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Yang KAISHENG  -  born 1930      Pioneer of Heilongjiang Art School

Mr. Yang Kaisheng is a famous artist of China. He had joined the People's Liberation Army (PLA) in 1949. Since then he has created artwork. The artist's works have been shown and awarded at national Chinese art exhibitions. During his lifetime his prints and paintings have been shown in Japan, the United States, France, Italy, Austria, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Some of his art works are in the collection 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