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Yang Kaisheng, born 1940
A Foggy Morning
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Mr. Yang Kaisheng, born 1930, was one of the hundred thousands of pioneers and soldiers sent to Heilongjiang province in the 1950s. Their task was to turn the former wasteland, also called "The Great Wilderness" into farmland. To boost morale for the settlers, the Chinese government had from the beginning supported the development of fine arts. Mr. Yang Kaisheng was one of the artist pioneers out of which grew one of today's major printmaking centers of China.

Artist Soldier of the PLA

Mr. Yang Kaisheng is a famous artist of China. He had joined the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1949. Since then he has created artwork.

He graduated from Luxun Fine Arts Institute in 1956. In 1958 he retired from the PLA and was sent to Heilongjiang province. Later he became an editor of serval art and printmaking magazines.

The artist's works have been shown and awarded at national Chinese art exhibitions. His prints and paintings have been exhibited in Japan, the United States, France, Italy, Austria, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Some of his works are in the collection of the National Art Museum of China.

Co-Founder of Beidahuang Art School

Yang Kaisheng, born 1940
A Song of Autumn
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Mr. Yang Kaisheng is a famous artist in China. He is one of the founders of the Great Northern Wilderness Printing School known as Beidahuang Art School.

He is a member of China Artists Association and China Printmakers Association. Mr. Yang Kaisheng holds the post of vice president of the Great Northern Wilderness Printing School. He is a Class A artist at the Printmaking Institute of Heilongjiang province and he holds a Grade 1 in the "official" ranking of Chinese national artists.

In 1996 Yang Kaisheng won the Luxun prize of China Printmakers Association. The artist is listed in:

• Art Yearbook of China.
• Dictionary of Chinese Famous Artists.

Major artworks are The Golden Dusk and Hometown.

Literature for Yang Kaisheng

The artworks of Yang Kaisheng were published in a book titled "The Selected Prints of Yang Kaisheng". We have no ISBN number nor the publisher nor the year of publication. Exact and precise documentation is not the strength of Chinese artists. But these books do exist. They are usually well made, kept in Chinese and were published in Hong Kong. We assume that they are financed at least to a part by state-sponsored funds and are therefore reserved for artists who are considered to be important.

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