Liao Bingxiong Cartoon Exhibition

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Liao Bingxiong Cartoon Exhibition

Venue: Guangzhou Museum of Art
Time: 9 am to 5 pm, 2008-02-05~2008-04-30

A cartoon exhibition by Liao Bingxiong (廖冰兄, 1915-2006) is taking place in Guangzhou, where the famous animation artist was born. He drew anti-war illustrations during World War II, after which he joined a comic artists organization in Hong Kong. In the early 1950s he returned to the mainland, where he drew many children's comics, such as Fairy Tale. (From China Daily)

About Liao Bingxiong

Liao Bingxiong, one of China's greatest cartoonists, graduated from Guangzhou Normal School at age 17, in the midst of World War II. His anti-Japanese comic strips started appearing in newspapers that same time. During the war years, Liao also began drawing 'Spring and Autumn in Cat Kingdom'. It would make his reputation as one of China's greatest cartoonists. Wanted by the government for the criticism Liao expressed in his cartoons however, he changed his name and fled. After the Communist victory, Liao returned and became vice president of the Chinese Artists Association. But he continued to criticize government wrongdoing in his cartoons and was removed from his position in 1957. For 20 years he was forbidden to draw cartoons. When the Cultural Revolution ended in 1976, Liao resumed cartooning.

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