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Gu Yuan (1919-96)

Bring Sweetness to the People

1996

Woodblock print

29 x 23 cm

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Gu Yuan made this print in the last year of his life. There is no explicit political content in the image, though the message is a communal one: bring sweetness to the people. The dominant feature is a blossom-covered tree, with the bee-keeping work in the background. Like many artists, after the Cultural Revolution Gu Yuan made more landscapes and nature scenes—subjects of personal choice, rather than the propaganda art required from 1949 to the end of the 1970s.

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Muban Educational Trust registration number guvyv009