Steve Lu

Lu's calligraphy works include various ancient rudimentary calligraphy styles. Those were written on tortoiseshell and bone in the Shang Dynasty (16–11th century BC) or on metal or stone. His calligraphy ranged from a "square style" of writing to scrawl and modern styles such as xingshu (running style) and caoshu (cursive style).

Wu Zishen, who dedicated a calligraphy to Lu in 1967, said: "Steve Lu, the great art teacher of artists, unites the best of ancient and modern Chinese and western art." Wu (1893–1972), the founder of Suzhou Art Academy in 1928, was an artist, calligrapher and poet. He was also a doctor of the traditional Chinese school of medicine.

Zhang visited Singapore again in 1963 when Lu was a patron for Zhang's exhibition. During that time, Zhang autographed and gave Lu his photo with Picasso during their 1956 summit meeting in Nice, France. Zhang also gave Lu a calligraphy to commemorate their personal friendship.

When Zhang Daqian visited Singapore in 1956, he spent an entire month with Lu to share some art insights and skills including Zhang's famous "three whites" of Chinese beauties. "Three whites" refer to the parts of the face where there are no colors such as the forehead, nose and chin. Zhang, an animal lover and pet owner of several different types of monkeys, guided Lu on the techniques of painting monkeys. According to Zhang, the secret to painting monkeys is not in the monkeys, but the trees they climb on.

Steve Lu or Lu Xingfu (Chinese: 陆行夫; born November 13, 1919) was a student of Zhang Daqian and Pu Ru. Lu was trained in Chinese traditional art and calligraphy, collectively known as guohua or "traditional painting".