Du Ping
Lineage & School of Heritage
He is the third-generation transmitter of the Du family's copper engraving and a master of folk arts and crafts of Anhui Province. Taught orally by his father Du Hongnian, he has devoted himself to studying, recovering and inheriting the nearly lost art of copper engraving, and has formed a style of his own.
Mastery, Signature Works & Repertoire
Male, Han ethnicity, born in May 1960, a native of Fuyang, Anhui Province. His works show fresh knife work and fluent lines, combining engraving, poetry and calligraphy, painting and ornament in one, and possess rare artistic value. His works have been exhibited and awarded at events including the First China (Huangshan) Intangible Cultural Heritage Traditional Skills Exhibition, sponsored by the Ministry of Culture and the People's Government of Anhui Province, and the China Folk Arts and Crafts Expo, jointly held by the China Federation of Literary and Art Circles and the China Folk Artists Association; he has travelled repeatedly to Hong Kong, Macao, the United States and other countries for exhibitions and exchanges. His representative works include Nuwa Mending the Sky, Lu Bu and Diaochan, National Soul and Ancient Charm of Yingzhou.
Honors & Recognition
National representative bearer of Copper Engraving (Du Family Copper Engraving), a fifth-batch national intangible cultural heritage project.
References & Archival Sources
Representative Items of This Bearer
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