mmd posters
解放后的大上海
The Big Shanghai after Liberation: A View of One Corner of the Locally Produced Foodstuffs Exchange Conference, 1953, Artist: Chen Fei Nan
农业大丰收
The Bumper Agricultural Harvest, 1958. Artist: Jiang Han Ding
人工降雨
Artificial Rainfall. 1959, no artist
耐心教 虚心学
Patient Teaching, 1964, Artist: Wang Wei Shu [RP1660]
姑嫂选笔
Sisters-in-Law Choose a Fountain Pen, 1964,
Artist: Xin Li Liang
学习毛泽东思想 做共产主义接班人
Learning Chairman Mao's Thoughts: Be A Successor to Communism, 1964. Artist: You Long Gu [RP1229]
送子参军
Send my Son to Join the Army. Banner: Join the Army, it is Glorious, 1964, Artist: Chen Qiang [RP1675]
伟大祖国万岁
Celebrate the 15th Anniversary of the Founding of the PRC. Long Live the Great Motherland, 1964, No Artist
人民战争胜利万岁
The Peoples' War, Long Live Victory, 1966, Artist: Wu Min
越南军民打得好 打得准 打得狠
Vietnam Army Strike Surely, Accurately, and Relentlessly, 1966, Artist: Ha Qiong Wen
科学研究小组
Scientific Research Group, 1968, Artist: Lv Xue Qin
毛主席永远和我们在一起
Chairman Mao With Us Together Forever, 1968, No Artist [RP1738]
毛主席是世界革命人民的大救星
Chairman Mao is the Great Liberator of the World's Revolutionary People, 1968, No Artist [RP1624]
我们的伟大领袖毛主席和他的亲密战友林彪副主席，在中国共产党第八届扩大的第十二次中央委员会全会上
Our Great Leader Chairman Mao and his close Comrade-in-Arms Vice-Chairman Lin Biao, 8th Central Committee Conference on the 12th Expansion of the Central Committee, 1969
人民公社好！
The Peoples' Commune is Good, 1969, No Artist
SHANGHAI
江风-发展体育运动 增强人民体质
Promote physical culture and build up the Peoples' health, 1958, Artist: Jiang Feng
人勤年丰送粮忙
Diligent People, Harvest Year, Busy Sending Grain, 1963, Artist: Chen Qiang [RP1701]
兽医姑娘
Veterinarian Girl, 1964, Artist: Hu Zhen Lang [RP1317]
RP484 雄伟的新安江水电站
The Magnificent Hydroelectric Power Station on the Xin'an River, 1964, Artist: Pan Ka [RP484]
列宁-无产阶级革命的伟大导师
Lenin - The Great Teacher of the Proletarian Revolution, 1965, Artist: Qian Da Xin
塑料薄膜育秧
Plastic Film on Rice Seed Nursery, painted according to Zhou Chang Gu's Traditional Chinese Painting, 1966, Artist: Xin Li Liang [RP1705]
打倒党内头号走资本主义道路当权派
Bring Down the Party's Leading Capitalist Establishment! 1967, No Artist
Top: extract from 'On Democracy by Mao Zedong: "Revolutionary culture is a powerful revolutionary weapon for the broad masses of the People. It prepares the ground ideologically before the revolution comes and is an important, indeed essential, fighting front in the general revolutionary front during the revolution."
要准备打仗
Prepare to Go to War, 1969, No Artist
The Red Sun Lit Up the Kitchen, 1971
用毛泽东思想武装起来的人是最大的战斗力
People Use Mao's Thoughts to Prepare for the Greatest Struggle, 1970, No Artist.
Mao Quote: "First I am not afraid of difficulty; second, I am not afraid to die." [RP1334]
广阔天地炼红心
Big Earth and Sky to Exercise the Red Heart, 1970, Artist: Art Revolution Team of the 2nd Unit of Camp No.5 Shanghai Culture System
Multi-image posters like this one were published by Xinhua as a form of image-dense newspaper for display in work units and on noticeboards on the street [RP1412]
See more on Shanghai, Page 2
无产阶级的英雄李玉和
Proletarian Hero Li Yu He, 1970, No Artist [RP610]
全世界人民团结起来 打倒美帝 打倒苏修 打倒各国反对派
People from All Over the World Unite Against American Imperialism, Beat the Soviet Union's New Revisionism, Fight Against Reactionaries from All Over the World, 1971, No Artist
警报后的行动 对空射击
The Response to A Warning. In the Struggle Against an Attack you Should Follow the Direction of the Enemy Attack and Make a Strong Firepower Net to Destroy the Enemy, 1971, No Artist
毛主席的红卫兵 向革命青年的榜样金训华同志学习
Mao's Red Guard Learn from the Revolutionary Youth Model Jin Xun Hua, 1971, Artist: Yi Zhong (Chen Yifei)
学英雄 见行动 越是艰险越向前
Learn from the Hero and We Can See Action. The Greater the Hardship the More the Progress, 1972, No Artist [RP1294]
胸怀朝阳何所惧 敢将青春献人民 向“一不怕苦，而不怕死”的上海市黄山茶林场十一位知识青年学习
With the Sun in Your Heart What is there to Fear, Dare to Sacrifice Your Youth for the People. Learn from the Eleven Educated Youths of Shanghai's Huangshan Tea Tree Farm who feared neither bitterness nor death, Artist: Liu Bai Rong
Art Serves the Workers, Peasants and Soldiers, 1972, No Artist
好好学习天天向上
Study Hard and Make Progress Every Day, 1972, No Artist
光辉的道路 灿烂的前程
Shining Path, Glittering Future, 1971
Banner: Stride ahead triumphantly along the revolutionary path of Chairman Mao
Artist: Workers Art Study group, Shanghai Office for Mechanical Engineering & Electronics
认真看书学习 弄通马克思主义
Read and Study Marx Seriously and Understand Marxism, 1972, No Artist
Mao Quotation behind is about the need to study Marxism and not revisionism.
