杨馥如，宇毓琨，1918年4月出生在无锡江溪桥1 户书香之家。1935年考入上海白鹅艺专，专攻西洋美术，毕业后在沪自开“馥如画室”，专事广告设计，间或接些书画、扇面创作，多以戏文、仕女为主。抗战期间，受聘上海图片社创作月份牌，随后辞聘以自在 职业者在家以“何其美”艺名自营月份牌制造 。抗克服 利后，进艺辉图片社任设计室主任，专门制造 娃娃年画，以炭笔勾勒，炭粉擦拭上色，层次分明，立体感强，故有擦笔年画之称。

解放后，图片社允许他在家创作，才移居无锡从事年画创作。为更好表现工农子弟抽象 ，他创作了最为著名的《十二生肖娃娃图》，12个娃娃手执各自生肖，个个虎虎有神，特别 受到翻身农民的爱好 。

1957年上海图片社更名上海美术出版社，在党的“双百”方针指引下，他深入生活，创作了《庆丰收》、《农家乐》等古代 题材年画。

以往出版社规定他每年创作2-3幅，“大跃进”开始后，规定每年要完成5-6幅。1961年为迎接建党40周年，他精心创作了《丹凤朝阳》，反映全国人民心向党的真诚 感情。在大办农业的号召下，他又创作了《大公鸡》年画，以古代 大农业为背景，雄鸡傲立崖头，身伴牡丹，脚随月季，预示中国人民定能克服 困难，迎来欣欣向荣的美好将来 ，印数达1000万张，还出口东南亚各国。这1 年，杨馥如正式成为中国美协江苏分会会员。后来，社会政治动荡，年画被打入另册，他六口之家生活堕入 困顿，市政协获知后，安排他进了无锡生化搪瓷厂，与工笔画家唐原道一同 负责新产品图案设计。他设计的牡丹图，1 时成为无锡市民新婚嫁娶的热销商品，不少牡丹面盆成为必备礼品。这1 设计在1964年全国轻工新产品展销会上荣获轻工产品优秀设计奖。同年，他被吸收为中国美协会员，也是当时我市唯一 一位 在锡工作的全国美协会员。

十年动乱，杨馥如被打入牛棚，拉过板车，后被下放苏北建湖。杨老为人有句名言：落拓时决不低三下四，顺畅时决不得意忘形 。在苏北几年，与苏北老乡交厚融洽，为村人写春联、出墙报。1973年乡里请他创作的《放学归来》，参加了全省美展，并1 举夺魁，被省美术出版社在全省发行。粉碎“四人帮”后，此画重版发行。《新华日报》还专门发了1 条音讯 ，其中写道：“多少年没有看见的年画又与老百姓见面了，南京郊区出现了一名 农民步行四十多里到南京买这幅年画的动人情景”。以后 ，杨馥如又创作了《丰收乐》等年画，均由省美术出版社出版。

1978年他调回无锡，为了让小儿子顶替本身 工作，他提前办了退休手续，在家专事创作。十多年时间，直至1992年10月19日逝世，他创作的多幅年画被港、浙、沪、津、皖、粤、陕等地出版社出版。

杨馥如这时候 的年画，题材广泛，内容健康，情势 通俗，以色彩绚丽、笔法细腻著称，特别 他调色讲究，如今 打开当年的原稿仍然 光彩夺目，显示了其非凡的功力。据他的先生 王梅青统计，八十年代当前 ，杨馥如每年创作达５幅，仅提供给上海美术出版社出版的作品就达30幅，印数达六千万张，不少作品1 版重版 ，单印数累计达二三百万张之巨。

其中，1984年创作的《万象更新》在第三届全国年画展上获二等奖，并入选第六届全国美术作品展，获华东地区优秀作品奖。

Yang Fu if, yu Yukun, was born in bridge of brook of the river that do not have stannum in April 1918 the home with a sweet book. Took an examination of Shanghai 1935 Bai E art only, specialize in western art, leave oneself in Shanghai after graduation " fragrant is like atelier " , only thing advertisement design, occasional receives creative work of some of painting and calligraphy, covering of the fan, give priority to with skit, traditional Chinese painting of beautiful women more. During war of resistance against aggression, suffer hire Shanghai picture company to create calendar, subsequently demit is hired with free profession person in the home with " how is beautiful " self-supporting calendar makes stage name. After war of resistance against aggression wins, into art brightness picture company holds the post of drawing office director, make child New Year picture technically, draw the outline of with charcoal pencil, charcoal pink wipes chromatically, distinct, stereo sense is strong, reason has those who brush pen New Year picture to say.

