Lu Xun Woodcuts

Li Qun’s woodcut Lu Xun is currently used worldwide as a standard picture of the famous 20th century Chinese writer Lu Xun.

Li Qun (1912-2012), one of the pioneers and founders of the burgeoning Chinese printmaking industry in the 20th century, Honorary Chairman of the Chinese Association of Printmakers and Honorary Chairman of Literary Federation of Shanxi Province, passed away peacefully at the age of 100, in Beijing on February 11th, 2012.

His death was announced by his family, he died in hospital of a pulmonary failure. As the most internationally acclaimed artist and printmaker, Li Qun’s woodcut Lu Xun is currently used worldwide as a standard picture of the famous 20th century Chinese writer Lu Xun. His Drink created during the Yan’an period rivals the best in woodcuts and is in the British museum collection. His Winter Snows in Beijing is in the Russian Museum of Art collection and collections of his works have spread to museums, art galleries and libraries in France, the United States, Japan and other countries. During his art career, Mr. Li Qun won the “Outstanding Contribution Award for Chinese New Engraving”, “The Achievement Award from the Fine Art Golden Color Prize of China” and other awards. Mr. Li Qun contributed all of the prints he created late in life to his hometown—county of Ling Shi in support of the development of printmaking in Shanxi and the preparatory work of the Li Qun Museum of Art. In 1992, He was granted the designation of “People’s Artist” by the provincial government of Shanxi.