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Wu Guanzhong (1919–2010) was a contemporary Chinese

吳冠中
GUANZHONG WU
painter. Wu had painted various aspects of China, including
much of its architecture, plants, animals, people, as well as
many of its landscapes and waterscapes in a style reminiscent
of the impressionist painters. He was also a writer.
1974 1975 1991

The Figures of Buddha


The Lily Pond
1990 The Birch Tree
The Suzhou Garden The Great Wall
1956
Hard Time
1979
In August 1966, at the outset of
Mao Zedong's Cultural Revolution,
Wu was prohibited from painting
and writing about art, and many of
his early works were destroyed. In
estimated
1955 The Wistaria 1970, at the age of 51, he and his 1994
wife were separated and assigned to Zhangjiajie Tigers
two years of hard labor.
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1940
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A Master and A Bridge Between East and West 1964 1979 The Mountain Peak Chinese Crab Apple Trees New Exploration
In 1942 Wu graduated from National Arts Academy, Hangzhou and in 1947
traveled to Paris to study at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux Arts Wu’s oil paintings from the 1990s
on a government scholarship. ushered in a more expansive and free
visual field and artistic conception. They
Wu introduced aspects of Western
art to traditional Chinese painting,
1957 shuttled between east and west to
acquire wisdom and balance.
Northland Early Spring
which leaves a profound influence
on Chinese art.

He had his first solo exhibition in 1982


1979, and his career took off in
the 1980s. Wu has had solo
exhibitions in major art galleries and
The Paradise for Parrots 2000
museums around the world, including
Japan, Korea, England and the USA His art in this period was
devoted to a profound
In 1991 Wu was made an Officier exploration and reflection of
de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres estimated actual living situations, rather
than merely dabbling at form and
by the French Ministry of Culture. The Pheasant Lotus Pool and Ducklings 1986 aesthetics in a general sense. The Prints 2002

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