Hao Yanming
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, of the Han ethnic group, born in April 1947 in Xiangyuan County, Shanxi Province. His works draw on the techniques of mural painting, New Year pictures and architectural polychrome painting, and are distinctive in content, material and layout; the subjects are festive and auspicious, the tones bright and lively and the figures exaggerated and romantic, and they are much loved by the local people. He takes an active part in folk art performances and exhibitions at various levels and is keen to join public-benefit activities, teaching apprentices free of charge and giving free lectures throughout the year, and he promotes the introduction of intangible cultural heritage into schools.
Honors & Recognition
He is a representative bearer of architectural painting (kangwei painting), a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project. Fond of folk polychrome painting from childhood, he began at sixteen to learn the craft of painting kangwei, the decorated surrounds of heated brick beds, under the painter Cui Yingui and his apprentice Su Genyuan, and through diligent practice he soon won the recognition of local people.
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