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President of the Association of Chinese Artists
Dean of the Central Academy of Fine Arts of China
Vice-President of the National Federation of Literature and Arts
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1908
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Wu Zuoren 吴作人 ( 1908-2003 ) was born on november 3 in Suzhou, Jiangsu
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Province China.
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1927
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He entered the University of Arts in Shanghai, then the Academy of Nanguo.
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1928
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He studied at the National Central University, under the leadership of Xu Beihong.
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1929
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He came to
study in France at the School of Fine Arts in Paris, then in Belgium
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at the Royal Institute of Fine Arts.
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1935 / 1943
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Back in
China, he married Xiao Shufang ( 1911-2005 ) an artist, flowers
painter.
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He was appointed professor at the Faculty of Arts of the
Central University of Nanjing,
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and then he was transferred to
Chongqing.
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1944
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After a
trip to the border regions, he turned to Indian ink.
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1947
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He travelled
to Beijing with his wife and Xu Beihong, to rebuild the National ArtsCollege
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and then held numerous conferences and exhibitions in France,
Switzerland, Great Britain
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and several Chinese cities.
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1949
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He held
various positions at C.A.F.A. : Teacher then Dean.
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1984
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He was
appointed Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French
government.
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1986
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He
received the Medal of the Crown, from the King of Belgium.
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1997
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He died of
illness, on April 9, in Beijing, at the age of 89.
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2002
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For the 5th
anniversary of his death, 70 of his works were on display at the
Nation
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Century Monument in Beijing.
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2003
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Great
Retrospective Wu Zuoren Palace of Fine Arts Shanghai, for the 95th
anniversary
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of his birth.
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Danièle Sicard
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Wu Zuoren 吴作人 - Two pandas under the bamboos - ink painting on paper © Cernuschi Museum Paris
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The Art of Wu Zuoren
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Zheng Jingwen
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in chinese in english
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外文出版社
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96 p
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Foreign Languages Press
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Beijing
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1986
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Le peintre Wu Zuoren 1908 - 1997
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texts : Zhao Jinjun, François Lebel, Lü Jun,
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Gilles Béguin, Xiao Shufang
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catalogue of the exhibition 20.10 15.12 2003
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Town Hall of the 8 th arrondissement Paris
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in french |
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21 cm x 17,6 cm
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104 p
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