Song Enhou (b. 1936) Yingkou, Liaoning His artist's sobriquet is Shizhan

Song was a master electric welder working in Harbin before being transferred, in 1956, to Wuhan, Hubei, to take part in constructing China's second largest steel production plant. For thirty years he worked for the First Metallurgical Construction Company of the Ministry of Metallurgical Industries. In the 1950s he learned informally to paint and make woodblock prints and subsequently was awarded many prizes, including National First Class Artist, for his success as a worker-artist. He has been a member of the Wuhan Cultural Union, vice-chairman of the Wuhan Calligraphers' Association, member of the councils of the Chinese Artists' Association and Chinese Printmakers' Association, and vice-chairman of the Hubei branch of the Chinese Artists'Association.

105. Again Good Quality Steel 1959 21.3 x 24.5 cm Polychromatic; oil-based inks on Chinese paper Signed and numbered by the artist: 7/30 Increase in steel production, a prime objective of the Great Leap Forward, was celebrated in all media.       106. Untitled n.d., but early 1970s 35.3 x 57.6 cm Polychromatic; oil-based inks on yang paper Signed by the artist Inspired by "the little red book," young people dressed in the clothing of the People's Liberation Army gaze out at their nation's noble mountains.     108. The Eagle Attracts the Big Sky 1981 49 x 54 cm Polychromatic; oil-based inks on yang paper Signed, title inscribed and numbered by the artist: 5/20   109. Five Colors, Six Hues 1984 48 x 45 cm Polychromatic; oil-based inks on yang paper Signed, title inscribed by the artist: 7/20