Timeline of Du Shao's Life

1910

November 15th

Born in Yongqiang, Wenzhou Zhejiang Province (now Longwan District)

1922

Graduated from the Model Elementary School affiliated with the Zhejiang Tenth Normal College at the age of 13

1923

Began as an apprentice at the Aiwu Photo Studio

1927

Became a photographer at the Huanwu Photo Studio, beginning his artistic creation photography

1931

Became the manager of Huanwu Photo Studio. His virgin pieces, "Great Bridge Builder" and "Jizhou Bridge of Longquan County," were published in the No. 23 of the Wenhua Pictorial.

Major artwork: Cloud over Jiushan River and Home in Sight

1932

Major artwork: Boating

1933

Major artwork: Jackdaw Caws at Dusk

1934

Went to Shanghai to take photos

Major artwork: Folk Art

1935

Participated in the International Photography Exhibition (Shanghai)

Major artworks: Expedition Sail, Harvest, City Wall against the Sunset

1936

Married Miss Sufen Zhang. Went to the Yandang Moutains to take photos.

Major artworks: Valorous Gaze, Swan Goose in Spring (set of photos)

1937

Major artworks: Cultivation and Harvest (set of photos), Sunset, A Bird Singing in the Tree, Eagles (set of photos)

1938

Participated in news photo coverage during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression

Major artwork: Wenzhou's Preparation of All Sorts Under Enemy Airplanes and Warship Threat (Situation after the Bombing) (set of photos)

1939

Employed as a freelance photographer at the Earth Pictorial in Hong Kong

Major artworks: Enlightening the Children during the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression (set of photos as a textbook), Tearing down the Rampart and Eliminating (set of photos), Outdated Things (set of photos), Poem of Defoliation

1940

Took photos along Oujiang River

Major artwork: Rising Gale Sweeps the Clouds Across the Sky

1942

Major artwork: Homecoming During a Snowy Night

1943

Major artwork: Snow-covered Landscape

1944

Major artwork: Xunshan Pagoda

1945

Went to the Yandang Moutains to take photos.

Major artwork: Watch Longqiu Waterfall

1946

Took photos in Taibei, Keelung, Beitou, Xinzhu, and Taizhong in Taiwan

Major artworks: Bei Tou Hot Spring, Waterfall, Sitting under the Acacia, Outing

1947

Established the Shao Du Photo Studio

1948

Joined the Chinese Photographic Society (Shanghai). Went to Hangzhou and other places to take photos.

Major artworks: Sailing against the Current, Image of the Sailing

1949

Began his professional photographic creation

1951

Major artwork: Material

1953

Went to the Nanxi River to take photos

Major artworks: Birds Singing in the Empty Valley, Mountains Greeting Morning Sun

1954

Went to Stone Gate in Qingtian to take photos

Major artworks: The River Flowing to the East, Mist Shrouded Waters

1955

Major artwork: Sailing at Dawn on Oujiang River

1956

Went to the Yandang Mountains to take photos

Major artwork: Mist Wreathed Peaks

1957

Major artwork: Dawn at Oujiang River

1958

Major artwork: Warm Mist Over River In Spring

1959

Major artworks: Boats Floating on the River in Spring, Ancient Tree Welcome Sailboat

1960

Major artworks: Connected, The Dock, Rafting in the Snow, Playing with the Water at a Deep Pool

1961

Major artworks: Sunrise Over Oujiang River, Suburb Morning, Songtai Mountain in Drizzle, Flowering Reeds Report Late Autumn

1962

Major artworks: The Early Morning in Wenzhou, The Tide of Oujiang River, The Clearing of the weather in the Rainy Season

1963

Major artworks: The Competition of the Light and the Cloud, The Misty Drizzling Make the Willow Bloom, Magpie Calls for a Fruitful Year, Busy Cultivating in Early Spring

1964

Major artworks: The Beauty of Architecture, Who

1965

Major artworks: Solitary Sail Encounter Heavy Rain, An Elegant Flower

1966

Major artwork: Before the Storm

1967

Major artwork: Pastoral

1968

Major artworks: Lotus, The View of the River, Fish Jumping in Rising Tide of Oujiang River, Earnestly Enjoin as a Mom

1969

Major artworks: Magnificent Scenery Like a Picture, Canola Flower Wheat Seedling Revel in East Wind, A Fascinating View of the Jiangxin Islet through Thorn Tree

1970

June 5th

Died of illness in Wenzhou