The painter Ju Lian (eighth from the right) and his students at the Lodge of the Zither of Moon Howling. The youngest student was Gao Jianfu (fifth from the left). Chao Shao-an's teacher Gao Qifeng learned from Gao Jianfu and indirectly from Ju Lian.
Gao Qifeng and his pupils at the exhibition of their works in Guangzhou on 12 June 1931. From the left: Zhou Yifeng, He Qiyuan, Chao Shao-an, Zhang Kunyi, Gao Qifeng, Ye Shaobing, Huang Shaoqiang. These pupils were known as the Disciples of Tianfeng Studio.
Photo of Chao Shao-an (back row fifth from the left) and his students in the 1950s. Chao Shao-an organised frequent trips of outdoor sketching with his students. One destination was Fanling.
Photo of Chao Shao-an and Malcolm MacDonald in Singapore in 1952. Malcolm MacDonald was the Governor General of Malaya and Singapore, and the Commissioner-General for Southeast Asia from 1948 to 1955.
Joint exhibition of five artists in memory of their teacher Gao Qifeng at St. John's Cathedral in Hong Kong in July 1955. From the left: Zhou Yifeng, Ye Shaobing, He Qiyuan, Rong Shushi, Chao Shao-an.
Joint exhibition with members of the Hong Kong Art Association of Seven Artists in the St. John's Cathedral, Hong Kong, March 1957. From the left: Li Xipeng, Huang Banruo, Ding Yanyong, Chao Shao-an, Yang Shanshen, Lu Shoukun.
Solo exhibition presented by the Urban Council, Hong Kong Museum of Art in 1979. Chao Shao-an speaking with Arnaldo de Oliveira Sales, Chairman of the Urban Council, on the Eighth Floor of the City Hall.