise prices. “ 

It is understood, oil painting, oil painting artist some of the newly recruited firms, even in the face to their livelihood problems, re-career or from the island to move to lower cost of living, etc. Haicang oil base. Industry respect, Xiamen oil painting industry in converting from the implementation in 2004 of around 200 million market size to nearly one billion last year, the rapid output growth.

We find that the market the new “opporunity” a ” art company” opportunity to expand the site

Compared to the above-mentioned small and medium-sized business draw pessimistic, Xiamen oil painting some circles a “big brother” class has to draw much optimism, and expansion of new sites in full swing.

“I am but a little increase in orders, but I have not expected so much growth.” Xiamen oil painting as a profession, one of the most well-known art dealers, who is also a Ukrainian oil industry Shipu Xiamen Association Arts Industry & Trade Co., Ltd., chairman of the Friends of justice just Zhuangde End participate “Fair.” He told a reporter to disclose the details of this year, come to “Fair” procurement painting the same period in previous years the business is indeed reduced, but the market is the emergence of new “Highlights”, “to the merchants, those who have to copy the traditional oil-based no longer interested, but the abstract for creative processing of the oil paintings, instead of popular favor. “

This has been corroborated by another anonymous of the confirmation- industry. He also told reporters that because of oil products company has to develop in the direction of high-end, order was almost unaffected, “no exaggeration to say that oil painting  has been easy to copy the stage, began to pay attention to the creative.”