男，广东广州人。1933年11月出生于上海，1952年加入中国共产党。1954年毕业于中央美术学院。

1963年毕业于中央美术学院油画研究班。毕业后留校在董希文工作室任教。后在中央美术学院从事美术教学和油画创作。先后在中央美术学院附中、中央美院油画系任教，油画系二画室主任、学术委员会副主任、教授。曾任中央美术学院党委副书记、副院长。

主要作品有《黄河激流》、《不可磨灭的记忆》》（获第5届全国美展三等奖，北京市美展一等奖，由中国美术馆收藏）(合作)。作品曾获建国30周年全国美展三等奖，由中国美术馆收藏。研究班毕业创作《在激流中前进》；与高亚光、苏高礼合作的《不可磨灭的记忆》（获第5届全国美展三等奖，北京市美展 一等奖，由中国美术馆收藏）；与高亚光、苏高礼合作《伟人归来》、《在太行山上》。

杜键1933年生于广东南海。1954年毕业于中央美术学院，曾先后任教于中央美术学院附中、中央美术学院，任中央美术学院副院长等职务，现为教授。展览：1980年第五届全国美术作品展北京。1992年二十世纪中国美展北京。获奖：全国美展三等奖北京市美展一等奖。高亚光1932生于吉林洮安。1953年毕业于中央美术学院绘画系，任教于中央美院附中，副教授，中国美术家协会会员。作品有与苏高礼合作的油画《不可磨灭的记忆》，获第五届全国美展三等奖，北京市美展一等奖，由中国美术馆收藏。与苏高礼合作的《太行山上》以及《陕北印象》等。

苏高礼1937年生，曾用名高礼，山西平定人。1954年进中央美术学院附属中等美术学校学习，1958年入中央美院油画系。1960年留学苏联列宾美术学院，1966年毕业回国，任教于中央美院。曾任该院油画系第二画室副主任、教授。中国美术家协会会员。作品有油画《武家坪的庄稼地》，与高亚光合作油画《不可磨灭的记忆》均为中国美术馆收藏。1976年，中国共产党的三位杰出位领袖周恩来、朱德、毛泽东都在同一年相继去世。中国社会处在一个历史的转折点。发生在1976年4月5日在天安门广场集会纪念周恩来总理的“四五”运动被定性为“反革命”行为，政治局势空前紧张。1976年9月9日，毛泽东逝世，形势突变。10月6日，以华国锋为首的党中央粉碎“四人帮”反革命集团，中国历史开始进入新旧交替的过渡期，这一时期，国家的政治形势依旧动荡，充满了不确定性。当时任教于中央美术学院的三个年轻人杜键、高亚光、苏高礼正是在毛泽东去世，中国的局势方向不明的时候开始酝酿创作这幅作品，希望借“伟人归来”这一主题，寄托对国家命运的关心。这幅作品原计划于1977年“四五”直接送天安门广场展出，但因当时的政治形势未能如愿。随后这幅作品参加了在中国革命历史博物馆举办的纪念毛泽东逝世一周年画展，并被多家出版社印制成单页广为发行，在当年颇具影响。展览结束后，这幅作品一直保存在中国革命历史博物馆（现中国国家博物馆）直到近年才重回艺术家手中。这幅作品因为诞生在一个特殊的时期而极具历史价值。从画面的一些细节可以把握到当时政治气氛的改变。画面上，毛泽东、朱德、周恩来三人在画面中顶天立地，脚踩着祖国的土地，身后是锦绣河山。与“文革”期间描绘领袖主题绘画有所区别的是，三位领袖没有被描绘成不食人间烟火的“红光亮”形象，而是被赋予了极具亲和力的表情和姿态。周恩来的领口微微敞开，朱德的外套甚至没有扣上一粒纽扣，同时，三位伟人的头发都被轻风吹起。这些细节不可能出现在“文革”时期油画中。在当时政治形势并不明朗的局势下，艺术家的这些构思事实上还可能给自己带来政治风险。但是毕竟开放的脚步声已经越来越近。随着1978年12月中国共产党11届三中全会的召开，中国社会走进了一个开放的时代。《伟人归来》作为一段特殊历史时期的视觉记忆，其价值毋庸置疑。——伍劲展览：毛主席永远活在我们心中－纪念毛主席逝世一周年画展出版：上海人民出版社单页全国发行黑龙江人民出版社单页全国发行《广东文艺》插页1978年

 Male, Cantonese. Born in Shanghai in November 1933, he joined the Communist Party of China in 1952. Graduated from Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1954.

Graduated from the Oil Painting Research Course of the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1963. After graduation, he stayed at Dong Xiwen's studio to teach. Later, he was engaged in art teaching and oil painting creation in the Central Academy of Fine Arts. He has successively taught in the Oil Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts and the Affiliated Middle School of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. He is the director of the Second Painting Room of the Oil Painting Department and the vice-director and professor of the Academic Committee. He was a deputy secretary and vice president of the Party Committee of the Central Academy of Fine Arts.

