Lin Gang (pseudonym of Zhang Guansheng, 1924) was
born in Ningjin, Shandong Province. After studying in the Fine Arts
Department of Huabei United University, he became a research student in
the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1950. In 1954, he went for study to
the Soviet Union, where he graduated in 1960. After his return, he
became a professor in the Oil Painting department of the Central
Academy of Fine Arts. Oil painting is his speciality, and he was
accorded numerous prestigious awards.
In 1951, Lin became known with the painting above, which was
praised because it was seen as an accurate expression of the spirit of
the times.
It features the CCP leadership including Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Liu Shaoqi and Zhu De, meeting with model workers.
The poster above, devoted to Zhou Enlai's visit to the model commune Dazhai and meeting with its Secretary Chen Yonggui, is based on an original oil painting by Lin, in collaboration with Su Gaoli and Lin's wife Pang Tao.
Sources:
Beijing
yuyan xueyuan Zhongguo yishujia cidian bianweihui,
Zhongguo yishujia cidian --Xiandai disan fence (Changsha:
Hunan renmin chubanshe, 1982) [in Chinese]
Chen Lusheng, Xin Zhongguo meishu tushi—1949-1966 [The Art History of the People's Republic of China—1949-1966] (Beijing: Zhongguo qingnian chubanshe, 2000) [in Chinese]
Michael Sullivan, Modern Chinese Artists -- A Biographical Dictionary (Berkeley, etc:
University of California Press, 2006)
Zhongguo meishuguan (ed.), 中国美术年鉴 1949-1989 (Guilin: Guangxi meishu chubanshe, 1993)
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