Chu Teh-Chun

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Renowned for his unique style that merged elements of traditional Chinese painting with Western abstract art, Chu Teh-Chun was an artist whose notable works include Lucky Star – an oil on canvas portrait of his wife that was dubbed ‘The Mona Lisa of the East’ by fellow artist, Wu Guanzhong.

« The act of creation is pure spontaneity; »
Chu Teh-Chun

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Initially beginning his artistic career as a figurative painter, Teh-Chun found inspiration from Nicolas De Stael’s abstract landscapes, subsequently developing his own trademark style that features rigorous and technical brushwork as well as bold strokes of colour, reminiscent of Chinese calligraphy.

« As in traditional Daoist teaching, creation is the pouring
out of the romantic feeling in your heart. »
Chu Teh-Chun

Alongside Zao Wou-Ki and the aforementioned artist, Guanzhong, Teh-Chun was part of an influential trio dubbed the ‘Three Musketeers’, all of whom were elected as members of the French learned society, Académie des Beaux-Arts. Read More

China / male artist / Gestural / Chinese Contemporary art / Late modernism / Abstract art

ARTWORKS BY Chu Teh-Chun

Chu Teh-Chun

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Jeux Olympiques de Barcelone 1..., 1992

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Composition XVI, 2007

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Billow, unknown

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Composition XXVIII, unknown

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What is Chinese contemporary art?

Chinese Contemporary art is characterized by a profusion of styles and experimental tendencies. Avant- garde exhibitions in the 1980s were closed by government officials, while 1990s political pop and cynical realism emerged. China’s One Child policy also inspired the individual as subject matter.

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