Zhu Shijie | |
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Born | Suzhou, China | 20 January 1900
Died | 1 February 1990 | (aged 90)
Known for | Oil painting |
Movement | Impressionism |
Zhu Shijie | |||
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Traditional Chinese | 朱士傑 | ||
Simplified Chinese | 朱士杰 | ||
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Zhu Shijie (Chinese: 朱士傑; 1900 - 1990) was a Chinese painter and educator, who is regarded as one of the fathers of Chinese oil painting and an important art educator of his time. Born in Suzhou, Jiangsu province, Zhu began studying painting in 1912 and founded the Suzhou Art Academy in 1922. In the 1920s, Zhu went to Japan and brought back to China the Bauhaus concepts and ideas of practical art. Zhu, along with Yan Wenliang and Hu Cuizhong comprise the “Three Masters of Suzhou”.[1]