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| Artist: | Hao Ping (b. 1952) |
| Title: | Market Day |
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| Date of first edition?: | Not set |
| Publisher (first edition)?: | Self |
| Publisher (this edition)?: | Self |
| Medium (first edition): | Woodblock |
| Medium (this edition): | Woodblock |
| Format (first edition): | Not Set
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| Format (this edition): | Not Set |
| DB artwork code: | 36081 |
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| The following information was taken from the original web listing of this artwork. Note that there may be some inaccuracies:
Title Market Day
Artist Hao Ping born 1952
Signature signed, dated and numbered in pencil by the artist
Dated 1993
Technique/Medium Woodcut
Impression printed on canvas textured paper of middle thickness
Colors printed with thick, strong oil colors from several blocks
Edition Size 80 + 12 AP
Numbered 29/80
Description "The Market Day" In mountainous, rural areas, the market day is still a special event. The market takes place usually once per month. For this occasion people dress up and go to the market to make their purchases, to chat, to see and to be seen. This young woman from an ethnic minority in her beautiful costume is holding a rooster in her arm. Maybe she just bought it? This smaller print is an impressive example for Hao Ping's mastersip in depicting elegant movements in what seem to be perfect compositions - full of tensions and harmony at the same time. This print is ideal for a first-time encounter with this incredible artist.
Width 18.1 inches = 46.0 cm
Height 18.5 inches = 47.0 cm
Width of Image 15.7 inches = 40.0 cm
Height of Image 15.7 inches = 40.0 cm
Note The image does not show full margins and was not taken from the individual print. Because of the minor differences, we use the stock images provided by our Chinese consignee. |
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| Artist Bio: |
Hao Ping is a talented woodblock artist with concern on history and minority culture in south-eastern China. His first woodcut exhibition was held after "cultural revolution" and then he became more and more influential in the modern Chinese printmaking. His woodblock prints feature colorful and fascinating folklore of the ethnic minorities of Yunan province where is also his birth place. Today, this unique style reflects what is called today the Yunnan Art School.
The Career of Hao Ping
Prints and paintings by Hao Ping were widly exhibited in China, the United States, Japan and Europe. The following national and international exhibition events were listed - some without mentioning a year:
1992 - European Community art festival fine art work exhibition - Netherlands
1994 - Hao Ping personal work exhibition - Germany
1989 - copper award of the 7th national fine art exhibition
1983 - prominent work award at the 8th national print exhibition
Collections:
The works of the artist are in the posession of several museums in China and abroad.
1998 - China Fine Art Museum
1990 - Asia Pacific Museum, U.S.A.
1991 - Hsiangsheng Forest Fine Art Museum, Japan
1994 - Shenchun Fine Art Museum
1996 - Kiangsu Fine Art Museum
1996 - Lu Hsun Fine Art Museum
1996 - British Woodcut Foundation
1998 - Shenchou Print Museum
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