Chinese Posters
Propaganda, Politics, History, Art
Gallery of Chinese Propaganda Posters (1925-2006)
200 Highlights from the collections of the International Institute of Social History, Amsterdam, and Stefan R. Landsberger (University of Amsterdam, Leiden University).
New: Aluminum Mao
On 4 May 1967, the first large-scale Mao statue appeared on the campus of Qinghua University. The first aluminum statue, unveiled at the Beijing Mining Institute on 26 December 1967, Mao's birthday. It set the standard for many more Mao-statues erected later.
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New: Tourism
Even during the most climactic of the mass campaigns that engulfed the PRC during the first three decades of its existence, visual propaganda that engaged with some form of leisure was produced. Leisure activities, such as tourist trips by (model) workers to famous sites, were scripted and structured by the government.
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Posters from our collection are on Flickr too. Above you see the most recent uploads. Clicking on the images takes you right to Flickr.
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