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1958

Woodblock print

17 x 26 cm

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Lin Ling is less well known than many of his contemporaries, perhaps because he spent his artistic career in the military, serving in both creative and administrative roles. In the late 1930s and 40s, he produced propaganda for the Resistance against Japan, but also depicted the hardships of rural workers. This print celebrates agricultural abundance, in the style known as ‘Revolutionary Romanticism'. The huge flowers and vegetables belie the disastrous agricultural situation of the Great Leap Forward (1958-62).

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Muban Educational Trust registration number linlv005