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Life of Characters in Hu's Works

Hu was born in Nanjing, Jiangsu. His father, Hu Tongqing, is a China painter who is good at flowers, birds and animals. Ned is a family heirloom. 19 13 came to Shanghai to paint with his father. The paintings are mainly landscapes, but also people and animals. His works have been praised by Wu Changshuo, Wang Yiting and Cheng Yaosheng. Wu Zeng wrote the inscription "It has been more than 7 1 year, only Hu Jun sees the meaning of the Song and Yuan Dynasties", and personally took it as an example, named Forgetting the Year. At the same time, he was one of the pioneers of China's early photography. 1928 co-organized "China Photography Society" with Beijing Guangshe Lang Jingshan, Huang Bohui and Chen Wanli. He published the article "On Artistic Photography" in the sixth issue of the third volume of Tian Peng's Miscellanies of Photography, which is the earliest monograph on the difference between artistic photography and painting in China. During the period of 1929, Cai Yuanpei launched the national art exhibition. He was invited to exhibit two works, Wind Blowing and Tea Boiling in the Shade of Pine, and was appointed as the examiner of the National Art Exhibition of the Ministry of Education.

193 1 autumn, China Photography Magazine was founded at its own expense with the aim of "praising real art, raising the standard and making national art have the spirit of the times and national characteristics". As a painter and photographer who was active in Shanghai in 1930s, he created many moon paintings for British American Tobacco Company and Qidong Tobacco Company. In the 1940s, he was also engaged in industry. He has served as general manager of family industrial society, executive director of industrial association, executive director of China National Products Factory Federation, vice president of Shanghai Branch of Production Promotion Association, and chairman of Shanghai Cosmetics Industry Association. After the founding of New China, he was a member of China Artists Association, Shanghai Artists Association and painter of Shanghai China Painting Academy.