ZAO WOU-KI

• ZAO WOU-KI was a Chinese-French painter, born in Beijing. In his childhood, he studied in Nantong Jiangsu and learned painting. In 1935, he entered Hangzhou Art College and studied under Lin Fengmian. In 1948, he went to France to study and settled in France. The Western contemporary painting style and oil painting color technique of his work was excellent in the artistic expression of traditional Chinese culture, color changes, and brushstrokes, and was called "the representative of modern Western abstract painting". He was a professor at the National School of Decorative Arts in Paris which is known as École des Arts Décoratifs, and was awarded the order of chivalry of France. He held exhibitions in more than 160 locations around the world. He died on April 9, 2013 because of illness at the age of 92.

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