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Gu YUAN  -  1919-1996      

Gu Yuan

Gu Yuan 1919-1996

Gu Yuan was born in Zhongshan in Guangdong province in 1919. He had studied art at Lu Xun Academy of Literature and Arts in Yunnan. Later Gu Yuan became the head of the woodblock printing department. He has been active in art education at various institutions including the Central Academy of Fine Arts where he served as the president. Gu Yuan was the executive director and the vice chairman of the Chinese Artists Association. He had visited India, Japan, Germany and other countries in 1956 to promote cultural activities between Communist China and the rest of the World. Two books have been published with his art works, "The Selected Works of Gu Yuan" and "The Woodblock Prints of Gu Yuan".
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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