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Yan Han (1916-2011)

Develop the Militia’s Activities with Explosives

1948

Woodblock print

22 x 17 cm

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This print was made during the Civil War, inspired by Yan Han’s time in the Taihang Anti-Japanese Base Area (no. 61). Its theme is the mobilization of the rural peasant population, and this support led to greatly expanded ‘liberated’ areas under communist control. The print is in the manner of the nianhua (literally ‘New Year print’), a traditional folk-art form that was highly effective for propaganda among the masses in the 1940s. The nianhua style was flat, colourful and optimistic.

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Muban Educational Trust registration number yanhv069