Study Zhang Haidi

China, 1983

30 x 21 in (76 x 53 cm)

ID #FF20D-PK13-L-10

"Study Zhang Haidi to become a new generation of people with reason, ethics, culture, respect for discipline!" (学习张海迪,做有理想、有道德、有文化、守纪律的一代新人!)

A propaganda poster showing young Chinese students looking up to Zhang Haidi, a model comrade for China's communist youths. Haidi, also known as Ling Ling, became a paraplegic at age 5. Through self-study, she learned to read books on politics, literature and medical science.

Part of a series of graphic design meant to promote the Four Modernizations, goals to strengthen the fields of agriculture, industry, defense, science, and technology in China.

Artist: Jin Jifa (金纪发)

Publisher: Renmin meishu chubanshe

Condition: Good

100-250 books china chinese communism cultural revolution Deng Xiaoping disability disabled education government mao zedong martyr original poster portrait poster propaganda size-30x21 students vintage

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