Designers: Ma Lequn (马乐群); Pang Ka (庞卡)
1963, October
Learning from comrade Lei Feng
Xiang Lei Feng tongzhi xuexi (向雷锋同志学习)
Publisher: Tianjin meishu chubanshe (天津美术出版社)
Size: 77x53 cm.
Call number: BG E15/165 (Landsberger collection)
Lei Feng (雷锋, 1940-1962) is promoted as role model after Mao writes a calligraphy "Learn from Comrade Lei Feng" (in the top left corner). Innumerable posters devoted to him have been published, Lei Feng portraits are hanging in most schools. Even today, Lei continues to be promoted as the greatest example of self-sacrifice.