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.

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  • Wu Yanmu

    Wu Yanmu, a famous painter and art educator. Name is Peng, art name is Xiao Xuan, born in Zhejiang. Moved to Suzhou in his childhood with his father and a famous painter Wu Daiqiu. Worked as a President of Suzhou Painting Academy.

  • Zhu Ansheng

    Zhu Ansheng, born in Beijing in 1946, studied at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1986. He was an apprentice of the renowned painter Chen Dazhang. With many years of experience in art creation and research, he specializes in landscape and figure painting. He is currently a member of the China Artists Association, a first-level national painter, the deputy editor-in-chief of *Contemporary Calligraphy and Painting News*, and the vice president of the China Qinglu Landscape Painting Academy.