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1907
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Li Hua 李桦 ( 1907-1994 ) was born on March 6, in Guangzhou, Guangdong
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Province China.
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1926
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He studied at the Municipal Guangzhou Art School. |
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Graduated, he began teaching there. |
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1930
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He left to expand his knowledge in Japan, at Kawabata Art School, in Tokyo.
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1934
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Back in Guangzhou, encouraged by the writer Lu Xun( 1881- 1936 ) who regarded
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him as one of the most talented engravers of his time, he founded with 27 members :
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The Modern Woodcut Society .
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1945
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He went to Shanghai and produced many woodcuts. |
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Human suffering and political struggle are expressed in his works, such as
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Roar China ! - engraving made in protest of the Japanese invasion of China
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and conserved at the Lu Xun Memorial in Shanghai.
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1947
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He taught at Beijing National Art School, then at Central Academy of Fine Arts |
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( Graphic Arts Department ). |
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1994
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He passed way on May 5 in Beijing Hospital at the age of 87. |
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Daniele Sicard |
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Li Hua 李桦 - Help ! 救命 ! - Woodcut 1947
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Li Hua 李桦 - Roar ! China 怒吼吧 ! 中国 - Woodcut 1935
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