ZHONG CHENG

Born in Guangxi, China, he graduated from the National Hangzhou Institute, Department of Oil Painting. Tu has been appointed director of the Shanghai Cultural Affairs Bureau, director of Academic Affairs at the Department of Sculpture in the Shanghai Academy, and director of the China Artist Association. He is a famous oil painter, composer, art educator and the founder of the subtropical color school. In 1961, he held his first solo exhibition of oil landscape paintings at the gallery of Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts, and then successively held several individual exhibitions in China, Japan and America. Tu has a professional study and attainment in oil and ink paintings, paintings in watercolors, block prints and bamboo brush paintings. His works are collected by China Armory Museum, Guangxi Museum and The National Art Museum of China.