After liberating, picture company allows him to be created in the home, just migrate to be engaged in creation of New Year picture without stannum. For form of children of better performance workers and peasants, he was created most famous " 12 any of the twelve animalses baby pursues " , 12 child hand hold respective any of the twelve animals, each Hu Hu has a mind, be turned over especially of the farmer love.

1957 Shanghai picture company more publishing house of renown Shanghai art, in the party " double 100 " guiding principle is how-to below, he lives deep, created " Qing Feng closes " , " farmhouse is happy " wait for contemporary theme New Year picture.

Before the press stipulates he creates 2-3 every year, "Great leap forward " after beginning, the regulation should finish 5-6 every year. Was 1961 receive found a party 40 years, he was created meticulously " Dan Fengchao is in relief " , heart of reflective the people of the whole country the true love to the party. Below the call that handles agriculture greatly, he was created again " big cock " New Year picture, it is setting with contemporary big agriculture, the cock stands proudly cliff head, accompany peony personally, the foot follows Chinese rose, adumbrative China people will surely conquer is difficult, greet the good future of flourishing, impression amounts to 10 million pieces, still export southeast Asia each country. This year, if Yang Fu is formal become Chinese beauty assist Jiangsu branch member. Later, social politics is queasy, new Year picture is infiltrated the other register, his 6 home life is immersed in tired out, after city the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference is learned, arranged him to take plant of enamel of the biochemistry that do not have stannum, one case with Tang Yuan of painter of traditional Chinese realistic painting characterized by fine brushwork and close attention to detail design of design of responsible new product. The peony that he designs pursues, make the goods of sell like hot cakes of espouse of newly-married of the citizen that do not have stannum temporarily, many peony face basins make necessary gift. This one design is in the whole nation is light industrial 1964 new product is on sale have the honor to win on the meeting light industrial the product is outstanding design award. Of the same age, the member that he is absorbed to be Chinese beautiful association, also be at that time the countrywide beautiful association that our city only works in stannum member.

10 years of convulsion, yang Fu is like stable be infiltratinged, had pulled board cart, be built by North Jiangsu of transfer to a lower level after lake. Yang Laowei's person has a famous remark: When down and out anything but humble, smooth when anything but high and mighty. In North Jiangsu a few years, hand in with North Jiangsu fellow-townsman thick harmonious, the person that it is a village writes spring festival scrolls, give wall newspaper. Home village or town asked him to create 1973 " classes are over return " , attended complete province beauty to exhibit, and with one action seizes chief, be being saved to issue completely by province art publishing house. Smash " 4 people are helped " hind, this picture republication is issued. " new China daily " sent a message technically still, write among them: "The New Year picture that did not see how many years met with common people again, nanjing suburb appeared the moving scene that a farmer buys this New Year picture more than 40 lis to Nanjing on foot " . Later, if Yang Fu was created again " the bumper harvest is happy " wait for New Year picture, all publish by province art publishing house.

His recall did not have stannum 1978, take sb's place to invite young son oneself work, he did emeritus procedure ahead of schedule, be in the home only job creation. More than 10 years of time, till died on October 19, 1992, many New Year picture that he produces is published by press of and other places of harbor, short for Zhejiang Province, Shanghai, ferry, Anhui, another name for Guangdong Province, short for Shaanxi Province.

Yang Fu if at this moment New Year picture, subject matter is extensive, content health, the form is common, with colour flowery, calligraphy or drawing is exquisite and celebrated, especially other mix colors is exquisite, open now in those days manuscript still glows, showed its extraordinary work force. The statistic of blueness of student king plum that occupies him, after 80 time, if Yang Fu is annual creation amounts to 5, offer the work that publishs to Shanghai art publishing house to amount to 30 only, impression amounts to 60 million pieces, many work one edition second edition, what single impression accumulative total amounts to 2289 pieces is gigantic.

Among them, created 1984 " every phenomenon is updated " exhibit in New Year picture of the 3rd whole nation on win second-class award, selected work of art of the 6th whole nation is exhibited, capture Hua Dong area outstanding work reward.