Wu Dayu (1903-1988) Born in Yi Xing city of Jiang Su Province, Wu Dayu is an outstanding modern oil painter and an art educator, also one of the earliest oil painting exploiters in China and one of the founders of Chinese modern painting. The rich Southeast of China has gestated one talent's art spiritulism. When he was 15 years old, he went to Shanghai and learned from a famous painter Zhang Yuguang. At the age of 17, he became an art editor of Shen Paper. In 1922, he studied in France and learned oil painting from professor Lu Le at National Advanced Art School of Paris, since then he studied sculpture at sculptor Buerdile's studio. In 1927 he returned his motherland, became a professor of Shanghai Xinhua Art School. In the following years, he established Hangzhou National Art Academy with Lin Fengmian (whose name is turned into "National Art School" later, and now it’s the former of Chinese Art Academy), and became a director of Painting Department. While antiwar of Japan broke up, National Art School was moved into inland but he didn't go along. After antiwar victory, National Art School was removed to Hangzhou, and he was employed as a director at oil painting studio of that academy again. In 1950 he has already stayed at home and painted. In 1960 he taught at Shanghai Art School. In 1965 he worked at Shanghai Oil Painting & Sculpture Academy. He has already become a consultant of Chinese Artist Association, Shanghai Branch of Chinese Artist Association and Art Department of Shanghai Chinese Painting Academy Communication University, a director of Shanghai Branch of Chinese Artist Association.