This painting “Occupying Presidential Palace” depicts the moment when the Chinese People’s Liberation Army captured the KMT “presidential palace” on April 23, 1949.
The painting “Yuhuatai Memorial” commemorates the Chinese Communists who perished during the revolution.
China’s agricultural production was significantly damaged due to a long period of war in the 1940s. This painting, “Farmers and Tractors” was created by Li Qi in 1950, inspired by China's agricultural mechanization.
Chinese artist Wen Lipeng created this oil painting “Ode to the Red Candle” in memory of his father Wen Yiduo, a prominent Chinese poet and scholar. Wen Yiduo was also a fearless warrior in China’s democratic revolutionary movements in the 20th century.