When the Northern Expedition war erupted in 1927, he moved to Wuhan to work for the Soviet advisor Mikhail Borodin.

He held an exhibition in March 1928, which was again noticed by Lu Xun, who wrote about his conversation with Situ Qiao.

Situ Qiao was present when Lu Xun died on 19 October 1936 in Shanghai, and drew the famous final sketches of the writer.

[4] In 1940, he saw actor Jin Shan and actress Wang Ying's performance of Chen Liting's patriotic play Put Down Your Whip.

[6] After WWII, Situ Qiao went to New York City with his wife, Feng Yimei in September 1946 to seek treatment for his lung disease.

[6] He taught at the China Central Academy of Fine Arts[4] and helped to set up the Museum of the Chinese Revolution.