Chinatown Market, San Francisco 1878 by Chinese artist Mian Situ from Snow Goose Gallery.

 

Artist Mian Situ says, “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.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."