Zhao Jian 赵坚

Zhao Jian (1924) was born in Jiangdu, Jiangsu Province, and joined the New Fourth Army in 1940. He has worked with the Shanghai People's Fine Art Publishing House, the Shanghai Educational Publishing House and the Shanghai Shuhua Publishers. Zhao has also collaborated on a number of journals devoted to calligraphy.

Sacrificing oneself while blowing up a pillbox, 1963

Zhao is known for his Chinese paintings, blockprints and cursive calligraphy.

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

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