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Li Kunwu (born 1955, Chinese: 李昆武; pinyin: Lǐ Kūnwǔ) is a Chinese cartoonist who created graphic novels published in France.

He originated from Kunming, Yunnan, to a man who fought against the Japanese in the Second Sino-Japanese War and against the Kuomintang in the Chinese Civil War. By the time of Li's birth, he was a secretary in the Chinese Communist Party (CPC). Li's father remained loyal to the CPC even after he was sent away for re-education.

Li is a self-taught artist and never attended art school. He read a book on how to make political propaganda and began painting criticisms of landowners. Li worked as a farmer after, in the 1970s, becoming a member of the People's Liberation Army, and worked towards becoming a member of the CPC. He painted pictures of farmers for the Department of Propaganda and worked for the Yunnan Ribao.

Artistic style

Ryan Holmberg of Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art stated that Li's style was developed from his previous jobs and life, with his work in propaganda, his drawings of landscapes and ethnic people for exhibitions, and his caricatures of people for newspapers giving Li's style "a balance between classical ink painting", a propaganda-style "bombast", "an attention to local detail", and "caricatures". Holmberg stated that Li's style of comics and Matsumoto Taiy's style of comics are similar.

Works

• A Chinese Life

References

• Holmberg, Ryan (2013). "Li Kunwu: A Chinese Life" (PDF). Yishu: Journal of Contemporary Chinese Art. pp. 95–105. Retrieved 2018-11-29.
• Mather, Jeffrey (City University of Hong Kong) (March 2016). on the Move Asian Connections/5.pdf "Propaganda and Memory in Li Kunwu and Philippe Ôtié's A Chinese Life" (PDF). Concentric: Literary and Cultural Studies. pp. 99–118. doi:10.6240/concentric.lit.2016.42.1.05. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)</ref>

Reference notes

1. Smart, James. "A Chinese Life by Li Kunwu and P Ôtié – review ." The Guardian. October 12, 2012. Retrieved on November 29, 2018.
2. ^ Benech, Clément (2018-02-23). "Expo / Li Kunwu, le Yunnan de rails et d'os". Libération. Retrieved 2018-11-29. n'a pas eu l'occasion de fréquenter l'école des beaux-arts. Alors il expérimente, sabre au clair, s'approprie tous les outils, tous les formats.En France, pays qu'il chérit et qui le lui rend bien, ses romans graphiques ont connu un grand succès. Notamment son best-seller Une vie chinoise, {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
3. Célérier, Philippe Pataud (2015-10-06). "Li Kunwu, l'humour face à l'absurde". Le Monde Diplomatique. Retrieved 2018-11-29. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
4. ^ Holmberg, p. 97.
5. Holmberg, p. 100-101.
6. Holmberg, p. 101.
7. Holmberg, p. 101-102.
8. Holmberg, p. 102.

External links

• Books by Li Kunwu - Kana
• "Li Kunwu : la formidable épopée du Yunnan". Arte.

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