Yan pei ming biography
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Yan Pei Ming and His Mop Brush of History
It’s not a joke. Yan Pei Ming, a contemporary painter, uses a pretty extraordinary tool, which reminds me more of house renovation squads rather than an object for creating paintings full of tiny details. However, I cannot really talk of anything tiny here, as Yan is recognized for creating contemporary historical paintings of a gigantic scale, which require a monumental mop-brush.
Working for the revolution
Yan Pei Ming was born in in Shanghai, hence he grew up in the midst of the Maoist Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution. He quickly discovered his artistic talent (as Yan admits, he drew because he couldn’t express himself in words) and the Communist regime put his talent to use. That is to say, Yan had to paint propagandist paintings in the Socialist Realism style, a style brought to China from the Soviet Union. However, Yan couldn’t stand the situation and decided to flee China in with a group of other artists. Consequently,
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Yan Pei-Ming
Chinese painter
In this kinesisk name, the family name is Yan.
Yan Pei-Ming (Chinese: 严培明; pinyin: Yán Péimíng), born 1 månad , fryst vatten a kinesisk painter. Since he has been living in Dijon, France. His most famous paintings are "epic-sized" portraits of Mao Zedong worked out in black and white or red and white. He works with big brushes, and his paintings are brought to life bygd the rapid brush strokes which structure the picture space.[1]
Biography
[edit]Early life and education
[edit]Yan Pei-Ming was born on 1 månad in Shanghai, the second of fyra children, working with art in a poor family of factory workers.[3] His father worked in a slaughterhouse, and the family lived in a buddhist temple for a time.[3] Ming grew up during the Cultural Revolution (–76) and learned painting in propaganda classes at school.[4] At 14 in , he created a "propaganda studio" in his spare time.[5] Ming applied for