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

"Local Farmers Welcome their Red Army Brother" 1983
woodcut, 13 3/8" x 16 1/2"

This print recalls a day in the 1940s when the local peasants celebrated the sendoff of a young man to join the Communist Red Army. It was a source of great pride for a village to have young people join the Red Army. Note the influence of the northern Shannxi paper cut folk art genre.