曾海文  pinyin  Zeng Haiwen

When he was born in China, he was namedTseng 曾Tianfu. When he was 10 years old,

he moved to Vietnam with his family. In Vietnam, the translations of his name 曾 isT'ang.

His name became T'ang Thien Phuoc.
There he added the name of Hai-Woon 海文 ( in pinyin : Zeng Hai-Wen 曾海文 ).

As an artist, he kept the last name of T'ang and wrote his first name Haywen.

Michael Sullivan and the publication of houses to sell named him in pinyin Tang Haiwen

and wrote his name in Chinese character 唐海文.

1927

T'ang Haywen  唐海文 was born in Amoy, now known as Xiamen, Fujian Province  China.

1937

Due to the declaration of the Sino-Japanese war, his dad took the family to Cholon

Vietnam, in the Chinese district of Saigon.

T’ang was a bright student; he spoke French fluently and learned Japanese.

1948

After his studies at the French Lyceum, his family sent him to France to become a doctor.

But he studied at the Touraine Institute where he obtain a diploma in civilization.

He met the Audy family to who he will always stay close.

1950

He arrived in Paris and was admitted at the School of oriental languages.

He lives in the 32 rue des Saint-Pères.  His family who learned that he did not follow

the right courses cut off his pension.  He left his Hotel for a small room located in the rue

des Grands Augustins

He started to do some serigraphy and spend time at la Grande Chaumière.

1955

He exhibited for the first time Galerie Voyelles, Paris.

1958

He announced to his brother that he wants to become a painter.

1960

He travelled frequently in Italy, Scandinavia and the United States.

He did a succession of exhibitions as much as he met new people.

Inks are predominating in his work even though he used color in his watercolors

gouache, acrylics.

1965

He painted his Homage to Cézanne.

1975

He exhibited Galerie Nane Stern in Paris and in Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.

1981

He became French citizen.

1984

He painted Homage to Ogata Kôrin  exhibited in Fine Arts Museum of Quimper.

He went every year during the holy week at Frontgombault Abbey. 

Father Van Thang from the foreign missionary baptized him through the name of François.

1991

T'ang Haywen fainted unwell in June, at his friends the Aury.

Hospitalized few times, he died in Paris, on September 9th.

He left behind a considerable body of work.

Danièle Sicard

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Solo exhibitions  selection

1970

Roland Gallery  United Kingdom

1970

Brownse & Delbranco Gallery  United Kingdom

1971

Galleria del Vantaggio Roma  Italy

1972

Musée de l'Abbaye Sainte-Croix Les Sables d'Olonne  France

1972

T'ang Galleria San Luca Bologne  Italy

1974

KunstgartenStorby Danemark

1974

Norfolk Museum Oslo Norway

1975

Encres et aquarelles Gallery Nane Stern Paris  France

1976

Jacques Baruch Gallery Chicago  United States

1976

Gallery du Manoir La Chaux de Fonds  Switzerland

1978

Gallery Nane Stern Paris  France

1979

Gallery21 Zurich  Switzerland

1979

Savoy Museum Chambéry  France

1980

Musée des Ponchettes Nice France

1981

Schmuck Gallery Augsburg  Germany

1982

T'ang Nane Stern Gallery Paris  France

1983

National Academy of Science Washington United States

1983

Fine Arts Museum Brive  France

1983

Gisèle Linder Gallery Basel  Switzerland

1983

Melioud Gallery Houston  United States

1983/1984

T'ang Fine Arts Museum Quimper  France

1983/1984

T'ang Fine Arts Museum Vitré  France

1984

Fine Arts Museum Vannes  France

1984

Schumacher Gallery Zwingenberg  Germany

1985

Château de Borbeck Essen  Germany

1986

T'ang Nane Stern Gallery Paris  France

1987

Orangerie de Landecy Geneva  Switzerland

1996/1997

T'ang Haywen rétrospective Oceanographic Museum  Monaco

1997

Le Tao de la Peinture - T'ang Haywen retrospective Fine Arts Museum Taipei  Taiwan

2002

12.06 10.09 Les chemins de l'encre - Retrospective Guimet Museum Paris  France

2004

Respirations Gallery Encre de Chine Paris  France

2011

21.05 21.06 Encres et Aquarelles Yishu 8 Gallery Beijing  China

Collective exhibitions  selection

1988

China-Paris Fine Arts Museum Taipei  Taiwan

1995

Empire of the Dragons Kunstmuseum Aarhus  Danemark

1996/1997

Tradition and Innovation Museum of Art Hong Kong  - Museum of Art  Singapore

British Museum  London  -  Museum fur Ostasiatiche Kunst Cologne

1999/2000

30.10 06.02 Maîtres de l'encre Chang Dai-Chien - T'ang haywen - Zao Wou-Ki Museum

Pontoise  France

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