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

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

送子参军
Send my Son to Join the Army. Banner: Join the Army, it is Glorious, 1964, Artist: Chen Qiang

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

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

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

兽医姑娘
Veterinarian Girl, 1964, Artist: Hu Zhen Lang

雄伟的新安江水电站
The Magnificent Hydroelectric Power Station on the Xin'an River, 1964, Artist: Pan Ka

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

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."

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.
See more on Shanghai, Page 2

无产阶级的英雄李玉和
Proletarian Hero Li Yu He, 1970, No Artist


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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


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

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

英雄黄继光
The Hero Huang Ji Guang, 1973,
No Artist

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

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

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

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

个个争当小雷锋
Everybody Strives to Become a Little Lei Feng, 1973, Artist: Wu Xingging

革命传统代代传
Revolutionary Tradition Passes from Generation to Generation, 1973, Artist: Li Mu Bai

大战曲峪河
Big War Against Quyu River, Painting from the Huxian Peasant Painting Exhibition, 1974, Artist: Liu Zhi De

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

丰收场上披新装
A New Look in the Harvest Field, 1975,
Artist: Zhou Yun Gen

我们的队长
Our Captain, 1975, Artist: Guo Zhi Ming

老英雄参观新地道
The Old Hero Visits the New Underground Bunkers, 1975, Artists: Xiao Feng & Song Xiu Ying

技术革新开红花
Technical Revolution will Blossom, 1975, No Artist
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

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)

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

船厂喜事
Shipyard Celebration, 1977, Artist: Ding Yi Xin

SHANGHAI
you will find more 1970's-1990's and undated posters on Page 2

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

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

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


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


开门办学
Beside Zhou Enlai, 1977, Artist: Jiang Chang 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.

华主席率领我们绘新图
Chairman Hua Leads Us to Draw the New Picture, 1978, Artist: Jiang Xian Hui

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


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

我们热爱华主席
We Love Hua Guo Feng, 1978, Artists: Wu Xing Qing & Chen Ju Xian

Chairman Hua Will Love You, 1978, Artist: Wang Wei Shu


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