Shao Yu (1919-June 1992), a famous sketch and watercolor painter, was originally from Gushan Town, Donggou County, Liaoning Province (now Donggang City). In 1934, he studied at Shenyang Fine Arts College and Peking Fine Arts College. He joined the National Liberation Vanguard in 1936. In 1938, he published sketches such as "Meeting" in "Literary Position" edited by Mao Dun, and published his first batch of sketches in "Li Bao" and "Shen Shen" to accuse the Japanese invaders. The woodcuts "The Wifeless Husband" and "The Motherless Son" contain crime as content. In the same year, he joined the Communist Party of China. He joined the New Fourth Army in 1939 and served successively as the leader of the New Fourth Army Song and Dance Ensemble, the editor-in-chief of the "Jiang Poster" in Central Jiangsu, and the president of Xinhua News Agency in Central Jiangsu. He published "The Heinous Crimes of the Reactionaries" in "Anti-Enemy Daily" and "Soldier Daily", etc. Woodcut works. During the Wannan Incident, he was imprisoned in the Shangrao Concentration Camp. He later escaped from prison and returned to the revolutionary base area, where he worked in the "Su Zhong Daily". During the Third Civil Revolutionary War, Shao Yu served as a reporter and communications director at the Northeast Daily in Shenyang. In the winter of 1946, he went to Dong'an area of ??Heilongjiang Province to participate in the land reform movement, which stimulated his strong desire to create. The comic strips he created were praised by Mr. Xu Beihong, who believed that his painting style was "very suitable for describing Chinese society. It can be called simple, compact, and concise." , and extremely powerful." After the liberation of the country, Shao Yu served as deputy secretary-general of the Press Photography Bureau and director of the Art Creation Office. In 1950, he participated in the preparations for the establishment of the People's Fine Arts Publishing House. In the winter of 1951, he went to the front line to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea and created a series of battlefield sketches. Excellent works such as "Shanggrao Concentration Camp" and "Thousands of Mountains and Rivers" were completed during this period. Since 1955, Shao Yu has served as editor-in-chief of People's Pictorial, leader of the art team of People's Daily, president and editor-in-chief of People's Fine Arts Publishing House, executive director and secretary of the Secretariat of the Chinese Artists Association. In 1984, he concurrently served as the director of the editing and publishing committee of "The Complete Collection of Chinese Art" and presided over the editing and publishing work of "The Complete Collection of Chinese Art". In 1988, he served as the chief editor of "The Complete Collection of Chinese Art Classification". Since 1990, he has served as Chairman and Party Secretary of the Chinese Calligraphers Association. He was elected as a representative of the 3rd National People's Congress and a member of the 5th, 6th and 7th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Director and professor of the Editorial Committee of People's Fine Arts Publishing House.