Zuo Hui (1912-1992) was from Lüda, Liaoning Province. He graduated in 1930 from the Lüshun Art Institute and taught in Dalian. In 1934, he went to Japan and studied at the Oil Painting Department of the Tokyo Art Academy. After graduating in 1939, he returned to China to become an instructor at the National Beiping Art School. In 1946, he became a professor at the North China United University. After the 1950s, Zuo joined the Beijing Art School and the Beijing Normal College, and in 1977, he worked in the China Art Research Institute.

Zuo was an oil painter.