The Cleveland Museum of Art
Collection Online as of July 8, 2026
Catching Up on Lessons
1949–76
(Chinese, 1907–1994)
12.6 x 16.4 cm (4 15/16 x 6 7/16 in.)
Gift of Thomas and Patricia Ebrey 2025.581
© Li Hua
Location: Not on view
Did You Know?
This type of Mao-era print illustrates and documents the continuation of China’s woodcut printing tradition, a medium invented in China.Description
Under Chairman Mao, printmakers were encouraged to continue to make prints in support of the country’s modernization efforts. Themes included women joining the workforce as soldiers, farmers, and steel workers to help construct the new socialist state, as well as joining men in the fields. New motifs such as tractors, trains, electrical equipment, and smoking chimneys were introduced into landscape scenery to illustrate a prospering China.- 1980s or 1990s–2025Tom and Patricia Ebrey, Seattle, WA, given to the Cleveland Museum of Art2025–The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
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