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Wang GI  -  1918 - ?      

Wang Gi

Wang Gi 1918 - ?

Wang Gi was born in 1918 in Kanton. During world war II he attended Lu Xun Academy of Literature and Arts in Yanan. Later he became a member of the Literary and Cultural Committee of Chongquing. After the war he came to the Central Academy of Fine Arts. There he worked as an art teacher, created art himself and became chief editor of two important art journals - Meishu (Art) and Ban Hua (Prints). His articles and books on Chinese and foreign art are numerous. He holds the positions of chairman of Chinese printmakers' Association and vice-chairman of Chinese Artists' 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