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Wang WEIDE  -  born 1944      from Ningxia Hui in Northwest China

Mr. Wang Weide is a painter and printmaker from the Autonomous Region Ningxia Hui in northwest China. Mr. Wang Weide represents 4 decades of printmaking during a time period that is characterized by great political transitions. The works of the artist are like a mirror of the different times - from the turmoils of the Cultural Revolution under Mao Zedong to a liberal art market.
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Literature sources used for artist biographies:
  • Merritt, Helen and Yamada, Nanako, "Modern Japanese Woodblock Prints 1900-1975", University of Hawaii Press, 1995, ISBN 0-8248-1732-X
  • Lane, Richard, "Images from the Floating World: The Japanese Print", Fribourg, 1978, ISBN 0-914427-54-7
  • Laurance, P.Roberts, "A Dictionary of Japanese Artists", John Weatherhill Inc., New York, 1976
  • Frances Blakemore "Who is Who in Modern Japanese Prints", John Weatherhill, New York and Tokyo, 1975. ISBN 0-8348-0101-9
  • Annual CWAJ catalogs