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Cultural Revolution: State Graphics in China in the 1960s and 1970s (II)

(from 11th Jul until 20th Nov 2011)

Explore the bold and colourful imagery found on posters and other items from this revolutionary period.

Detail of Figures and flags in front of Great Hall of the People, China, 1976 (Museum No: EA2006.263
Chairman Mao talking to a group of workersfront

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Chairman Mao talking to a group of workers

  • Description

    Zhao Youping is an oil painter from the Central Academy of Fine Art, where she has taught since 1955. She was influenced in her early years by the art journals and catalogues published by U.S.S.R., as well as a trip to Tibet. Yuan Ying is a writer and poet best known for his stories written for children and young people. The title above the image reads 'Follow Chairman Mao's Words, Become Successors of the Revolution' and the verse on the bottom left corner of the poster reads:

    Chairman Mao’s teaching is our source of endless power; Chairman Mao’s voice is always and forever remembered in our hearts. Reading Chairman Mao’s books, we engage in the furnace of revolutionary fights; Following Chairman Mao’s words, we move forward holding high the red flag of revolution!

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › China (place of creation)
    Asia › China › Hebei province › Beijing (place of publication)
    Date
    November 1964
    Artist/maker
    Zhao Youping (born 1932) (designer)
    Ying Yuan (born 1924) (author)
    Associated people
    People's Fine Arts Publishing House (established 1951) (publisher)
    Xinhua Bookstore (established 1937) (retailer)
    Mao Zedong (Chairman Mao) (1893 - 1976) (subject)
    Archive Library of Hebei Province (active after 1964) (said to have been owned by)
    Material and technique
    lithograph
    Dimensions
    53.2 x 77 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    printed › planographic print › lithograph
    Object type index
    visual representation › print,
    visual representation › print › poster,
    communications equipment › poster
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Purchased with the assistance of the E. H. North Bequest, 2006.
    Accession no.
    EA2006.295

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