杜鸿年是北大荒版画的创始人之一。80年代末调来海南，大家习惯称他“社老”。在海口画院退休期间，他兼作海南美术家协会顾问，并自费筹办“水印版画技法培训班”，到海南大学艺术学院版画专业授课，不计酬劳，尽心传艺。同时，积极进行版画探索和创作，1994年木刻套色版画《 Du Hongnian is one of the founders of the northern wilderness prints. The transfer of Hainan in the late 1980s, we used to call him “society old.” During the retiring period in Haikou Academy of Art, he worked as an advisor to the Association of Hainan Artists and organized a training course on watermark printmaking techniques at his own expense. He went to printmaking specialized courses at the Art Institute of Hainan University without paying his reward and dedication. At the same time, actively explore and create prints, woodcut color printing in 1994 "