Wu Guanzhong

Not to be confused with Wu Guanzheng.
In this Chinese name, the family name is Wu.
Wu Guanzhong
吳冠中
Born(1919-08-29)29 August 1919
Yixing, Jiangsu, China
Died25 June 2010(2010-06-25) (aged 90)
Beijing
NationalityChinese
EducationChina Academy of Art
Known forInk wash painting, Oil painting

Wu Guanzhong (simplified Chinese: 吴冠中; traditional Chinese: 吳冠中; pinyin: Wú Guànzhōng; 29 August 1919 – 25 June 2010)[1] was a contemporary Chinese painter widely recognized as a founder of modern Chinese painting.[2] He is considered to be one of the greatest contemporary Chinese painters. Wu's artworks display both Western and Eastern influences, such as the Western style of Fauvism and the Eastern style of Chinese calligraphy. Wu painted various aspects of China, including its architecture, plants, animals, people, as well as many of its landscapes and waterscapes, in a style reminiscent of the impressionist painters of the early 1900s. He was also a writer on contemporary Chinese art.[3]

  1. ^ "Master of Chinese painting dies". Shanghai Daily. Xinhua News Agency. 27 June 2010. Retrieved 27 June 2010.
  2. ^ "Senior Chinese official stresses cultural development". Xinhua News Agency. 20 July 2010. Archived from the original on November 8, 2012.
  3. ^ Michael Sullivan, Modern Chinese artists: a biographical dictionary, University of California Press, 2006, p175. ISBN 0-520-24449-4