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Li Chengming

Master of the Poem

1973

Woodblock print

44 x 91 cm

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We have no biographical or professional information about Li Chengming. This may imply that he was an ‘amateur’ artist in his work unit during the latter part of the Cultural Revolution. The print is in the style of the early-mid 1970s: no longer bombastic nor menacing, as in the late 1960s; optimistic and heroic, but not always explicitly political. Many prints and posters of these years celebrated the daily activities of workers, peasants and soldiers, working or at leisure.

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Muban Educational Trust registration number livcm001