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Du HONGNIAN  -  1928-1998      From the Mao Zedong Era.

Du Hongnian

Du Hongnian 1928-1998

Hongnian Du is an artist of the era of Mao Zedong. He had joined the People' Liberation Army (PLA) in Nanjing in 1950. In 1956 Hongnian Du learned oil painting in Shanghai Youth Art Study Class. In 1958 Hongnian retired from the PLA and was sent to Heilongjiang province, at that time a huge development project to turn the wastelands into an agricultural area. In 1962 Hongnian Du became a member of the Artists' Association of Heilongjiang province. His works have been shown and awarded at national Chinese art exhibitions. During his lifetime his prints and paintings have been shown in Albania. Art works by Hongnian Du are in the collections of the National Art Museum of China.
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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