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"Footprints Across The Ocean: From Social Realism to Visual Realism", Gan Yu’s Solo Exhibition at SCHMUCKER ART GALLERY OF GETTYSBURG COLLEGE, Sept 3 – Dec 6, 2025
Peasant Portraits, 1981-1983
During the first and second year of my college studies, we often went to the countryside or mountains in different areas of China to paint and sketch. The portraits of these peasants and the environments they live in are all that I drew and paint. Gan Yu
在大学一年级和二年级期间，我们经常去中国不同地区的农村或山区画写生。农民的头像和他们所生活的环境就是我所画的全部内容。
"Farmer Portrait 1", Charcoal on Newsprint, 14.5" x 19", 1982
"Farmer Portrait 1", Charcoal on Newsprint, 14.5" x 19", 1982
During the first and second year of my college studies, we often went to the countryside or mountains in different areas of China to paint and sketch. The portraits of these peasants and the environments they live in are all that I draw and paint. Gan Yu
在大学一年级和二年级期间，我们经常去中国不同地区的农村或山区画写生。农民的头像和他们所生活的环境就是我所画的全部内容。
During the first and second year of my college studies, we often went to the countryside or mountains in different areas of China to paint and sketch. The portraits of these peasants and the environments they live in are all that I draw and paint. Gan Yu
在大学一年级和二年级期间，我们经常去中国不同地区的农村或山区画写生。农民的头像和他们所生活的环境就是我所画的全部内容。
"Farmer Portrait 2", Charcoal on Newsprint, 14.5" x 18", 1982
"Farmer Portrait 2", Charcoal on Newsprint, 14.5" x 18", 1982
During the first and second year of my college studies, we often went to the countryside or mountains in different areas of China to paint and sketch. The portraits of these peasants and the environments they live in are all that I draw and paint. Gan Yu
在大学一年级和二年级期间，我们经常去中国不同地区的农村或山区画写生。农民的头像和他们所生活的环境就是我所画的全部内容。
During the first and second year of my college studies, we often went to the countryside or mountains in different areas of China to paint and sketch. The portraits of these peasants and the environments they live in are all that I draw and paint. Gan Yu
在大学一年级和二年级期间，我们经常去中国不同地区的农村或山区画写生。农民的头像和他们所生活的环境就是我所画的全部内容。
"Farmer Portrait 3", Charcoal on Newsprint, 14.5" x 19", 1982
"Farmer Portrait 3", Charcoal on Newsprint, 14.5" x 19", 1982
During the first and second year of my college studies, we often went to the countryside or mountains in different areas of China to paint and sketch. The portraits of these peasants and the environments they live in are all that I draw and paint. Gan Yu
在大学一年级和二年级期间，我们经常去中国不同地区的农村或山区画写生。农民的头像和他们所生活的环境就是我所画的全部内容。
During the first and second year of my college studies, we often went to the countryside or mountains in different areas of China to paint and sketch. The portraits of these peasants and the environments they live in are all that I draw and paint. Gan Yu
在大学一年级和二年级期间，我们经常去中国不同地区的农村或山区画写生。农民的头像和他们所生活的环境就是我所画的全部内容。
"Farmer Portrait 4", Charcoal on Newsprint, 14.5" x 17.5", 1982
"Farmer Portrait 4", Charcoal on Newsprint, 14.5" x 17.5", 1982
During the first and second year of my college studies, we often went to the countryside or mountains in different areas of China to paint and sketch. The portraits of these peasants and the environments they live in are all that I draw and paint. Gan Yu
在大学一年级和二年级期间，我们经常去中国不同地区的农村或山区画写生。农民的头像和他们所生活的环境就是我所画的全部内容。
During the first and second year of my college studies, we often went to the countryside or mountains in different areas of China to paint and sketch. The portraits of these peasants and the environments they live in are all that I draw and paint. Gan Yu
在大学一年级和二年级期间，我们经常去中国不同地区的农村或山区画写生。农民的头像和他们所生活的环境就是我所画的全部内容。
"Farmer Portrait 5", Charcoal on Newsprint, 14.5" x 18", 1982
"Farmer Portrait 5", Charcoal on Newsprint, 14.5" x 18", 1982
During the first and second year of my college studies, we often went to the countryside or mountains in different areas of China to paint and sketch. The portraits of these peasants and the environments they live in are all that I draw and paint. Gan Yu
在大学一年级和二年级期间，我们经常去中国不同地区的农村或山区画写生。农民的头像和他们所生活的环境就是我所画的全部内容。
During the first and second year of my college studies, we often went to the countryside or mountains in different areas of China to paint and sketch. The portraits of these peasants and the environments they live in are all that I draw and paint. Gan Yu
在大学一年级和二年级期间，我们经常去中国不同地区的农村或山区画写生。农民的头像和他们所生活的环境就是我所画的全部内容。
"Farmer Portrait 6", Charcoal on Drawing Paper, 17" x 18", 1982
"Farmer Portrait 6", Charcoal on Drawing Paper, 17" x 18", 1982
During the first and second year of my college studies, we often went to the countryside or mountains in different areas of China to paint and sketch. The portraits of these peasants and the environments they live in are all that I draw and paint. Gan Yu
在大学一年级和二年级期间，我们经常去中国不同地区的农村或山区画写生。农民的头像和他们所生活的环境就是我所画的全部内容。
During the first and second year of my college studies, we often went to the countryside or mountains in different areas of China to paint and sketch. The portraits of these peasants and the environments they live in are all that I draw and paint. Gan Yu
在大学一年级和二年级期间，我们经常去中国不同地区的农村或山区画写生。农民的头像和他们所生活的环境就是我所画的全部内容。
"Farmer Portrait 7", Charcoal on Newsprint, 19" x 14.5", 1982