The main works are "The Yellow River Rise" and "Unerable Memory" (won the third prize of the 5th National Art Exhibition and the first prize of Beijing Art Exhibition, collected by the Chinese Art Museum) (cooperation). His works have won the third prize of the National Art Exhibition on the 30th anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic of China and are collected by the Chinese Art Museum. Graduates of the research class created "Advance in the Torrential Flow", "Impervious Memory" in cooperation with Gao Yaguang and Su Gaoli (won the third prize of the 5th National Art Exhibition and the first prize of Beijing Art Exhibition, collected by the Chinese Art Museum); and cooperated with Gao Yaguang and Su Gaoli in "Return of the Great Man" and "On Mount Taihang".

Du Jian was born in 1933 in Nanhai, Guangdong Province. Graduated from the Central Academy of Fine Arts in 1954, he has taught in the Central Academy of Fine Arts, the Central Academy of Fine Arts, affiliated middle school, vice president of the Central Academy of Fine Arts and other positions, is now a professor. Exhibition: Fifth National Art Exhibition, Beijing, 1980. China Art Exhibition of the Twentieth Century, Beijing, 1992. Award: Third Prize of National Art Exhibition, First Prize of Beijing Art Exhibition. Gao Yaguang was born in Tao'an, Jilin Province in 1932. In 1953, he graduated from the Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts and taught in the attached middle school of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. He is an associate professor and a member of the Chinese Artists Association. His works include the oil painting "indelible memory" co-operated with Su Gaoli, which won the third prize of the Fifth National Art Exhibition and the first prize of Beijing Art Exhibition. It is collected by the Chinese Art Museum. "Taihang Mountain" and "Impression of Northern Shaanxi" cooperated with Su Gaoli.

Su Gaoli was born in 1937. He was named Gaoli and was born in Pingdingren, Shanxi Province. In 1954, he joined the Secondary School of Fine Arts affiliated to the Central Academy of Fine Arts, and in 1958, he joined the Oil Painting Department of the Central Academy of Fine Arts. In 1960, he studied at the Liebin Academy of Fine Arts in the Soviet Union and returned home in 1966, where he taught at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. He was the deputy director and professor of the second studio of the Oil Painting Department of the Academy. Member of China Artists Association. His works include oil painting Wujiaping's Crop Land and Gaoya Photosynthetic Oil Painting "Impervious Memory" which are collected by the Chinese Art Museum. In 1976, three prominent leaders of the Communist Party of China, Zhou Enlai, Zhu De and Mao Zedong, all died in the same year. Chinese society is at a turning point in history. The "Fourth Five-Year Plan" campaign, which took place on April 5, 1976 in Tiananmen Square to commemorate Premier Zhou Enlai, was characterized as a "counter-revolutionary" act and the political situation was unprecedented tense. On September 9, 1976, Mao Zedong died and the situation changed abruptly. On October 6, the Central Committee of the Party headed by Hua Guofeng smashed the Gang of Four counter-revolutionary bloc, and Chinese history began to enter a transition period of alternation between the old and the new. During this period, the country's political situation remained turbulent and full of uncertainty. At that time, three young people, Du Kei, Gao Yaguang and Su Gaoli, who taught at the Central Academy of Fine Arts, began to compose this work when Mao Zedong died and the direction of China's situation was not clear, hoping to rely on the theme of "the return of great men" to show concern for the fate of the country. The work was originally planned to be displayed directly in Tiananmen Square during the "4th Five-Year Plan" in 1977, but the political situation at that time failed to meet the expectations. Subsequently, the work participated in an exhibition in commemoration of the first anniversary of Mao Zedong's death held at the Museum of Revolutionary History of China. It was printed on a single page by several publishing houses and widely distributed, which had great influence in that year. After the exhibition, the work remained in the Museum of Revolutionary History of China (now the National Museum of China) until it was returned to the artist's hands in recent years. This work is of great historical value because it was born in a special period. From the details of the picture, we can grasp the change of political atmosphere at that time. On the screen, Mao Zedong, Zhu De and Zhou Enlai stand tall in the picture, stepping on the land of the motherland, behind them are beautiful rivers and mountains. Unlike the theme paintings of leaders during the Cultural Revolution, the three leaders were not portrayed as "red light" images that did not eat human fireworks, but were endowed with very affinity expressions and gestures. Zhou Enlai's collar was slightly open, and Zhu De's coat did not even button a button. Meanwhile, the hair of the three great men was blown by the breeze. These details could not have appeared in the oil paintings during the "Cultural Revolution". In the uncertain political situation at that time, these artists'ideas may in fact bring political risks to themselves. But after all, the sound of open footsteps is getting closer and closer. With the convening of the Third Plenary Session of the 11th CPC Central Committee in December 1978, Chinese society has entered an open era. As a visual memory of a special historical period, the value of Return of the Great Man is beyond doubt. —— Wu Jin Exhibition: Chairman Mao will always live in our hearts - Painting Exhibition Edition in commemoration of the first anniversary of Chairman Mao's death: Shanghai People's Publishing House, Heilongjiang People's Publishing House, Heilongjiang People's Publishing House, one-page, national publication of Guangdong Literature and Art, 1978