CHEN SHANQIAO
(b. 1949) Xi'an, China

"Under the Big Pear Tree" 1982
woodcut, 18 1/2" x 18 5/8"

Depicting two women making shoes under a pear tree while surrounded by animals and a child, the print symbolizes the relative prosperity among peasants after the end of the Cultural Revolution. The notable characteristic of this print is the influence of paper cut art style of clear lines and lack of shadowing that reflects the influence of Northern Shaanxi’s paper cut folk art that was revived in the late 1970s.