Suzhou Art College, founded in September 1922, is one of the oldest art schools. It was founded by Suzhou painters Yan Wenliang, Hu Zhongzhong and Zhu Shijie. It is known as the "Three Masters of Surging waves".Yan Wen-liang, founder and principal, was born in 1893 and died in 1988 at the age of 95.During his stay in China, he purchased a large number of nearly 500 plaster models of famous sculptures.At that time, the school was in the society with strong feudal ideology in Suzhou, which was the first precedent for male and female students, which was a great event in the early 1920s.

"Surging waves" from "Chu Ci" in the "fishing Father" a paragraph: "Qu Yuan said:" I hear, the new bath will be flicked crown, the new bath will shake clothes;Safety to the body of the inspection, receive the things of brunei!Rather xiang flow, buried in the river fish in the belly.Security to the white of the Hao Hao, and the dust of the secular!"Yu father smile smile, drum Yi, is song yue: "zhuo water of blue waves qing xi, can we tassel.The waters of the surging waves are murky, so clear that they wash my feet."So he stopped talking."This is "lotus out of the mud but not stained", "the world is cloudy I alone clear, everyone drunk I alone awake" another way of saying.The aim of Soka is to create a pure art space for those who love art, in which they can enjoy themselves.

The classic paintings on display at The Soka Art Center in Beijing are all the works of art educators who are representative in the history of Suzhou art school. They are all sketches by the authors, showing their abilities.Wandering in these classic old paintings, let the eyes full of contemporary art viewers, once again experience the classic old paintings brought us the beauty of simple art, to feel these old artists understanding and passion for art.