His hometown is Dongguan of Guangdong province, He graduated from Western painting Department of Guangzhou Arts Academy in 1934 . In the summer of 1936, he went into the 4th Division of the 2nd National Army staff to be a lieutenant at the arts department, painted series of posters for resisting against Japanese aggression. In 1938, he joined the Japanese Aggression Resistance Column of Communist Party and the East River, worked as chief editor of North China's "March Express," "March Paintings". After the founding of PRC, he was engaged in sculpture in Beijing People's Arts Studio, Beijing Arts Company and Beijing Fine Art Academy. He once served as deputy head of People's Heroes Monument Sculpture Creative Team, the professor of North China University, Beijing Normal University, Beijing Arts Academy, the member of the fifth, sixth and seventh CPPCC National Committee.     Zhang Songhe was one of elder generation of artists. During the war years, he experienced fire and committed to the revolution; in the peace times, he immersed himself in creation and served the community. He was not only a sculptor and painter but also a talented poet, He was good at using a variety of art forms to praise life. Different from the ordinary people's life experience, he was more interested in the creation of historical themes and leaders. "Japanese Aggression Resistance Guerrilla Warfare" created by him and Chen Shuguang used realistic tactics with majestic momentum and simple art language, vividly showed the grand scenes of people's war, having impressive artistic charm.     "Lu Xun Portrait" shaped Lu Xun's ordinary and great image in a concise way, which had been a model of realistic sculpture works.