Find the latest shows, biography, and artworks for sale by chu tehchun. Evocation bleue was created in 1989 by chu tehchun in tachisme style. Chu tehchun, untitled, 1996 ink on paper 54 18 x 27 58 in 7. Chu tehchuns exquisite snow scene a sprightly dance of swirling snow by 1980, chu tehchuns fame had already scaled new heights. Issuu is a digital publishing platform that makes it simple to publish magazines, catalogs, newspapers, books, and more online. Opera gallery is an international art gallery representing artists around the world. Its rather strange that the book precedes the show by a whole year. Opera gallery exhibits iconic contemporary and modern art in its art spaces in new york, miami, paris,geneva, monaco, london, singapore, beirut, seoul, aspen, and hong kong. His work was featured in numerous exhibitions at key galleries and museums, including the gagosian gallery, hong kong and the opera gallery, hong kong.
On march 26, the renowned abstract painter chu tehchun died in paris at the age of 93. Born in the eastern city of hangzhou, chu studied traditional chinese painting at hangzhous school of fine arts. Chu tehchun monographie dart french edition pierre cabanne on. To pay tribute to chus contribution to arts in asia and worldwide, tina keng gallery will present more than 40 selected pieces spanning from the 1950s to his most recent works. Hong kong online viewing rooms, which are hosted on the art fairs main website as a. Some of the most valued chu tehchun paintings are the ones he painted after he gained a deeper understanding of german expressionism. Chu tehchun 1920 2014 chu tehchun chinesefrench, b. His father was a doctor but also a skilled painter who encouraged his son to study fine art. See available paintings, prints and multiples, and works on paper for sale and learn. Events for 19 may 2020 events hong kong art gallery. Chu tehchun 1920 2014 china is an artist born in 1920 the oldest auction result ever registered on the website for an artwork by this artist is a painting sold in 1983, at charbonneaux s. Through the presentation of 45 works on paper from private collections, including calligraphy, gouache, oil and ink, the exhibition will explore the diversity of chu tehchuns practice and his iconic aesthetic which contributed.
Find more prominent pieces of abstract at best visual art database. Chu followed the trajectory of many university instructors and students, who moved further west within china due to the 1937 sinojapanese war, and became a. Chu tehchun rose to international fame after a 1964 exhibition at carnegie museum of art in pittsburgh. Chu shong tin book of wing chun vol 1 revised edition form sets siu nim tau, chum kiu, biu jee tsui sheung tin this is master chu song tins last book. In 1949 he moved to taiwan due to the communist party gaining power in mainland china and taught at the national taiwan normal university. Chu tehchun was a chinesefrench abstract painter who pioneered the integration of traditional chinese painting techniques with western abstract art. Since 1958, chus work has been the subject of more than one hundred solo exhibitions, including a large traveling show in 1997 at the museum of fine arts, beijing, which traveled to hong kong and taipei, and retrospectives at the shanghai art museum, 2005, and the ueno royal museum. Just click the edit page button at the bottom of the page or learn more in the biography submission guide.
There can be no doubt that the extraordinary value accretions of the francochinese lyrical abstractions created by chu teh chun and, to an even higher level, of those created by zao wouki, have been substantially boosted by the recent deaths of these artists 2014 and 20 respectively. Born in the eastern city of hangzhou, chu studied traditional chinese painting at hangzhou. Its so interesting is to see landscape paintings by chu tehchun and landscape paintings by hubert roestenburg side by side. Chu tehchun was born in 1920 in baitou zhen, jiangsu province, china. A student of lin fengmian, chu studied traditional chinese painting but was also exposed to western art early in his life. It comes in two volumes, and this is the first published in 2011. Chu tehchun 88 retrospective art exhibition book chu tehchun on. The book covers the 3 empty hand forms siu nim tau, chum kiu, and biu jee. We are one of the leading international dealers of modern and contemporary art offering museums, foundations and private international collectors unique access to contemporary curated exhibitions alongside our extensive inventory. Composition was created in 1977 by chu tehchun in lyrical abstraction style. Chu tehchun was born in 1920 in jiangsu province, china.
