Chinese artists by Michel Nau - Zhou Lingzhao  周令钊  
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

Zhou Lingzhao

 
 

周令钊

 
 

 

 
 

Zhou Lingzhao  周令钊 -  portrait  -  chinesenewart

 
     
 
 
 


1919

Zhou Lingzhao  周令钊 ( 1919-2023 ) was born on May 2, in Pingiang, Hunan

 

Province China.

   

1932

He studied at Changsha Central China Art College then at Wuchang Art College.

   

1935

Graduated, he moved to Shanghai and joined The Eastern China Photographic Printing

 

Company, as an apprentice, under Liu Puqing his master.

   

1938

He participated actively to the propaganda work of anti-japanese war.
  ( comics - posters - murals ...)
   

1948

Invited by Xu Beihong to teach at CAFA, he was successively :

 

Professor  - ( Applied Arts Department)  -   ( Printmaking Department ) -  ( Mural

 

Painting Department )

 

Director of the National painting Studio.

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  Renowned Artist :

1949

   -  He must design a flag for the Chinese New Democratic Youth League

 

   -  He participated in the design of the National Emblem of the Republic of China,

 

by changing one star to five stars cosistent with the National flag.

     -  He was ordered to draw a portrait of Mao, for the Tiananmen Gate Tower Beijing
  ( a work of height of 6 Meters and a with of 4,6 Meters )
 

  - He contributed to the design of several medals as well as the 2nd, 3rd and 4th

 

series of RMB banknotes.

   
  exhibitions
   

2011

27.10 08.11  Arts Painting Exhibition of Zhou Lingzhao NAMOC Beiing  China

  ( 200 works : Oil Painting - Watercolors - Ink Painting - Art Design )
   

2019

Art for a New China : A celebration of the 100th Anniversary of Professor Zhou Lingzhao's Birth
  CAFA Art Museum Beijing  China
    

2023

He passed away on January 3, in Beijing, at the age of 103.

   
  Daniele Sicard
   

 

 

Zhou Lingzhao  周令钊 -  Yunnan during Anti-Japanese War (Mang City, Yunnan Province)  -  Watercolor on paper  25.3 x 35.2 cm  -  1944


Zhou Lingzhao  周令钊  -  Yunnan during Anti-Japanese War (Mang City, Yunnan Province)  -
 Watercolor on paper  25.3 x 35.2 cm  -  1944

 

Zhou Lingzhao  周令钊 -  Flag of the Communist Youth League of China  -  1950


Zhou Lingzhao  周令钊  -  Flag of the Communist Youth League of China  -  1950

 

Zhou Lingzhao  周令钊 -  Portrait of Chairman Mao at the Founding Ceremony of China (Chen Ruoju participated in painting)  ~ 6 x 4 m


Zhou Lingzhao  周令钊  -  Portrait of Chairman Mao at the Founding Ceremony of China
(Chen Ruoju participated in painting)  ~ 6 x 4 m

 

 
 

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