Mian Situ 'Golden Spike Ceremony'
With the Union asunder and in the midst of the American Civil War, Abraham Lincoln recognized that the building of the First Transcontinental Railroad was not a side project to be put aside and left dependent upon the outcome of the war. It was a task that defined the full potential of a unified nation. It would be started despite the war and stand as the restored Union’s first great accomplishment after the war.
A nation set to burst forth on the world was foreshadowed that day. Mian Situ’s Golden Spike Ceremony places us in the middle of that historic moment on May 10, 1869 at Promontory Summit in what was known then as Utah Territory. The railroads, which represented the day’s apex of progress and technology, joined the nation.The diverse melting pot of peoples that would make the United States so great conceived, financed and literally with their hands, hewed out of the North American soil this vital commercial artery.They gathered around as Leland Stanford, president of the Central Pacific Railroad, drove the final spike that officially joined the Central Pacific and Union Pacific railroads.A single railroad tie-length apart sat the CP No. 60 “Jupiter”
(blue) and the UP No. 119 (red). It is said that during the ceremony itself, the crowd was so thick that photographers could not get close enough to get a clear shot.
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Greenwich Workshop Fine Art Giclée Canvas:
limited to 45 s/n.
52"w x 32"h (unstretched).
Price: £1,640.00
Mian Situ 'Red Balloon' SmallWorks
n China, red is considered the most auspicious color, bringing prosperity, honor and good fortune. At the turn of the twentieth century, Chinese immigrants to the United States incorporated American traditions and inventions with their own. This young boy is fortunate enough to have a red balloon of his own, marked with the flag of his new homeland. Mian Situ's evocative, award-winning portraits cross cultural boundaries and resonate with the universal human experience.
Greenwich Workshop Fine Art SmallWorks™ Giclée Canvas:
limited to 100 s/n.
9"w x 12"h.
April 2008
Price: £140.00
Mian Situ 'Miao Beauty'
Greenwich Workshop Fine Art
SmallWorks™ Giclée Canvas:
limited to 150 s/n.
8" w x 11" h.
August 2007
Price: £140.00
Mian Situ ' Chinatown Market, San Francisco, 1878
“This is a typical Chinese market in old Chinatown, right here in America. In a market like this, one could find the ingredients for the same food they ate in China and prepare it in exactly the same way,” says artist Mian Situ.“The market looked very similar to those in my childhood hometown in Southern China, where I was often sent on errands, so this painting was inspired by both personal childhood memories and late-19th century photographs of San Francisco.
There’s no better time than right now to begin collecting Mian Situ’s Fine Art Limited Editions. Art of the West magazine recently designated Situ one of the “8 True Masters” of today’s Western art world.The original painting of Chinatown Market, San Francisco, 1878 sold for $179,200 at the 2007 Jackson Hole Art Auction, nearly $90,000 above the highest estimated price.This exquisite Fine Art Limited Edition, signed by Mian Situ, and in an edition of only 50, is sure to quickly disappear.
Greenwich Workshop Fine Art Giclée Canvas:
limited to 50 s/n.
36"w x 27"h.
Price: £705.00
Mian Situ 'Preparing for the Festival, San Francisco, 1904'
Greenwich Workshop Fine Art Giclée Canvas
Image Size 30" w x 38" h.
Edition Size: 50 s/n.
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Price: £770.00
Mian Situ "Word of God" Masterwork Canvas Edition
By the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Christian missionaries had been in China for several hundred years, which meant that many Chinese immigrants had encountered Christianity before they ever set foot on American soil.
The women and children (known as “easy believers” by missionaries) at the center of Word of God devote their attention to the preacher. The men stand near the edges of the crowd, distrustful and unwelcoming of the stranger in their midst and perhaps envisioning a future surrounded by such strangers.
The exquisite paintings of award-winning artist Mian Situ provide an evocative window into a point in history when the collision of East and West impacted the future, not only for the men, women, and children involved, but for entire cultures. Individual original paintings by Situ have recently sold for over $250,000, but with a Greenwich Workshop canvas you can afford to bring home the work of this modern-day master. Word of God recently received a Benny award, the highest honor in the 2007 Premier Print Awards.
Image size: 45"w x 30"h.
Edition Size:75
Published from the artist's original work.
Limited Availabilty
Price: £900.00
Mian Situ "The Entrepreneur"
Greenwich Workshop Fine Art MasterWork ~ Giclée Canvas
Artist Mian Situ’s inspiration for The Entrepreneur, a portrait-within-a-portrait, came from a real photograph dating from the 1890s. Like many recent arrivals to the United States, the man against the backdrop would have wanted something from America to send to his family overseas and a photograph such as this was common.
Situ speculates that the flower in the Chinese man’s hand was most likely the photographer’s idea, as a Chinese man would not have thought to hold a flower in something as important as a photograph. However, in an attempt to learn and fit in with the customs of their new country, such a man (and his family) would be inclined to do what was asked of them or what they were told “should be done in America.” This man and his family have arrived in traditional Chinese dress for their visit to the “modern” American photo studio. The joining of old and new worlds, of east and west, is a central theme in Situ’s work.
41" w x 33 " h.
100 s/n.
