Wu Fan Explained

Wu Fan (Simplified Chinese: 吴凡; Hanyu Pinyin: Wú Fán) (December 1923 – 6 December 2015) was a Chinese artist from Chongqing in Sichuan province. He studied guohua with Pan Tianshou and Li Keran and oil painting with Ni Yide.^[1] He is most famous as a woodblock print artist. His most famous work 'Dandelion' (1959) demonstrates his mastery of the shuiyin printing style and won gold prize at the Leipzig International Print Competition.^{[2] [3]}

Notes and References

1. Book: Modern Chinese Artists . Sullivan, Michael . 2006 . University of California Press . 175 . 978-0-520-24449-8.
2. Andrews, J.F. (1994). Painters and Politics in the People's Republic of China: 1949-1979. University of California Press. . pp.274.
3. Web site: 【逝者】中国著名版画家吴凡去世 《蒲公英》曾是一代经典 . artron.net . 12 July 2020.