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Chinese Prints
Ms. Lu Hongmei
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Lu Hongmei, a female artist from Inner Mongolia, creates woodblock prints of the charming kind. Her style can best be characterized as "naive". She uses mostly bold colors in large flat areas, and sometimes black key lines as art friends may know from Japanese woodblocks of the 19th century. Lu Hongmei's editions are very small, and she works in the technique of reduction woodblock prints.

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Career of Lu Hongmei

Lu Hongmei is of Mongolian descent. She was born in 1972. The artist graduated from the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region Art Academy in 1996. Today she is a member of Tongliao City Artists Association and of Horqin Left Wing Middle Banner Art Creation Center.

Exhibitions and Awards

The following information about exhibitions of the artist are partly without any dates. They were not obtainable by us. We encounter such problems of a lack of detailed information frequently with Chinese or Mongolian artists. It does not seem to have a meaning for them.

• 2001 - The print "Evening Mist Picture" was selected for "China Art Exhibition for Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Speech in Yan'an Forum on Literature and Art".
• The print "Leisure Picture" won the third prize in an exhibition held by the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region Painting and Calligraphy Association.
• The print "Courtyard and Moon in the Silence" were selected and collected by "China Painting and Calligraphy Competition for Celebrating the 110th Anniversary of Mao Zedong."
• 2004 - The print "Flying" won the bronze prize of "Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region Fine Arts Exhibition" and was acquired by the Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Treasury.
• The print "Daerhan Dusk" was rewarded with the first prize in "Story of Spring - China Painting and Calligraphy Competition for Celebrating the 100th Anniversary of Deng Xiaoping".
• "Watcher" participated in "China Collective Print Communication Exhibition" and was selected for the Horqin Print Album.
• 2005 - The prints "Appointment" and "Eji" won the third prize of the second Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region Print Exhibition.

Gallery of Lu Hongmei Woodblock Prints

Lu Hongmei II

China Prints
Mother, Son and Sunflowers, 2002
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The following works are a few examples of reduction woodblock prints created by Lu Hongmei. All prints on display were offered in artelino online art auctions.

Mother, Son and Sunflowers

With its simple shapes and the bright colors the image is in the style of a children's drawing. The composition makes the viewers recall their childhood. This print obtained the third prize in the Inner Mongolian Fine Arts Exhibition in 2003.

This charming print was created in the technique of a reduction woodblock print. The edition is only 6 copies.

Watcher

Lu Hongmei III

Li Hua - Biography
Watcher, 2003
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An old man from minority of Inner mongolia is looking at something far away, maybe he's keeping an eyeon his son who is working on a field in the distance. "Watcher" participated in "China Collective Print Communication Exhibition" and was selected for the Horqin Print Album.

Edition size is only 6. Technique: reduction woodblock print.

Eji

Lu Hongmei IV

Jie Rentai - Biography
Eji, 2005
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"Eji" is the Inner Mongolians' word for "mother". The image shows an Inner Mongolian mother with her daughter. The mother's costume is simpler and older than her daughter's. This print obtained the third prize of the 2nd Autonomous Province of Inner Mongolia Printmaking Exhibition.

This print was made in an edition of 7 copies. Technique: reduction woodblock print.

Mother Grassland

Lu Hongmei V

Tong Jingfeng - Biography
Mother Grassland, 2002
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Three women are herding their sheeps on the Mongolian grassland shown in dark colors. The style of the print is best characterized as naive painting. The artist uses simplified shapes and flat color areas. Lu Hongmei uses also key lines as known from Japanese woodblock prints of the 19th century.

The print has an edition of 6. Technique: reduction woodblock print.

Dieter Wanczura
(September 2007, updated November 2009)

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