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Huang Yao

Huang Yao (1917–1987) was a Chinese painter, comic artist and teacher. Huang Yao was born in Shanghai, he had ancestral roots in Jiashan, Zhejiang. He is known for his creation of the Niubizi (牛鼻子) cartoons in the 1930s in Shanghai.

Huang Yao

Caricatura de Huang Yao amb personatges en estil Niubizi, publicada a l'etapa final de Shanghai Manhua, el juny del 1936. Representa a Chiang Kai-shek vestit com Hitler i xafant el sol de la bandera, a la dreta els missioners cristians i a l'esquerra el poble xinés amb les mans lligades.

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Born
1917 · Shanghai.
Died
1987 · Kuala Lumpur.
Nationality
People's Republic of China
Occupation
comics artist · calligrapher · painter

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Huang Yao (1917–1987) was a Chinese painter, comic artist and teacher. Huang Yao was born in Shanghai, he had ancestral roots in Jiashan, Zhejiang. He is known for his creation of the Niubizi (牛鼻子) cartoons in the 1930s in Shanghai.

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Huang Yao (1917–1987) was a calligrapher, comics artist and painter, of Chinese nationality. The calligrapher was born in Shanghai and died in Kuala Lumpur. Works are held at Ashmolean Museum.

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