Chairman Mao goes to Anyuan (毛主席去安源)

The most mass-produced poster of the Mao era, with (the author claimed) more than nine hundred million copies printed. 1967 painting designated a “Revolutionary Model Work” by Jiang Qing. A youthful Mao (more than a decade before he became Chairman of the CCP) is shown against a romantic Chinese landscape. Collectively produced by students at Beijing educational institutions; painted by Liu Chunhua 刘春华 and others. No price or date given for this edition.

In Collection:

• Chinese Propaganda Poster Project

Creator

• Liu Chunhua and others 刘春华等

Subject

• Mao, Zedong, 1893-1976

Publisher

• People's Fine Arts Press

Language

• chi

Keyword

• Mao

Resource type

• Text
• Still Image

Rights statement

• Copyright Not Evaluated

Extent

• 1 poster ; 72.5 x 51.5 cm

Alternative title

• Mao Zhuxi qu Anyuan|毛主席去安源

Geographic Coverage

• China

Coordinates

• 35, 105

Collection

• Chinese Propaganda Poster Project

Provenance

• From the collection of Richard King.

Provider

• University of Victoria (B.C.). Library

Genre

• posters

Date digitized

• September 21, 2021

Transcript

• [subtitle]: In the autumn of 1921, our Great Leader Chairman Mao went to Anyuan, and personally ignited the flames of revolution in Anyuan.

Technical note

• Scanned and edited by CDW, cataloguing metadata provided by R.King and Metadata. Migration metadata by KD.

Rights

• These images are provided for teaching and research use only.

DOI

•  https://doi.org/10.58066/hmgv-e418