Chinese cultural Revolution Poster

                     Titled " Group Ugliness"

                                             

It portrayed in a cartoon drawing format, depicted one hundred Communist leaders (with names written next to the person) and “counter-revolutionary” writers post the fall of previous Chinese chairman Liu Shao Qi. The obvious explanation was that the author noted the fall of Liu Shao Qi and painted a picture to depict all the comrades that followed Liu Shao Qi’s capitalist road, however, the hidden message, which was interrupted by the Chinese Communist Party was that it named majority of the senior members of Communist Party and thus it made the CCP looked bad. The author, who was the Chinese Central Fine Art University student, was criticized for making fun of the Chinese Communist Party and the Cultural Revolution, was arrested shortly after and was imprisoned. He subsequently disappeared and was thought to be executed by the CCP. The poster, viewed as one of the best representations of the CCP leaders, was done in detail and was done so vividly even without the names next to their face, one could guess who he was painting about. A few notable communist leaders were De Xiao Ping, Liu Shao Qi, Peng De Huai, Lin Feng and Wang Ming. As recently revealed by a Chinese insider source, the author was the son of a famous Chinese historian Jian Bo Zan. Created in 1967. This particular poster was printed by the local revolutionary red guards, copying the original large “Group Ugliness” poster that was published in the news media. A rare find in the Chinese Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution artifact

 

 

 

 

    Titled “Revolutionary Committee is Good”

 

                                               

 

 This poster shows the background of the establishment of the Shanghai Revolutionary Committee, which marks another milestone of the Cultural Revolution. With the establishment of Revolutionary Committee in 1968, Mao switched the local governing force from the Red Guards to the Revolutionary Committee, restored the order in the local level and stopped the infighting among the different factions of the Red Guards.

 

 

 

      Titled "Revolution promotes production"

 

 

This lively poster shows ceramicists painting an elaborate vase to show the great love for the country's fine art and the traditional artistry. In the background a plaque shows that the group of ceramicist has been awarded an outstanding unit.

 

 

 

 

Titled “Conduct Big Criticism of Capitalism, Work Hard towards Socialism”

 

 

This poster created by Jiao Hua Zhi in December 1975, published by People’s Fine Art Publishing house, shows Chinese people’s enthusiasm in building a socialist country under the leadership of the CCP. A farmer is holding a map that says “Agriculture learns from Da Zai Planning Blueprint.”

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