Wang Guodong

1931–2019 (age 88)

Biography

Wang Guodong (Chinese: 王国栋; 25 June 1931 – 23 August 2019) was a Chinese painter, known for his giant portraits of Mao Zedong hung on the Tiananmen in Beijing, which are among the world's most recognizable images.

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