Cai Lanying (蔡蘭英; 1918 – 2005) was a Chinese cut-paper artist.
Cai Lanying | |
|---|---|
蔡蘭英  | |
| Born | 1918 Xian County |
| Died | 2005 (aged 86–87) |
| Occupation | Papercut artist |
Cai Lanying was born in 1918 in Xian County, Hebei, China. She was born into a peasant family and had little education; she was unable to read or write. She began papercutting at age eight and created over 10 thousand works.[1]
Most of her works depict Chinese peasant life, including agricultural work, festivals, and folktales. Many of her works are autobiographical.[1]
Her paper-cut of a rooster was selected for the annual Chinese zodiac stamp by the Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications for the 1993 Year of the Rooster.[2] Her design features a rooster with cocked head and outspread wings above plum blossoms and a caption reading, "The rooster crows for the coming of spring."[3]
Cai Lanying was invited to the World Conference on Women, 1995.[1] Her work is in the collection of the National Art Museum of China.[4]
Can Lanying died in 2005.[5]
References
edit- ^ a b c Biographical dictionary of Chinese women. Armonk, N.Y.: M. E. Sharpe. 1998. ISBN 978-0-7656-0043-1.
- ^ Bottomley, Ruth (1994). Chinese papercuts : a selection. Singapore: Sun Tree Pub. ISBN 978-981-00-4410-7.
- ^ "The Year to Cock-a-Doodle-doo it" (PDF). First Cut: Guild of American Papercutters. 6 (4). 1993.
- ^ See, Pamela M (2020-10-01). "The Agency of Papercutting in the Post-Digital Era". doi:10.25904/1912/3981.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Biographical Dictionary of Chinese Women: The Twentieth Century 1912–2000 (Chinese edition) (in Chinese) (REV - Revised, Chinese language ed.). Sydney University Press. 2016. ISBN 978-1-74332-522-3. JSTOR j.ctt1kzcbzj.