针刺麻醉
Acupuncture Anesthesia, Artist: Tang Mu Li
发扬延安精神 到工农兵中去
Continue to Build the Yan'an Spirit in Workers, Peasants and Soldiers, 1972, No Artist
银球传友谊 友谊遍全球
Ping Pong Increases Friendship Around the World, 1972, Artist: Zhang Xue Shi [RP1130]
个个争当小雷锋
Everybody Strives to Become a Little Lei Feng, 1973, Artist: Wu Xingging
雷锋的故事 阶级仇永不忘
The Story of Lei Feng: Gathering Firewood and Landlord's Wife Shouts That's My Property, Never Forget Class Hatred, 1973, No Artist
革命传统代代传
Revolutionary Tradition Passes from Generation to Generation, 1973, Artist: Li Mu Bai [RP760]
向金训华同志学习
Learn from Jing Xing Hua, 1973,
Artist: Xie Mu Lian
光荣参军
Glorious to Join the Army, 1973, Artist: Qing Da Hu [RP760]
新老干部团结紧 朝气蓬勃干革命
New and Old Cadres Closely Unite and are Full of Useful Vigour for the Revolution, 1974, Artist: Meng Xian Chang
Banner: Nurture 100 thousand million successors of the Proletarian Revolution
杨根思
Hero Yan Gen Si, 1974,
Artist: Shen Xing Gong [RP209]
服务到田头
Bringing Service to Your Field, 1974, Artists: Jin Han Jun, Tang Cai Liang
坚持不懈
Work Hard, Don't Give Up, 1974, Artist: Liu Bo Rong
南湖
South Lake, 1974, Artist: Zhang Yu Qin [RP706]
大战曲峪河
Big War Against Quyu River, Painting from the Huxian Peasant Painting Exhibition, 1974, Artist: Liu Zhi De [RP896]
抓革命促生产
Catch the Revolution, Promote Production, 1974, Artist: He Shu Shui
大力发展养猪事业
Hardworking People, Strong and Healthy Pigs, 1975, Artist: Chen Qingxin [RP1653]
旅客的贴心人
The Close Friend of the Passengers, 1973, Artists: Tian Zhi De, Wu Xing Qing, Zhan Ruan Cheng
机器插秧好
Planting Rice by Machine is Wonderful, 1973, Artist: Huang Miao Fa [RP522]
军民团结一家亲
Army and Peasant are Like One Family, 1973, Artist: Qing Da Hu
精打细算
Carefully Calculate and Strictly Budget, 1973, Artist: Xu Zhi Wen [RP607]
英雄黄继光
The Hero Huang Ji Guang, 1973,
No Artist [RP1238]
工人讲师上讲台 教育革命谱新篇
The Worker and the Professor are United at the Teacher's Table: the Education Revolution has Turned a New Page, 1974, Artist: Pan He Sheng [RP256]
全家学公报
The Whole Family Studies the New Bulletin, 1974, No Artist
田头宣传
Publicise the Field, 1974, Artist: Tan Shang Ren [RP024]
伟大的中国共产党万岁
Long Live the Great Chinese Communist Party, 1974, Artists: Jiang Nanchun & Yao Zhongyu
祖国处处是我家
Everywhere in the Motherland is My Home, 1975, Artist: Shi Da Wei [RP1736]
学英雄 见行动 人换思想地换装
Learn From the Hero and We Can See What We Do: People Change Their Thinking and the Ground Changes its Clothes, 1974, No Artist
开门办学
Open Door School, 1975, Artist: Li Yi Xin [RP186]
老英雄参观新地道
The Old Hero Visits the New Underground Bunkers, 1975, Artists: Xiao Feng & Song Xiu Ying
田头宣传
Spring Rain, 1975, Artist: Zhang Zhao Lin
我们的队长
Our Captain, 1975, Artist: Guo Zhi Ming
丰收场上披新装
A New Look in the Harvest Field, 1975,
Artist: Zhou Yun Gen
阿姨又送糌粑来了
Aunt Delivers Zanba Special Food from Tibet, 1975, Artist: Wu Mei Fen [RP631]
历史不容篡改
We Cannot Change History, 1975, Artist: Wang Yang [RP553]
千秋功罪 我们评说
We Comment on the Achievements and the Crimes of the Past, 1975, Artists: Yan Sheng & Hou Jie [RP1737]
技术革新开红花
Technical Revolution will Blossom, 1975, No Artist [RP408]
Banners: R. Work hard at Marxism-Leninism; act independently and with self-reliance. L. Anti-Bourgeoise; learn industry from Daqing. On Apron: Revolution promotes production
我们要革命”风庆“要远航
We Must Have Revolution and Feng Qing Can Travel a Long Way, 1975, Artists: Jiangnang Ship Building Factory [RP646]
