Modern Propaganda Poster

Stefan Landsberger’s Chinese Propaganda Poster Pages — Not only does Stefan present fabulous propaganda posters but incorporates their stories into a discussion of Chinese history and sociology. An amazing website.

This site is dedicated to the Chinese propaganda poster as it has been produced from 1949 till the present day. So-called propaganda art has played a major supporting role in the many campaigns that were designed to mobilize the people, and throughout the People’s Republic, the propaganda poster has been the favored vehicle through which art conveyed model behavior. I’ve been collecting these Chinese political posters for many years now, and have brought together quite a nice collection of some 1,700 titles, spanning more than five decades of Chinese poster production. From time to time, new sections will be added, devoted to the political, social and economic movements and developments that have found their way into visual propaganda over the years. As my collection expands over time, existing sections will expand as well in order to include more or better posters that I have acquired.

Traditional “old” style poster