Considered to be China's greatest propaganda artist, Ruizhuang is behind hundreds of iconic images that emerged during the Cultural Revolution. Zhou Ruizhuang (1930) is from Wuxing, Zhejiang Province. In 1949, he enrolled in the East China Branch of the Central Art Academy, and in 1951, he joined the English Department of the Beijing Foreign Languages Institute. He graduated from the Oil Painting Department of the Zhejiang Art in 1958, and was sent to work at the Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House. In 1961, Zhou taught art at the Shanghai Publishing Institute, but in 1963, he returned to the Shanghai People's Fine Arts Publishing House. Zhou is considered the ultimate propaganda artist: in every historical period, he designed at least one image which is still remembered today.