Guangyu Zhang

Zhang Guangyu was a native of Wuxi Jiangsu Province. From 1918 on Zhang studied in Shanghai and designed advertising for the Nanyang Tobacco Company the British American Tobacco Company and others. He designed covers for Shanghai Cartoons and other journals in 19281929. He went to Hong Kong in 1937 and spent most of the AntiJapanese War period in West China. He produced the famous antiGuomindang cartoon series Journey to the West in 1945. Zhang was head of the Decorative Art Department of the Central Art Academy from 19491963. Zhang was the chief cartoonist for the cartoon film based on the original Journey to the West.