Chinese artists by Michel Nau - Ke Ming  柯明  
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

Ke Ming

 
 

柯明

 
     
 

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Member of the Chinese Artists Association
Member of the Permanent Council
 

1923

Ke Ming  柯明 ( 1923-2014 ) whose real name was Wu Yueren, was born in March,

 

in Fuzhou, in Southern China.

 

He was the eldest of a family of five children.

 

 

1930

The family moved to Shanghai, then to Nanjing.

   
 

He studied at the Gulou School and then at the Experimental High School

 

of the Central University.

   

1937

He followed his high school in Guyang, in Guizhou Province.

   
 

He continued studying Economics in Chongqing.

 

After graduation, he entered the National Art School for one year.

   

1949/1969

He was an art editor at the China Daily News : Xinhua Ribao, in Nanjing

 

His caricatures also appeared in the People's Daily : Renmin Ribao

   

1977

He was an art editor at Jiangsu People's Publishing House in Nanjing.

   
 

He held a deep interest for researching folk art and he started making

 

traditional paintings,  depicting people, customs, and landscapes of this region.

   
 

He created for the Shanghai Animation Film Studio, the characters of the films

 

d'animation: Our Good Cat Mimi - The Legend of the Book of Heaven

   
 

He also illustrated children's books.

   

1982

Solo exhibition 60 Lavis and Traditional Paintings  Nanjing

1983

Solo exhibition  Beijing

 

 

2014

He died of illness on July 13 in Pittsburghh, United States, at the age of 92.

   
 

Danièle Sicard

 

 
 

Ke Ming  柯明

 

 

 Ke Ming  柯明

 
 

Ke Ming  柯明

 
 

 Ke Ming  柯明

 
 

Peintures de Ke Ming    

Peintures de Ke Ming

胡华出版社

 

texts : Wang Yanrong, Zhang Xizhu

Editions Aurore

 

catalogue in french  (法文版)

Beijing

 

26,5 cm x 23,5 cm

1986

 

82 p

 
     
     
     
     
       

 
 

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