Wu Fan

Wu Fan (Simplified Chinese: 吴凡; Hanyu Pinyin: Wú Fán) (born December 1923) is a Chinese artist from Chongqing in Sichuan province. He studied guohua with Pan Tianshou and Li Keran and oil painting with Ni Yide.[1] He is most famous as a woodblock print artist. His most famous work 'Dandelion' (1959) demonstrates his mastery of the shuiyin printing style and won gold prize at the Leipzig International Print Competition.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Sullivan, Michael (2006). Modern Chinese Artists. University of California Press. p. 175. ISBN 978-0-520-24449-8.
  2. ↑ Andrews, J.F. (1994). Painters and Politics in the People's Republic of China: 1949-1979. University of California Press. ISBN 0-520-07981-7. pp.274.


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