Chu tehchun mar 08 no 2008 ink and colored ink on paper 39 x 27 inches what others are saying marlborough gallery is one of the worlds leading modern and contemporary art dealers with major galleries and offices in new york city, london, madrid, barcelona and monte carlo. Chu was invited to be a professor in both the central university of nanking and taiwan university before moving to paris in 1955. Dr kang chunyun gary, dr tan chee wei, dr wang mingchang, dr taiju rangpa, dr soh ling ling, dr lee mei gene jesmine, dr su shengyong, dr xu bang yu, dr teoh ren shang seated from left dr wee yi mei sabrina, dr teh kailin, dr paul goh soo chye censorinchief, aprof lee kheng hock president, dr tan tze lee vicepresident. He graduated from the national academy college of art, hangzhou, directed by lin fengmian in 1942. Hardcover 2008 art exhibition book in slipcase for 88. Following closely after the passing of his friend and fellow proponent of the chinese modernist movement zao wouki 192020, last year, as well as wu guangzhong in 2010, chus death marks the end of generation of chinese painters living in europe whose works provided distinct crosscultural.
Born in hangzhou in 1920, chu tehchun graduated from school of fine arts of hangzhou, china in 1941. A chu tehchun exhibit in hong kong gives a rare glimpse into the methods of the artist now considered one of asias 20thcentury greats. Having attended the opening of a group exhibition at the galerie pierre huber in which he was participating, chu took the train from geneva to paris, crossing the mountains in the middle of a. In the long run, their price charts show a stunning. A mid century emigre to france, chu tehchun left an important mark on abstract pain. Waddington custot is pleased to present an exhibition by one of the leading chinese abstract artists of the twentieth century, chu tehchun 19202014. The tunnels of cu chi were a tunnel system located almost directly between the free capital city of the republic of vietnam, saigon, and the ho chi minh trail which the communists used to bring men and supplies from communist north vietnam into the battlegrounds of south vietnam.
The cover is a portrait of master chu shong tin, which is a highly fitting tribute to a great gung fu master. Through the years he visits several exhibits of the dutch painter hubert roestenburg. Tehchun chu artwork for sale at online auction tehchun. It looks like we dont have any biography for chu tehchun yet.
Chu tehchun paintings with strong german expressionist. Chu shong tin the book of wing chun vol 1 form sets. Chu tehchun or zhu dequn 24 october 1920 26 march 2014 was a chinesefrench abstract painter acclaimed for his pioneering style integrating traditional chinese painting techniques with western abstract art. Chu tehchun paperback see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. He graduated from national college of art now china academy of art in hangzhou, china in 1941 under the teachings of lin fengmian. Chu tehchun par michel nau, chu tehchun dans les collections.
At that time, hubert juin, a specialist in 19 thcentury french literature, had published his tome chu tehchun, generating much debate and discussion on the artist. Events for 20 may 2020 events hong kong art gallery association. Chu tehchuns series of snow paintings was inspired by a journey he took across the alps in the winter of 1985. Chu teh chun nature lives with me by waddington custot issuu. Chu followed the trajectory of many university instructors and students, who moved further west within china due to the 1937 sino.
There were countless invitations to exhibit both in france and beyond. Painting, printmultiple, sculpturevolume, drawingwatercolor, tapestry, ceramic, objects. It is available for research only or use within hong kongs fair dealing rules. Chu tehchun, ciel colore, 1985 gouache on paper 73. See zao wouki, chu tehchun, and tang haywen at art basel in. Find an indepth biography, exhibitions, original artworks for sale, the latest news, and sold auction prices. The question is the quality of how you do it and how fair you are to the objects. Chu tehchun enrolled in the national school of fine arts now china academy of art, where he studied under fang ganmin and wu dayu.
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