After the opening of Shanghai in the late Qing Dynasty, many French missionaries came to Tushan Bay (once an important landmark in Shanghai) The famous Shanghai School painters Ren Bonian, Zhang Yuguang and Hang Zhiying, China's first watercolor painter Xu Yongqing, and sculptor and oil painter Zhang Chongren were all educated by TUSHanwan Art Museum. Xujiahui Academy, which took nearly 10 years to prepare and build, has continued to be extremely popular once it opened.