Xu Wenhua (1941) is from Shanghai. In 1979, he left the Oil Painting Section of the Shanghai Opera School and became an art teacher in the Shanghai Light Industrial Art School. He studied in the United States in 1986.
Nicholas P. Fernacz, "Xu Wenhua 徐文华: Serving Art for the People", Drawing Connections, History of Art and Architecture Department, University of Massachusetts, 2020