Newspapers Run by Fine Artists:The New Fourth Army's Prints Art during the Period of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression from a Communication Perspective
During the period of the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression,prints art of the New Fourth Army,as one of the major fine art fronts under the leadership of the Communist Party of China(CPC),played an important role in propaganda.Most of the well-known artists belonging to the New Fourth Army,such as Mo Pu,Lyu Meng,Lai Shaoqi,Yang Han,Wu Yun,Shen Roujian,Tu Ke,Shao Yu,etc.,have studied in professional art schools and work as newspaper editors in the New Fourth Army.These artists have become media professionals,emphasizing the timeliness,richness of information,and freshness of form in the process of participating in news-paper publishing.They attach great importance to popularization and improvement,thus highlighting the characte-ristics of communication-oriented combat,cultural diversity,and so on in printmaking creation.A series of the New Fourth Army printmaking works that depict military actions,social policies,production and life,as well as under-take propaganda tasks against the enemy,have been disseminated through various channels such as newspapers,exhibitions,collections,and posters,achieving profound influence.Their creative stance,thinking,and methods can be used as reference for contemporary thematic art creation.
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