The children’s badges read 红卫兵 “Red Guard” and the image on the floor reads, 我爱北京天安门 “I love Beijing Tiananmen.” The poem of the same name in the top righthand corner is below.
Qian Songyan, Artist (1898-1985)
Born in Yixing 宜兴,Jiangsu 江苏 province. His works have been exhibited globally.
The young girl is stopping to pick up grains before heading on to school. She has a book bag, bedding, and copies of Mao’s works. The man is wearing a Mao button.
A traditional style Chinese brush painting. The characters on the side are the name and year. You can also see a red artist chop below the characters for the year. This little boy is carrying a book bag similar to this.
A traditional Chinese style brush painting.