Guan
Shanyue (1912, Yangjiang, Guangdong Province) graduated from Guangzhou
Municipal Teachers Training College in 1933. His early work consisted of
sketches made in Southwestern and Northwestern China as well the coastal
provinces along the Eastern seaboard. During the war, he was engaged in
anti-Japanese activities in Macao and Hong Kong. After 1949, he taught
for many years, and became a prominent representative of the "Lingnan
School". In 1959, he cooperated in work for the Great Hall of the
People. In 1979, the painting reproduced as a poster below was also
added to the Great Hall of the People.
