Chen Xu

• Born in Meixian District, Meizhou City, Guangdong Province. A famous contemporary painter. In 1917, he studied landscape painting and running animal painting from Kimbokurou. After that, he majored in figure painting. He has been a lecturer and professor at the Beiping National College of Art and Money, the Beijing Art College, and the Fine Arts Department of Fu Jen University. He is the deputy director of the Beijing New National Painting Study Group. He is good at drawing Chinese paintings. He also specializes in portraiture. In his early years he painted many old-fashioned figures and painted them in an elegant style.