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Reading Hard

  • Description

    This print depicts a Tibetan shepherd reading a book, implying that under Communist rule, Tibetan shepherds, who used to be slaves, have become literate. Li worked as a full-time printmaker in the Sichuan Artists’ Association for four decades, and is one of the leading representatives of the Sichuan School of printmaking. He has used various woodcut techniques to portray the lives of Tibetan people and an underlying social comment is often found in his work.

  • Details

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    Associated place
    Asia › China (place of creation)
    Date
    designed 1962
    printed 1984
    Artist/maker
    Li Huanmin (born 1930) (printmaker)
    Material and technique
    woodcut, printed with oil-based ink
    Dimensions
    sheet 67 x 77 cm (height x width)
    print 55 x 63 cm (height x width)
    Material index
    processed material › paper
    Technique index
    printed › relief print › woodcut
    Object type index
    visual representation › print
    No. of items
    1
    Credit line
    Purchased, 2007.
    Accession no.
    EA2007.35

  • Further reading

    Weimin He, and Shelagh Vainker, Chinese Prints 1950-2006 in the Ashmolean Museum (Oxford: Ashmolean Museum, 2007), no. 37 on p. 45, illus. p. 45

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Location

    • currently in research collection

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Publications online

  • Chinese Prints 1950-2006 in the Ashmolean Museum by Weimin He and Shelagh Vainker

    Chinese Prints 1950-2006 in the Ashmolean Museum

    I depict people, their noble characters, their rich inner world and their graceful bearing, because people are the motivational force of history.

    Li first studied art in 1947 at the National Peking Art College. Having experienced a time of turmoil, he studied in the special classes for cadres at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing between 1949 and 1951. In 1951 he was appointed art designer in Chongqing for the Xinhua Daily. Following the establishment of the Sichuan Artists’ Association in 1953, Li worked as a full-time printmaker for four decades. He has used various woodcut techniques to portray the lives of Tibetan people; his observation of character is perceptive and there is often an underlying social comment to be found in his work.

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