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A short
Bibliography of Chinese
Propaganda Posters, Woodblock
Prints and New Year, (Nianhua)
Pictures, if of a political
nature. c.1947 --
Andrews, Julia
Frances and Kuiyi Shen. ‘The Art
of Modern China’ University of
California Press, 2012. 364pp.
dealing with art history of
China, with a focus of modern
art.
Bajon, Jean-Yves
Bajon. ‘Les Annee Mao’ Une
hiostoire de la Chine en
affiches (1949-1979) Les
Editions du Pacifique, 128
pages, Paris, 2001. Exhibition
catalogue. Hard cover. Arguably
one of the most interesting of
all the books on this subject,
because it has early posters
included. This book was
published as an exhibition
catalogue of these posters. A
second, in paperback, edition
was produced in 2013. X2 (Hard
and paperback)
Bloomsbury
Auctions, ‘Vintage Chinese
Posters’, auction catalogue.
Thursday 21st
September 2006
‘China
Pictorial’. The 30th
anniversary of the Communist
Party of China. Nr. 7, Special
number, July 1951. Its 44 pages
cover mostly photographs, but
there are 14 posters and 7
statues included.
‘Chinese
Propaganda Posters’. From the
collection of Michael Wolf. With
essays by Anchee Min, Duo Duo
and Stefan R. Landsberger.
Taschen Verlag. 2008 240 pp.
Ills. English, German and French
text.
Cushing, Lincoln
& Ann Tompkins. ‘Chinese
Posters, Art from the Great
Proletarian Cultural
Revolution’. 144 pp. Chronicle
Books, San Francisco, 2007.
Spine loose
Cwik, Hans-Jurgen.
‘Morderne chinesische Graphik’.
Holle Kunst Bibliothek, Baden
Baden. 1977. 52 pp. Ills. 22 x
16 cm.
Flath, James A.
‘The Cult of happiness: Nianhua;
Art, and History in Rural North
China’. University of Washingto
Press, Seattle,2004. 195pp, 43
colour and 36 black and white
illustrations.
Fraser, Stewart
‘100 Great Chinese Posters’.
Images Graphiques, Inc. New
York. 1977
112 pp. with 100, full page
posters. 40.5 x 28 cm.
Glazarová,
Jarmila. ‘Jaro Číny’. Praha,
1954. A book on the development
of the Chinese Revolution,
illustrated with 50 woodblock
prints.202 pp. a clean copy with
dust-jacket. 28.5 x 21 cm.
Graphik aus Volks-China’
, DDR. 1948. 78 pp. Exhibition
catalogue of 51 uncoloured and 4
coloured woodblock prints. 29.8
x 21 cm. Cover damaged, interior
fine.
Heilig Bruno,
‘Dlouhy Pochod’. Prague, 1953.
34pp with 9 illustrations of a
political nature. 24.5 x 17 cm
Wystawa Sztuki
‘Chińskiej Republiki Ludowej’.
Muzeum Narodowe W Warzawie –
Pazdziernir 1951. Exhibition
catalogue 180pp. with 29 b&w
plates, most of which of a
political nature.
Below 3 titles
which we have been unable to
otherwise describe.
Chinese text
only. 173 pp. c. 80 woodblock
prints and drawings of many
types. 21 x 16.5 cm. Dust jacket
damaged but with the book. 8
colour plates tipped-in at the
back. (of the tipped- in ones.
Hrdlička, Zdeněk,
‘Revolučni Čínsk Drevoryt’.
Prague, 1949. 102pp. 93
woodblock prints on different
subjects. 24 x 16 cm. A clean
but uncut copy. Another, also
uncut copy.
Hrdlička, Zdeněk,
‘Chiński Drezaworyt Rewolucyjny’,
Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy,
Prague, 1951. Introduction with
101 pages (incl 17 text), black
and white woodblock prints.
Hrdlička, Zdeněk,
& V. Hrdličkova, ’Vypravěči od
Bilé Pagody’. A fine book,
showing various arts during the
early Mao era; woodblock prints,
paper cuts and classical
paintings.
Kotzenberg,
Heike. ‘Der Revolutionre
Holxschnitt Chinas Kunstler aus
dem Umkreis von Lu Xun’.
Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst,
Cologne. 1987. 180 Woodcuts.
Exhibition catalogue. 121pp.
Ills.
23.5 x 25 cm. (We had not seen
these prints in other
publications)
Laing, Ellen
Johnston. ‘The Winking Owl, Art
in the People’s Republic of
China’University of California
Press. 1988.
Landsberger.
Stefan R. & Marien van der
Heijden. ‘Chinese Posters. The
IISH-Collection’.
Prestel Publishing, 2009. 231
posters. 24.5 x 19.5 cm.
Landsberger,
Stefan R. ‘Chinese Propaganda
Posters; from revolution to
Modernization’.
The Pepin Press, 1995. 240 pp.
Ills.30 x 24 cm.
Li Hua. ‘Chinese
Woodcuts’. Foreign Language
Press, Beijing, 1995. An
elaborate publication with a
great deal of information, from
the early days until the 1980s.
Techniques explained in some
detail and without being too
academic.
Peasant painting
from Huhsien County’
People’s Fine Arts Publishing
House, Peking 1976. (8027 .
5871)
80 full page, full colour
illustrations. 29 x 26 cm.
Chinese paintings, including
some which were seemingly used
as model for posters.
Propaganda
Department of the All-China
Conference of Representatives of
Literary and Art Workers.
Peking. 1949 146pp. This was a
major conference, where it was
made clear what road Chinese art
should take, an ordered,
political one. n.b. Some of the
illustrations in the book are in
b&W, whereas we show the
polychrome version. (This has
been a well-used copy and needs
restoration)
‘Selections of
Modern Prints of China in the
Fifty Years from 1931 to 1981.
Plate catalogue’
Shanghai People’s Art Press.
(8081.12391) 1981.
vol. 1 1931 – 1949, vol. 2 1950
– 1981
(These are woodblock prints,
which are not in this
collection. Some however, have
been reproduced as posters. This
is a valuable reference work.)
Wystawa Sztuki
‘Chińskiej Republiki Ludowej’.
Muzeum Narodowe W Warzawie –
Pazdziernir 1951. Exhibition
catalogue 180pp. with 29 b&w
plates, most of which of a
political nature.
A folder
containing 16 individual pages
with the painted portrait of
Chinese people; civilian and
military.(8105.464) 1976 25 x
18.5
A folder with 12
revolutionary posters,
People’s Fine Arts Publishing
House, Peking 1979. (8027. 6211)
1976. 26 x 18.5 cm.
A folder with 18
prints of children’s (8-12 year)
drawings.
People’s Fine Arts Publishing
House, Peking 1979. (8027.6209)
1975. 17 x 12.5 cm 1-40,000
A 16 page bound
pamphlet showing posters and
drawings relating to the
revolutionary movement.
People’s Fine Arts Publishing
House, Peking 1979. (8027. 6613)
1977. 26 x 18.5 cm
A folded leaflet
illustrating a young, female
pianist.
People’s Fine Arts Publishing
House, Peking 1979. (8027. 6630)
1977. 26 x 18 cm.
4 A 12 page
pamphlet, showing as the center
-fold a painted scene with
people, with the other 10 pages
showing details from this art
work.
People’s Fine Arts Publishing
House, Peking 1979. (8027.6591)
1977. 26 x 18.5 cm
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