陈自昭,1931年1月出生于福建长乐。1946年在上海读书时投身革命,渡江战役前夕在解放军支前站任股长(营级)时绘制并张挂毛泽东巨型画像鼓舞民众斗志。1949年4月到上海军管会工作,同年因参与设计新中国国徽获得优秀奖,并受全国政协筹委会隆重答谢。1956年响应党“向知识进军”的口号,考入福建师院图画制图系。毕业后分配到福建省文化厅工作, Chen Zizhao, born in January 1931 in Changle, Fujian. In 1946 when studying in Shanghai to join the revolution, the eve of the cross-river battle before the People’s Liberation Army stand as chief (battalion level) drawn and hung with giant paintings of Mao Zedong inspired the public morale. April 1949 to work in Shanghai Military Commission, the same year by participating in the design of the new Chinese emblem won the award, and by the CPPCC National Preparatory Committee solemnly thanked. Responding to the slogan of the party “marching toward knowledge” in 1956, it was admitted to the drawing department of Fujian Normal University. After graduation assigned to the Fujian Provincial Department of Culture work,