Woodcut Movement Analysis

Li Hua was an influential artist, and his work plays a vital part in the new woodcut movement which illustrated the social context of China in the 1930s. Li Hua also is Lu xun’s friend, and he said Lu Xun is the father of a revolutionary woodcut movement. One of his woodcut Lu Xun und Kakichi Uchiyama in August depicted Lu xun’s role in the woodcut movement. (figure 4) This is one of the early work of the Li Hua which capture a moment of Luxun in the new woodcut movement. On this painting, Lu Xun was in the center of the classroom holding a woodcut work and taking with a crowd of students sitting around him.
Thirteen students were recruited for the class held at a Japanese school in Shanghai. During this summer course, Lu Xun lectured on the …show more content…
Li Hua uses this composition to emphasize the importance of Lu Xun and shows the different perspective of the students which create a dynamic study atmosphere. This wood print shows people’s enthusiasm to the new woodcut movement in a way it unites the society. One of the most famous works of Lihua in this movement is Roar China (figure 5) in 1936. The woodcut print meets the requirements of the new woodcut movement which is depicting social reality. The background of this print work was after Japan attracted the Manchuria in 1931, it shows the current status of society and the people. This work depicted a man tied to a stake and his eyes and ears covered with cloth. He was looked up and open his mouth yelling; we can see that …show more content…
However, the man in the wood print represent thousands of closed-mind Chinese people, and this work is awakening Chinese people. During this period, most woodcuts were black and white, gloomy and dark Illustrates the Chinese pain and despair. This work Reflecting the tragic social reality of China in the 20th century and it symbolizes the overall pain of the Chinese people and reflects a strong sense of the