Wu Qiangnian   (b. 1937) Maoming, Guangdong

In 1958 Wu graduated from the middle school of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, where he learned the fundamentals of creating Soviet socialist realist art. He began making woodcuts in 1959, when he was assigned to the Chongqing branch of the Chinese Artists' Association. Wu also has worked as art editor for the magazine Chongqing Pictorial.

90. Our Group's Party Secretary 1961 34 x 27 cm Black and white; oil-based ink on Chinese paper Signed and title inscribed by the artist   91. Tears Fall Along Changan Road, Bidding Farewell to the Premier 1978 66.5 x 132 cm Black and white; oil-based ink on Chinese paper Signed and title inscribed by the artist Premier Zhou Enlai,who died in January 1976,was a veteran associate of Mao Zedong and a national hero who symbolized moderation for both intellectuals and ordinary people during the turbulent decade of the Cultural Revolution. Zhou was not given a state funeral, but ordinary Chinese honored him in Tiananmen Square with a mountain of wreaths placed at the base of the Monument to the People's Heroes, seen dimly in the print behind the mourners.