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Wu FAN - born 1923
Wu Fan was born in Chongqing in 1923. He graduated from the National College of Arts in 1948. His works have been exhibited domestically and also internationally. He received many awards including the prestigious Lu Xun Print Award. Two books on him have been published, "Selected Works of Wu Fan" and "Selected Woodblock Prints of Wu Fan". He is the vice chairman of the Sichuan Art Association.
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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