大队图书室
A Big Troop Made This Library (painting from The Huxian Peasant Painting Exhibition), 1975, Artist: Zhao Kun Han
连队理论小组
Theory Group Under the Company Commander, 1975, Artist: Wang Zun Yi
线长情深
The Thread is Long and the Feeling [Towards Taiwan] is So Deep, 1976, Artists: Yin Jie Yu (carving factory), Hu Zhen Guo (concrete factory), Xia Bao Yuan (Arts & Crafts Research Institute), Qian Pei Shen (Lu Xun Middle School) [RP568]
请工人叔叔上主课
We ask the Uncle Worker to Teach us his Trade [Give the Most Important Lecture], 1977, No Artist
乐为支农出把力
Happily Supporting the Peasants, 1977, No Artist [RP292]
船厂喜事
Shipyard Celebration, 1977, Artist: Ding Yi Xin
SHANGHAI
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黄浦江上一堂课
On the Huang Pu River, Shanghai: One Lesson, 1975, Artist: Zhou Bu Tien
发展农民理论队伍
Develop Theory from the Peasant Group, 1975, Artist: Shen Tie Quan
即是人民邮递员 又是党的宣传员
Postman for the People Also Spreads Propaganda for the Party, 1975, Artist: Zhang Jin Hua
英雄人民创奇迹
The Heroic People Work Wonders, Perform Miracles, 1976, No Artist
杠棒的故事
The Story of the Carrying Pole, 1976, Artist: Xin Li Liang [RP1260]
满园春色
Spring Blossoms in the Garden, 1977, Artist: Zhang Shi Xian
公社大地绘新图
Commune Land Makes a New Picture, 1977, Artists: Wang Wei Shu & Jiang Xian Hui [RP690]
毛主席和民兵在一起
Chairman Mao with the Peoples' Army, 1977, Artists: Shi Qi Ren, Liu Ke Ming, Huang Yin Hao, Su Min, Yang Yong Kang [RP753]
开门办学
Beside Zhou Enlai, 1977, Artist: Jiang Chang Yi [RP732]
向阳院活动室
Recreation Room for the 'Look Towards the Sun' Community, 1977, No Artist
不歇脚的贴心人
Close Friend who Never Stops to Take a Breath, 1977, Artist: Chen Rong Qing
为革命练好身体
Exercise Well for the Revolution, 1977,
Artist: Chen Yi
田头新课
Hard Working People Make the Spring Come Earlier, 1977, Artist: Gao Zhong Yan
温暖
Warm Feelings, 1977.
Calligraphy: A road sweeper recalls "On that peaceful night Prime Minister Zhou Enlai took me by the hand and said 'Comrade, the People are grateful for your hard work.' Warm feelings streamed through my heart and my eyes filled with tears. Dear Prime Minister, how many times did you work through quiet nights like this on important affairs of state? You always looked sfter the interests of the People. Dear Prime Minister, who says you have left us? You have not. The People's Prime Minister shines forever like the sun and the moon. The People's memory of you will last as long as heaven and earth. Si Cong, the artist, January 1977
吃水不忘挖井人
When You Drink Water Don't Forget the Person Who Sank the Well, 1978, Artist: Wu Jian
Stone Carving: Think about Chairman Mao every minute, every second, every moment. [RP695]
华主席率领我们绘新图
Chairman Hua Leads Us to Draw the New Picture, 1978, Artist: Jiang Xian Hui [RP901]
迈开大步学大庆 支农争作新贡献
Take Great Strides as We Follow the Example of Daqing and Make New Contributions in Support of Agriculture, 1977, Artist: Mo Shuzi [RP1228]
喜看新星天外归
Happy to See the New Stars Return from the Sky, 1977, Artist: Liu Bao Xiang
Banner: Self-Reliance, Independence
韶山-红太阳升起的地方
Shaoshan, Where the Red Sun Rises, 1978, Artist: Zhang Yi Qing
为实现四个现代化而勤奋学习
Study Hard in Order to Bring About the Four Modernisations, 1978, Artist: Sun Ji Hai [RP1066]
我们热爱华主席
We Love Hua Guo Feng, 1978, Artists: Wu Xing Qing & Chen Ju Xian [RP703]
Chairman Hua Will Love You, 1978, Artist: Wang Wei Shu [RP783]
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