Famous People with Name Dayu

Chen Dayu            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Chen Dayu: was a Chinese painter, calligrapher, seal carver and educator. Chen was born in Chaoyang in Guangdong province. He was poor as a youth, but developed and abiding passion for artistic pursuits. He graduated from Shanghai Art College in 1935. In the 1946 Chen journed to Beijing for meetings with the eminent artist Qi Baishi. From 1948 he lectured at the Shanghai Academy of Art. In 1950, he became a professor of art at the Nanjing Institute of Art. And began a long career as a flower and bird painter as well as a seal carver. In 1980, his work was displayed at the Jiangsu Museum of Art and the following year at the Shanghai Museum of Art. Chen was adept at both Chinese style and western painting. In his later years he developed a distinctly personal artistic style. His series of rooster paintings are celebrated worldwide. Chen’s work can be seen at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco and elsewhere. Three major collections of Chen’s painting have been published, in 1948, 1982 and in Japan in 1988.

Zhao Dayu            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Zhao Dayu: is a Chinese coach, businessman and a former international football striker. As a footballer he played his whole career for Guangzhou F.C. where he was Nicknamed "Dwarf Tiger" because of his short sature, while internationally he would be called-up to the Chinese national team where he took part in the 1984 Asian Cup. He would have to retire early in 1986 due to injury and moved to Japan to become the coach of Mitsubishi Motors F.C. youth team in 1988. Zhao would have a brief stint at senior management with Guangzhou F.C. before concentrating on football youth development by starting up his own school named Yida football school in his hometown while outside football he moved into sportswear manufacturing with a company called Ucan.

Cáo Dàyuán            Origin/Culture/Country: Chinese

Cáo Dàyuán: a professional Go player.Cao started learning Go when he was 11. He won the 4th World Amateur Go Championship in 1982 and turned professional in 1985. He was promoted to 9 dan in 1986.