Liu Fuguo
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnic group, born in July 1943, a native of Alxa Left Banner in the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. A national representative bearer of Carpet Weaving Craftsmanship (Alxa Carpet Weaving Craftsmanship), a third-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. He is an Alxa carpet weaving technician. In 1958 he studied carpet making under Liu Pengcheng, a veteran artisan of Alxa antique-style carpets, and he has worked in the making of Alxa antique-style carpets ever since. He has successively worked in carpet leveling, color matching, yarn dyeing and weaving, and has thus acquired a fairly comprehensive command of the whole carpet weaving process. His weaving is compact and firm, his designs are expansive, and the pieces have an antique flavor and a restrained, elegant tone, possessing both ethnic style and local character. Since retiring he has continued to take on apprentices and transmit the craft in his own workshop. His works include Erlong Xizhu (Two Dragons Playing with a Pearl), Jiulong Naohai (Nine Dragons Stirring the Sea), Xiashan Hu (The Tiger Descending the Mountain), Longbao Zhu (Dragon Embracing a Pillar) and Tuoma Chan (Camel and Horse Saddle Blanket). In 1967 a hanging carpet of Ba Jun Tu (Eight Steeds), after the master Xu Beihong, which he completed together with others, was exhibited and collected at the Beijing Art Museum. In 1990 an antique-style carpet he helped make received the Hundred Flowers Award for Chinese Arts and Crafts, conferred by the Ministry of Light Industry.
Honors & Recognition
His works have also won several awards at the level of the autonomous region.
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