Hu Ming is a renowned Chinese artist who joined the People’s Liberation Army during the time of the Cultural Revolution. She was instructed to paint heroic portraits of Mao Zedong repeatedly, but one day she was fascinated and petrified to encounter a book by Michelangelo. It featured male nudes and, while reprimanded for this, Hu went on to paint sensuous Chinese women with physical vigour.
Just thought I'd throw this into the mix . . .
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