Yang Liezhang 杨列章

Yang Liezhang (1940) hails from Tengxian, Shandong Province. He joined the People's Liberation Army in 1955, and taught himself drawing. In 1958, he showed his first works of art in public, and in 1961, he entered the Beijing Chinese Painting Academy. He joined the art section of the PLAN East China Sea Navy Task Force, where he still works today.

Hold high the red banner of Mao Zedong Thought, let the Army truly be a great school of Mao Zedong Thought

Yang excels in Chinese painting.

Source:
Zhongguo meishuguan (ed.), 中国美术年鉴 1949-1989 (Guilin: Guangxi meishu chubanshe, 1993)

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