Shipping in March 2007
Price: £1,230.00
Mian Situ 'Everybody Loves a Cowboy'
Fine Art Giclée Canvas
32" w x 28" h.
100 s/n.
Shipping in November
Price: £810.00
Mian Situ 'Sutter´s Gold'
Situ is a master at capturing the experience of the brave immigrants who built the American West.With rich and dramatic use of color, his paintings are snapshots of history in the making.“Gold was found in considerable quantities in the newly erected saw mill of Captain Sutter on the American River Fork.This report was the start of the rumors radiating outward from the Sierras that initiated the Gold Rush of 1849.This news also brought the first wave of Chinese immigrants to the United States,” says Situ, who has preserved an epic point in history that defined America’s West.
Image size: 28"w x 23"h.
Edition Size:75
Published from the artist's original work.
Price: £620.00
Mian Situ 'The Toymaker of Ross Alley - San F'
The elderly Chinese immigrant has brought his trade from China-sculpting small figures from dough, which he hand colors.These figures are prized and purchased by the children of Ross Alley in the heart of Chinatown. Originally known for brothels and gambling, Ross Alley is the oldest alley in San Francisco. Today, it is home to the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory and murals depicting the everyday life of the Chinese American community.
Image size: 37"w x 43"h.
Fine Art Masterworks Canvas Edition
Unstretched
Edition Size:75
Published from the artist's original work.
Price: £880.00
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Mian Situ "Word of God" Museum Edition Canvas
By the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Christian missionaries had been in China for several hundred years, which meant that many Chinese immigrants had encountered Christianity before they ever set foot on American soil.
The women and children (known as “easy believers” by missionaries) at the center of Word of God devote their attention to the preacher. The men stand near the edges of the crowd, distrustful and unwelcoming of the stranger in their midst and perhaps envisioning a future surrounded by such strangers.
The exquisite paintings of award-winning artist Mian Situ provide an evocative window into a point in history when the collision of East and West impacted the future, not only for the men, women, and children involved, but for entire cultures. Individual original paintings by Situ have recently sold for over $250,000, but with a Greenwich Workshop canvas you can afford to bring home the work of this modern-day master. Word of God recently received a Benny award, the highest honor in the 2007 Premier Print Awards.
limited to 35 s/n AP.
Image Size:60"w x 40"h (unstretched).
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Price: £2,310.00
Mian Situ 'The Powder Monkeys, Cape Horn 1865'
The California Gold Rush and the opening of the West drove economic interest and demand for a Transcontinental Railroad. In 1863, the Union Pacific began laying track from Omaha to the west while the Central Pacific Railroad Company headed east from Sacramento, California.The two rails would eventually connect on an historic day in May, 1869 in Promontory, Utah.The Central Pacific, plagued by labor and financial problems, laid down only 50 miles of track in the first two years.To compound their problems, the construction path now faced treacherous terrain that rose 7,000 feet into the high Sierras.
In his painting, The Powder Monkeys, artist Mian Situ honors the Chinese laborers who, in 1865, were hired for $28 per month to do the very dangerous work of blasting tunnels and laying tracks.The Chinese, using techniques they learned at home, were lowered in baskets by rope from the top of cliffs.They hand drilled holes into the granite and packed them with black powder (and later nitroglycerine) to blast tunnels.Many workers risked their lives and perished in the harsh winters and dangerous conditions.
Image size: 47"w x 41"h.
Edition Size:25
Published from the artist's original work.
Mian Situ "Wa Girl" SMALL WORK CANVAS
The Yunnan Province of southwest China is a mountainous and remote region that is home to 26 separate tribes including the Wa. The isolation of the province has protected the Wa from the incursion of modern influences that have overcome so much of China. Many of the tribal traditions and ways have survived to this day.
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Image size: 10"w x 8"h.
Edition Size:150
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Mian Situ 'The Overseer, San Fancisco, 1905'
Winner of the David P. Usher Patron's Choice Award at the Autry National Center
The historical subjects and rich palette of artist Mian Situ give the viewer a dramatic vision of a modern master. The Overseer, San Francisco, 1905, recently showcased in the prestigious Autry National Center's annual Masters of the American West Fine Art Exhibition and Sale, is a prime example of how inspiration strikes."I was on a crowded street in Wyoming when I saw a group of children in a line holding a knotted rope following their teacher," Situ says. "Traffic stopped and all eyes were on the procession, reminding me of a similar custom practiced during the Qing Dynasty. Children from different families were entrusted to an overseer while the parents were at work and would be kept in queue by holding hands and hair. The San Francisco background is inspired by street scene photographs of San Francisco's Chinatown district during the early 1900s."
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Mian Situ 'The Golden Mountain - Arriving San Francisco'
By the mid-1800s, news of the discovery of gold in California reached its way across the Pacific and spread quickly throughout China. Trade relations had brought some Chinese to California as early as the sixteenth century, but the gold rush brought tens of thousands of emigrants in search of better economic opportunities and political freedom.
Thirty dollars was the fare for Chinese passage to America, and these passengers were restricted to an area of the upper deck unless foul weather forced them below. This painting depicts a first sighting of America, the Golden Mountain.
Masterworks Canvas Edition
Unstretched
Image size: 49"w x 60"h.
Edition Size:25
Published from the artist's original work.
November 2005
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