Qin Wenmei (秦文美)
Qin Wenmei (or Qin Wen Mei) is not an individual artist, but stands for Shaanxi (Qin 秦) Cultural Bureau (Wen[huaju] 文化局) Art Creation Group(Mei[shu chuangzuozu] 美术创作组). The name was used for collaborative works produced in Xi'an, Shaanxi Pronvince.
The group did not have a large permanent staff of artists, but organized local talent when and where necessary for specific projects. One of the participants was Liu Wenxi.
Sources:
Julia F. Andrews, Painters and Politics in the People's Republic of China, 1949-1979 (Berkeley, etc.: University of California Press, 1994)
Michael Sullivan, Modern Chinese Artists - A Biographical Dictionary (Berkeley, etc: University of California Press, 2006)
