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Heart Towards Yan'An (1976)

Yi Yang

21" x 30.25"
Printed in Hubei, China
Linenbacked.
G2177

心向延安

Vintage original Chinese Propaganda poster. Artwork by Yi Yang. Printed in Hubei, China, 1976. Linenbacked.

 

The poster features Lu Xun who was a  novelist, literary critic, essayist, and poet. He is a leading figure of modern Chinese Literature.


In the 1930s he became the titular head of the League of the Left-Wing Writers in Shanghai. Luxun Academy of Arts was founded in 1938 as Luxun Academy of Arts by Communist Party of China leaders, including Mao Zedong and Zhou Enlai, in the town of Yan'an, Shaanxi Province.