Zao Wou-Ki

Zao Wou-Ki
Born1 February 1920
Beijing, China
Died9 April 2013(2013-04-09) (aged 93)
NationalityChinese/French
EducationChina Academy of Art (Fang Ganmin, Lin Fengmian)
Known forPainting, drawing
Spouse(s)Xie Jinglan (謝景蘭)
Chan May-Kan
Françoise Marquet
Zao Wou-Ki
Traditional Chinese趙無極
Simplified Chinese赵无极
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu PinyinZhào Wújí
Wade–GilesChao Wu-chi
IPA[ʈʂâʊ ǔ tɕǐ]
Porcelain vase painted by Zao Wou-Ki in 2006. Musée Cernuschi

Zao Wou-Ki (Chinese: 赵无极; pinyin: Zhào Wújí; Wade–Giles: Chao Wu-chi; 1 February 1920 – 9 April 2013[1]) was a Chinese-French painter. He was a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris.[2] Zao Wou-Ki graduated from the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, where he studied under French-trained Fang Ganmin and Wu Dayu.

  1. ^ a b "Le peintre franco-chinois Zao Wou-ki est mort" [The Franco-Chinese painter Zao Wou-ki is dead]. Le Monde.fr (in French). Le Monde. 9 April 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2013.
  2. ^ Biographie Zao Wou-ki (1920 - 2013) at Applicat-Prazan - Paris