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Huang Xinbo (1916-80)

He is Not Dead

1941

Woodblock print

14 x 18 cm

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Huang Xinbo made over 200 woodcuts during the Second Sino-Japanese war (1937-45). His style and subjects evoked emotion and imagination, and he was known as ‘the poet of the cutting knife.’ This print was made to commemorate the fallen in the 1941 South Anhui Incident (or New Fourth Army Incident), which marked the end of the supposed cooperation between Nationalists and Communists against Japan. The incident resulted in many Communist losses. Huang was an active member of the Communist Party.

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Educational Trust registration number huaxb007