PRINTS: Shanghai Icons

Shanghai is a city constructed of a number of different types of architecture, from traditional Buddhist temples to Shikumen lane houses to Art Deco apartment buildings and modern skyscrapers.

Whether they are the best examples of a fondly remembered past or a glorified future, all of the scenes depited in these prints could be considered icons of Shanghai.

New Year at the Peace Hotel, a black and white linoleum block
print depicting the Peace Hotel and Swatch Art Hotel on the Bund in Shanghai by artist Nicholas Brown.

New Year at the Peace Hotel
linoleum block print
image: 9" x 12" (23cm x 30.5cm), paper: 11" x 15" (28cm x 38cm)
edition of 100
©2025 All rights reserved.

Longhua Pagoda, a black and white linoleum block
print depicting the pagoda at Longhua Temple in Shanghai by artist Nicholas Brown.

Longhua Pagoda
linoleum block print
image: 12" x 9" (30.5cm x 23cm), paper: 15" x 11" (38cm x 28cm)
edition of 100
©2024 All rights reserved.

Wukang Moments, a black and white linoleum block
print of a scene in front of the Wukang Mansion / Normandie Apartments in Shanghai by artist Nicholas Brown.

Wukang Moments
linoleum block print
image: 12" x 9" (30.5cm x 23cm), paper: 15" x 11" (38cm x 28cm)
edition of 100
©2024 All rights reserved.

Shanghai Starbucks Roastery, a black and white linoleum block
print of the Starbucks Roastery in Shanghai by artist Nicholas Brown.

Shanghai Starbucks Roastery
linoleum block print
image: 12" x 9" (30.5cm x 23cm), paper: 15" x 11" (38cm x 28cm)
edition of 100
©2024 All rights reserved.

Wisdom Longevity & Prosperity, a black and white linoleum block
print of the fountain in Xiantindi in Shanghai by artist Nicholas Brown.

Cité Bourgogne, a black and white linoleum block
print depicting the front gate of the Cité Bourgogne neighborhood in Shanghai by artist Nicholas Brown.

Back to the Bund, a black and white linoleum block
print of a scene on the Bund with the Pudong skyline in the background in Shanghai by artist Nicholas Brown.

Back to the Bund
linoleum block print
image: 12" x 9" (30.5cm x 23cm), paper: 15" x 11" (38cm x 28cm)
edition of 100
©2022 All rights reserved.