Gu Pan (1940) was born in Sheyang, Jiangsu Province.
After graduation from the middle school attached to the Shanghai branch
of the Central Art Academy, he entered the Oil Painting Department of
the Zhejiang Art Academy in 1962. He now is a senior member of the
general editorial department of the Zhejiang People's Fine Arts
Publishing House (浙江人民美术出版社, Zhejiang renmin meishu chubanshe).

Gu's specialties are oil painting and water colors. He is particularly known for his portraits of Lu Xun. He has collaborated with Pan Honghai on a number of posters, including the one below.

Source:
Zhongguo meishuguan (ed.), 中国美术年鉴 1949-1989 (Guilin: Guangxi meishu chubanshe, 1993)
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