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Member of the Chinese Artists Association
Member of the Permanent Council
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1923
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Ke Ming 柯明 ( 1923-2014 ) whose real name was Wu Yueren, was born in March,
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in Fuzhou, in Southern China.
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He was the eldest of a family of five children.
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1930
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The family moved to Shanghai, then to Nanjing.
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He studied at the Gulou School and then at the Experimental High School
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of the Central University.
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1937
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He followed his high school in Guyang, in Guizhou Province.
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He continued studying Economics in Chongqing.
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After graduation, he entered the National Art School for one year.
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1949/1969
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He was an art editor at the China Daily News : Xinhua Ribao, in Nanjing
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His caricatures also appeared in the People's Daily : Renmin Ribao
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1977
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He was an art editor at Jiangsu People's Publishing House in Nanjing.
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He held a deep interest for researching folk art and he started making
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traditional paintings, depicting people, customs, and landscapes of this region.
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He created for the Shanghai Animation Film Studio, the characters of the films
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d'animation: Our Good Cat Mimi - The Legend of the Book of Heaven
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He also illustrated children's books.
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1982
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Solo exhibition 60 Lavis and Traditional Paintings Nanjing
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1983
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Solo exhibition Beijing
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2014
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He died of illness on July 13 in Pittsburghh, United States, at the age of 92.
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Danièle Sicard
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Peintures de Ke Ming
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胡华出版社
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texts : Wang Yanrong, Zhang Xizhu
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Editions Aurore
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catalogue in french (法文版)
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Beijing
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26,5 cm x 23,5 cm
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1986
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82 p
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