14 Facts About Situ Qiao

Situ Qiao was a Chinese oil painter and graphic artist.

Situ Qiao was born to a poor family in Chikan, Kaiping, Guangdong province in 1902.

In 1924, Situ entered the School of Theology of Yenching University in Beijing, but was more interested in painting.

Situ Qiao held an exhibition in March 1928, which was again noticed by Lu Xun, who wrote about his conversation with Situ Qiao.

In winter 1928, Situ Qiao left for France to study painting, and exhibited at the Paris Salon the following year.

In 1930, Situ Qiao left France to study in New York City.

Situ Qiao supported his studies by selling his own paintings.

Situ Qiao was present when Lu Xun died on 19 October 1936 in Shanghai, and drew the famous final sketches of the writer.

Situ Qiao soon moved to Nanjing, then capital of China.

Situ Qiao invited Jin Shan and Wang Ying to his studio, and painted his eponymous oil painting, which has become his most famous work.

When Singapore fell to the Japanese in 1941, Situ Qiao escaped to the wartime Chinese capital Chongqing.

Situ Qiao taught at the China Central Academy of Fine Arts and helped to set up the Museum of the Chinese Revolution.

On 16 February 1958, Situ Qiao died in his studio in Beijing.

Situ Qiao donated all his paintings to the state, which are now in the collections of various museums in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and his hometown, Kaiping.