湖北民间年画明代就已产生,到清代中期逐渐兴盛起来。年画作坊遍布十几个县市,远销大江南北、云贵川藏。从存世的作品看,具有较高的艺术价值和研究价值。由于过去宣传介绍的不够,人们对它了解不多。特别是解放后的五十年代到六十年代,美术工作者对民间年画进行改革所取得的丰硕成果更是鲜为人知。今天看来那些作法是适应了当时的时代潮流,满足了人民群众的要求。从中可以体会到民间艺术只有走继承创新之路,才能拓宽市场,博得群众的喜爱。从历史上看,湖北民间年画产区大体可分三个,各地都有自己的特色、风格及 Hubei folk New Year pictures have been produced in the Ming Dynasty, and gradually flourished in the middle of the Qing Dynasty. New Year paintings in more than a dozen counties and cities, are exported to major north-south, Yunnan-Guizhou-Tibet. Viewed from surviving works, it has high artistic value and research value. People did not know much about it because of the lack of introduction in the past. Especially after the liberation from the 1950s to the 1960s, the great achievements made by the artists in reforming the folk New Year paintings are even less well known. Today, those practices seem to have adapted to the tide of the times and met the demands of the people. From which we can understand that only by inheriting and innovating folk art can we broaden the market and win the public’s favorite. Historically, Hubei folk New Year pictures can be divided into three areas, each with its own characteristics, styles and