Zao Wou-Ki 赵无极 "Tree of Life" 1988 Olympic Seoul Korea Chinese-French Artist

Description: Zao Wou-Ki 趙無極Zao Wou-Ki ( 13 February 1920 – 9 April 2013) was a Chinese-French painter. He was a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. "Tree of Life" 1988 Seoul Korea Original Olympic Poster Paper size: 36" x 24" (91.5 x 61.0 cm) Zao studied calligraphy in his childhood and, from 1935 to 1941, painting at the school of Fine Arts in Hangzhou. In 1948, he went with his wife Lan-lan, a composer, to Paris to live on the same block in Montparnasse where the classes of Émile Othon Friesz took place. His earliest exhibitions in France were met with praise from Joan Miró and Picasso. Zao and his wife pursued their own careers, their son having stayed in China with his Zao's parents. In the mid-1950s, they were divorced. In 1957, Zao decided to visit the United States where his younger brother Chao Wu-Wai was living in Montclair, New Jersey, close to the art scene of New York City. He wanted to learn more about "pop art". While in the US, he painted seven canvases at his brother’s house. There are relatively few items dating from that year (1957). Years later, the largest canvas was given by his brother, Chao Wu-Wai, to the Detroit Institute of Arts He left the U.S. after a six week stay, traveling to Tokyo and then to Hong Kong, where he met his future wife Zhu Ying, a movie star with two young children. She later became a sculptor who received admiring and critical praise. She committed suicide at the height of her career. Zao's works, influenced by Paul Klee, are orientated to abstraction. He names them with the date in which he finishes them, and in them, masses of colours appear to materialise a creating world, like a big bang, where light structures the canvas. He worked formats in triptychs and diptychs. While his work was stylistically similar to the Abstract Expressionists whom he met while travelling in New York, he was influenced by Impressionism. Zao Wou-ki stated that he had been influenced by the works of Matisse, Picasso and Cézanne. His meetings with Henri Michaux pushed him to review his Indian ink techniques, always based in Chinese traditional drawings. Zao was a member of the Académie des beaux-arts, and was considered to have been one of the most successful Chinese painters during his lifetime. One of his paintings recently sold for a record price equivalent to 2 million USD at the Sotheby's in Hong Kong. Former French President Jacque Chirac was offered a painting by Zao Wu Ki by his ministers during their last meeting. By the end of his life Zao had stopped producing new paintings due to health problems. He died on 9 April 2013 at his home in Switzerland.very good condition, never framed,. Please consider the Photo's of the Artwork as part of the description. Please note that there sometimes can be a slight color variation from Photo to actual art work Attention International Buyers: Import duties, taxes and charges are not included in the item price or shipping charges. These charges are the buyer's responsibility. Please check with your country's customs office to determine what these additional costs will be prior to bidding/buying. Shipping : Your item will be shipped within 2 business days of receiving payment. Payment : We ask that payment be made within 7 days of auctions close. We understand that things can happen and if for some reason, you need more time...just write so that we can work it out for you.

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