Liu's cultural revolution

Over 200 Chinese artworks will be on display at Shanghai’s Long Museum founded by business tycoon Liu Yiqian

Jun 06, 2015, 06:09 IST2 min

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A bronze statue of Sun Yat-sen, leader of China&rsquos Republican Revolution and hailed as the Father of the Nation in both the mainland and Taiwan, greets guests at the exhibit&rsquos entr...

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Scenes of life in 1930s and 1940s China depict the period&rsquos turbulence, with crowds scrambling for food and peasants dividing up furniture and fabrics confiscated from landlords. (Howe...

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Portraits of Mao Zedong were wildly popular among Red Guard students after the outbreak of the Cultural Revolution in 1966. This wood-block print was created by an art student just out of s...

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Block prints enjoyed particular favour during China&rsquos revolutionary times, partly for their ease of use in making posters<br /><br />

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Many artists were influenced by Lu Xun, left-wing writer and iconic figure in the history of China&rsquos block print art. Communist Party leaders and wartime heroes are among the popular s...

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Tang Daxi, a leading sculptor, captured the moment when a People&rsquos Liberation Army soldier tries to stop a startled horse from rushing into a moving train

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Beginning in the 1950s, oil paintings became increasingly prominent. This oil of a Red Army soldier was painted in the 1960s, after China&rsquos attempts to cut the cord with the Soviets ...

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Factory workers handling heavy machinery in this painting look more vigorous than some of the museum&rsquos visitors

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Tang Daxi&rsquos Daughter of the Sea depicts a militiawoman stationed for coastal defence with one hand on an anchor and another on her firearm&nbsp

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This sculpture of Communist Party leaders Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai and Zhu De, dubbed Comrades in Arms, was created a year after the three died in 1976 ...

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