"Farmer Portrait 7", Charcoal on Newsprint, 19" x 14.5", 1982
During the first and second year of my college studies, we often went to the countryside or mountains in different areas of China to paint and sketch. The portraits of these peasants and the environments they live in are all that I draw and paint. Gan Yu
在大学一年级和二年级期间，我们经常去中国不同地区的农村或山区画写生。农民的头像和他们所生活的环境就是我所画的全部内容。
During the first and second year of my college studies, we often went to the countryside or mountains in different areas of China to paint and sketch. The portraits of these peasants and the environments they live in are all that I draw and paint. Gan Yu
在大学一年级和二年级期间，我们经常去中国不同地区的农村或山区画写生。农民的头像和他们所生活的环境就是我所画的全部内容。
During the first and second year of my college studies, we often went to the countryside or mountains in different areas of China to paint and sketch. The portraits of these peasants and the environments they live in are all that I draw and paint. Gan Yu
在大学一年级和二年级期间，我们经常去中国不同地区的农村或山区画写生。农民的头像和他们所生活的环境就是我所画的全部内容。
During the first and second year of my college studies, we often went to the countryside or mountains in different areas of China to paint and sketch. The portraits of these peasants and the environments they live in are all that I draw and paint. Gan Yu
在大学一年级和二年级期间，我们经常去中国不同地区的农村或山区画写生。农民的头像和他们所生活的环境就是我所画的全部内容。
"Farmer Portrait 8", Charcoal on Rice Paper, 22" x 14.5", 1982
"Farmer Portrait 8", Charcoal on Rice Paper, 22" x 14.5", 1982
During the first and second year of my college studies, we often went to the countryside or mountains in different areas of China to paint and sketch. The portraits of these peasants and the environments they live in are all that I draw and paint. Gan Yu
在大学一年级和二年级期间，我们经常去中国不同地区的农村或山区画写生。农民的头像和他们所生活的环境就是我所画的全部内容。
During the first and second year of my college studies, we often went to the countryside or mountains in different areas of China to paint and sketch. The portraits of these peasants and the environments they live in are all that I draw and paint. Gan Yu
在大学一年级和二年级期间，我们经常去中国不同地区的农村或山区画写生。农民的头像和他们所生活的环境就是我所画的全部内容。
"Farmer Portrait 9", Charcoal on Newsprint, 18" x 14.5", 1982
"Farmer Portrait 9", Charcoal on Newsprint, 18" x 14.5", 1982
During the first and second year of my college studies, we often went to the countryside or mountains in different areas of China to paint and sketch. The portraits of these peasants and the environments they live in are all that I draw and paint. Gan Yu
在大学一年级和二年级期间，我们经常去中国不同地区的农村或山区画写生。农民的头像和他们所生活的环境就是我所画的全部内容。
During the first and second year of my college studies, we often went to the countryside or mountains in different areas of China to paint and sketch. The portraits of these peasants and the environments they live in are all that I draw and paint. Gan Yu
在大学一年级和二年级期间，我们经常去中国不同地区的农村或山区画写生。农民的头像和他们所生活的环境就是我所画的全部内容。
"Farmer Portrait 10", Charcoal on Newsprint, 19" x 14.5", 1982
"Farmer Portrait 10", Charcoal on Newsprint, 19" x 14.5", 1982
During the first and second year of my college studies, we often went to the countryside or mountains in different areas of China to paint and sketch. The portraits of these peasants and the environments they live in are all that I draw and paint. Gan Yu
在大学一年级和二年级期间，我们经常去中国不同地区的农村或山区画写生。农民的头像和他们所生活的环境就是我所画的全部内容。
During the first and second year of my college studies, we often went to the countryside or mountains in different areas of China to paint and sketch. The portraits of these peasants and the environments they live in are all that I draw and paint. Gan Yu
在大学一年级和二年级期间，我们经常去中国不同地区的农村或山区画写生。农民的头像和他们所生活的环境就是我所画的全部内容。
"Farmer Portrait 11", Charcoal on Newsprint, 18" x 14.5", 1982
"Farmer Portrait 11", Charcoal on Newsprint, 18" x 14.5", 1982
During the first and second year of my college studies, we often went to the countryside or mountains in different areas of China to paint and sketch. The portraits of these peasants and the environments they live in are all that I draw and paint. Gan Yu
在大学一年级和二年级期间，我们经常去中国不同地区的农村或山区画写生。农民的头像和他们所生活的环境就是我所画的全部内容。
During the first and second year of my college studies, we often went to the countryside or mountains in different areas of China to paint and sketch. The portraits of these peasants and the environments they live in are all that I draw and paint. Gan Yu
在大学一年级和二年级期间，我们经常去中国不同地区的农村或山区画写生。农民的头像和他们所生活的环境就是我所画的全部内容。
"Farmer Portrait 12", Charcoal on Drawing Paper, 24" x 18", 1982
"Farmer Portrait 12", Charcoal on Drawing Paper, 24" x 18", 1982
During the first and second year of my college studies, we often went to the countryside or mountains in different areas of China to paint and sketch. The portraits of these peasants and the environments they live in are all that I draw and paint. Gan Yu
在大学一年级和二年级期间，我们经常去中国不同地区的农村或山区画写生。农民的头像和他们所生活的环境就是我所画的全部内容。
During the first and second year of my college studies, we often went to the countryside or mountains in different areas of China to paint and sketch. The portraits of these peasants and the environments they live in are all that I draw and paint. Gan Yu
在大学一年级和二年级期间，我们经常去中国不同地区的农村或山区画写生。农民的头像和他们所生活的环境就是我所画的全部内容。
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