Lu Xun and Uchiyama at the Woodblock-Printing Class
Returned to lender
This work of art was on loan to the museum and has since been returned to its lender.This print commemorates the historic event that is widely considered to have initiated the Modern Woodcut Movement in China. In August 1931, Lu Xun (1881–1936), arguably the most influential cultural figure in China’s revolution, organized a six-day workshop in woodcuts whose thirteen participants received instruction from Uchiyama Kakichi (1900–1984). Lu Xun remains the inspiration for, and the subject of, numerous black-andwhite woodcuts.
Gan Zhenglun was born in Beijing. He graduated from the National Academy of Fine Arts in Hangzhou in 1957 and taught there for many years.
Gan Zhenglun was born in Beijing. He graduated from the National Academy of Fine Arts in Hangzhou in 1957 and taught there for many years.
Artwork Details
- Lu Xun xiansheng he Neishan Jiaji zai muke yanjiuhui shang
- Title: Lu Xun and Uchiyama at the Woodblock-Printing Class
- Artist: Gan Zhenglun (Chinese, born 1937)
- Date: 1981
- Culture: China
- Medium: Woodblock print; ink and color on paper
- Dimensions: Image: 33 3/8 x 17 15/16 in. (84.7 x 45.6 cm)
Overall: 36 x 22 1/16 in. (91.5 x 56 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: On loan from the British Museum
- Curatorial Department: Asian Art