Chinese woodblock prints collection- fine woodblock print gallery China

Painting, an unexpected achievement in life
Each time meeting with Chen Yuping, I was moved by his unwearied enthusiasm towards painting. Overwhelming the diversification Entering into Chen YuPing's studio, my eyes were suddenly attracted by a bright-colored woodcut print named Song of the Gale. The picture depicts a scene in the deep fall: leaves and branches are trembling as if they were singing when gale blows over the golden mountain and the forest.

Prints Collection of Huang Taihua-Preface by Chao Mei

He was born in Acheng City in 1947. In 1968 when the Culture Revolution was started, a few print artists were assigned to work in the countryside in Acheng and receive examination. He was deeply fond of fine arts had an unexpected chance to learn the basic skills for print creation from a teacher. In 1969, he started print creation. He was smart, hard working and started from high threshold with rapid progress.

In the late 70s, the campaign of Reform and Opening to Outside World was started and gave an opportunity for him to exert his talent, thus came the harvesting period of his creation. He is a key member of Acheng print creation group arisen in the middle of 80s. During this period, he took a two-year course in Print Department, Central Academy of Fine Arts, which laid a foundation for the development and improvement of his print creation.

The Joyful and Quiescent Paintings From the Heart-on Chen Yuqiang's Art by Zhang Liguo

If the favorable subjects in the works of a mature artist are often the depiction of his heart, for Professor Chen Yuqiang, the aesthetic transfer picture is largely the water screen print "Aigrette"in his series. "The Rain Pours in the Evening and Stops in the Morning, The Vast Mountain is filled with Autumn Atmosphere". Mountain streams flow in the cool valley, water flows in spray. Screens lying beside the withered grass are like white bittern standing in clear water and with searching eyes staring into the water. It gives you a picture of "Fish surface in clear water".

A world of simple, clear and harmonious colors is constituted by black stones, aigrette, grey bluish streams, yellowing grass and the red stamp at lower right corner.

The configuration transformation and the conception sublimation---comment on the Chen Long's print work by Bao Hongyan

Chen Long is the 90's youth print artist of 20^th century, who accepted the advanced college education. His print creation began in Bei-Da-huang (North big wasteland), so from the angle of the print history of North Desert, he belongs to the third generation of print artists. Since 1998, his work has been paid great attention by the print field with its vivid and bright feature and style, and the sharp principal consciousness and spirit. Because his work not only had changed the essential of print creation and visual configuration in Bei-Da-Huang, but also had a great significance in the innovation of the traditional woodcarving print, the significance and spirit implied in the visual configuration had been sublimed.

From Rational image to Sensible image- appreciation on print works of Ling Junwu

Woodcut plating enjoys a long culture tradition in Suzhou. "The Autumn of Gusu Print Plate?was held in the early 80s of last century, not to mention the resplendence in Ming & Qing Dynasties. The works of many famous print plate artists domestic and overseas were on exhibition in Suzhou. During the process, a lot of new stars of print plate had risen in Suzhou, they were young and possessed the strength in print plate creation. More than a dozen years is over, a great change has taken place in the society. Due to a variety of reasons, some have stayed away from it, some have given it up. However, some have been perseverant and cultivating tirelessly in the print plate field, and they have gradually become the influential figures in the field in China. The paper gives an introduction to Ling Junwu.

Dream of printmaking - by Shan Dan

I think it is the lot so that it can be realized!

When I entered the primary school, it was the time of "Learning Leifeng". All the awards we got were the paper imprinted on Leifeng Image, which always still had the smell of ink. Later, we knew it was the print, with straight and powerful lines and strong contrast of white and black, which was always looked better than any other color printed propagandizing paper hung on the wall.

In 1998, in the exhibition of "Shan Dan Print Exhibition" held in China Art Museum, I had exhibited 30 prints and two of those were collected in China Art Museum. Besides, I was living in the area that owned excellent print tradition all along and got the care and help from the artists of the old generation. I think it is the lot.

Wu Enqi's story - by Shan Dan

Under the influence of his father, Wu Enqi had engaged with the print creation and annual pictures creation; and also he had drawn the comic strip and illustrations. But he found that his ability was still not equal to his ambition,

so he was eager to have the chance of further training. In 1982, he got the chance finally. He had been matriculated by the Print Department of the Central Art College.

About my creations-preface by Chen Yuqiang

It is forty years since I was involved in printmaking and my career as a graphic artist started in my school days when, a middle school student, I tried to do woodcut just for fun without anticipating that I would spend a lifetime to scale the heights of graphic art.

Sincerity is the core of artistic creation. Only the artist's genuine feelings from his inner world creates beauty. While spring out the works to be published ,I found those worthy of appreciation were done with sincerity.
In addition to serigraph in which I major, some prints of other kinds such as woodcut printed in water-soluble ink and that printed in oil-soluble ink are included in this collection.