Wu Biduan 伍必端 (Chinese, born 1926)
Lu Xun (Zhongguo zuojia- Lu Xun xiansheng)
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Wu Biduan 伍必端 (Chinese, born 1926)1998
Lu Xun (Zhongguo zuojia- Lu Xun xiansheng)
Wu Biduan 伍必端 (Chinese, born 1926) →Chinese (culture or style)woodcutprint
Date
1998
Medium
Multi-block woodcut printed with water-soluble ink
Dimensions
42.9 × 34.6 cm (16 15/16 × 13 5/8 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Margaret Gentles Fund
This print portrays Lu Xun, a leading figure of modern Chinese literature and father of the Modern Woodcut Movement, seated in an armchair, cigarette in hand. Rendered in crisp, thick lines, this print is reminiscent of the left-wing woodcut prints favored by Lu Xun in the 1930s. Above the figure, Wu Biduan inscribed a well-known poem composed by Lu Xun in 1931, which commemorates the lives of five young members of the League of Left-Wing Writers who were killed by the Nationalist government in Shanghai for their pro-Communist activities.
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