Fu Lin

(b. 1941) Yuanping, Shanxi

In 1963 Fu joined the People's Liberation Army. He studied woodblock printing informally and, by 1964, his work already was featured in the Third National People's Liberation Army Art Exhibition. He was assigned to the Creation Studio of the Beijing Military District Political Bureau in 1970. His prints were shown in the National Art Exhibition, in 1972 and 1974. He is a member of both the Chinese Printmakers' Association and Chinese Artists' Association.

 

 

104. Mao Zedong's Thought Is Our Life Blood

n.d., but late 1960s or early 1970s

72.6 x 71.4 cm

Polychromatic oil-based industrial inks on yang paper

A worker, peasant and soldier hold the fourth volume of Selection of Mao Zedong's Collected Works. The red star on the books' covers indicates they were published by the People's Liberation Army.