Xu Yuanshao

• Xu Yuan Shao, born in 1944 in Suzhou, Jiangsu. In 1958, he studied under Zhang Xinjun, a master of bird-and-flower painting. In 1960, he entered the Suzhou National Art Museum to study Chinese painting. In 1978, he became a painter at the Suzhou National Painting Academy. He is a first class artist.