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Zhu Qizhan: Gentle virtuoso
Zhu Qizhan lived through the turmoil of China’s modern history, before reinventing himself in his eighties. He died aged 103
Zhu Qizhan painting in his studio in Shanghai in the 1990s. Courtesy Shuishi Xuan Collection
He integrated Western and Eastern influences in his art
Born in Jiangsu Province in 1892, seven years before the Boxer Rebellion and during the last years of Imperial rule, Zhu Qizhan (1892-1996) is heralded today as one of China’s foremost modern artists, with a museum dedicated to his art in Shanghai. His still lifes and landscapes are renowned for their exuberance of spirit and his deliberate integration of Western and Chinese influences.
His works can also be found in the British Museum in London and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. In 1991 the artist received the first Shanghai Literature and Art Outstanding Contribution Award.
He was a vocal advocate for a cultural renaissance in the arts
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- Zhu Qizhan (Chinese: 朱屺瞻; Wade–Giles: Chu Ch'i-chan; May 27, – April 20, ) was a Chinese artist known for merging the color concepts of Western art and the calligraphic brushwork of traditional Chinese painting into a personal style.
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- Zhu Qizhan (Chinese: 朱屺瞻; Wade–Giles: Chu Ch'i-chan; May 27, 1892 – April 20, 1996) was a Chinese artist known for merging the color concepts of Western art and the calligraphic brushwork of traditional Chinese painting into a personal style.
The painter and calligrapher Zhu Qizhan was born in 1892 in a wealthy family in Taicang, in the Chinese province of Jiangsu. | |
Biography The art of Zhu Qizhan embodies the continuity of the Shanghai school. | |
Chinese artists often live to a great age. |
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- Zhu Qizhan was a Chinese painter and calligrapher known for his depictions of pine trees, orchids, and bamboo.
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