Wu Guanzhong Scenery Oil Painting Work - Hometown of Lu Xun
During the period of 50s to 70s, Wu Guanzhong was committed to scenery oil painting creation, and explored the nationalization of oil painting. He attempted to combined the of direct vitality of nature describing, rich details of oil painting colors of European oil paintings with traditional Chinese art spirit and aesthetic ideal.
Mr. Wu Guanzhong specializes in the performance of the sceneries of south of Yangtze River, such as new greens in early spring, thin mists, cottage at waterfront, white walls and black tiles, harmonious and fresh colors, quiet and pale beauty ambit, all these make his painting art created evocation of feeling just as lyrical poems.
As an art educationist, Wu Guanzhong put a high premium on the cultivation of students’ art personality. As an artist to be well contemplating, he diligent in publishing books, his unique and original theory, as well as vivid and fluent words always give readers deep impressions, in which, his viewpoints of the content relating to abstract beauty, form beauty, form decide content, life and art should acted like a kite, between which the line can not break have aroused arguments in artistic circles.
About Artist Wu Guanzhong:
Wu Guanzhong, alias Tu, born in 1919, and come from Yixing city, Jiangsu province, China.
In 1942, Wu Guanzhong graduated from the Hangzhou National College of Art, during this period, Wu very fond of Van Gogh, Gauguin, and prefer to use strong colors such as red and purple in his oil painting works, and he entitled a pen name for himself as “Wu Tucha”, later changed as “Tu”.
In 1947, Wu went to France to study abroad on state scholarship, and studied in the Paris National Higher School of Fine Arts.
In 1950, Wu returned home and acted as a teacher at the Central Academy of Fine Arts.
In 1953, he was appointed as an associate professor of architecture at Tsinghua University.
In 1956, he acted as teacher at the Beijing Academy of Fine Arts.
In 1964, he taught at the Central Academy of Arts and Crafts.
In 1970, Wu was been sent to villages in Hebei province for labor practice in the famous Chinese “Cultural Revolution” term.
In 1973, he was been transferred back to Beijing and to attend the hotel drawing creation.
In 1978, The Central Institute of Arts and Crafts held an individual exhibition of Wu Guanzhong Works.
In 1979, Wu was elected as an executive director of the Chinese Artists Association
In 1987, the Hong Kong Arts Center hosted “Wu Guanzhong Art Retrospection Exhibition”
In 1991, the French Ministry of Culture awarded Wu Guanzhong “The Highest Order of French Literature and Art”
In 1992, The British Museum broke its routine practice that only antique relics can be shown, and held it first art exhibition for living artist Wu Guanzhong, which named as “Wu Guanzhong – Chinese Artist in The Twentieth Century”, and collected a huge size color painted oil painting work titled “Birds Paradise” finished by Wu Guanzhong lately seriously.
In 1993, France Paris Sayniuche Museum held an art show titled “Walk to The World – Wu Guanzhong Sketch of Ink Painting Show”, and presented him a “Gold Medal of Paris”.
In 1994, Wu Guanzhong was selected one Standing Committee Members of the Chinese People & Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC).
In 1999, the National Cultural Ministry held “Wu Guanzhong Paintings Exhibition”
In 2000, Wu Guanzhong was elected as a communication academician at The Art Academy at the French Institute, and he is the first Chinese artist who obtained this laurel, and he is also the first Asian who obtained this occupation in nearly two hundred years since the set up of the French Institute.
Representative Works of Wu Guanzhong:
Representative oil painting works of Wu Guanzhong there are: “The Three Gorges”, “Hometown of Lu Xun” and so on.
Representative Chinese painting works of Wu Guanzhong there are: “Spring Snow”, “Lion Grove” and “The Great Wall” and so on.
Representative publications of Wu Guanzhong there are: “Wu Guanzhong Painting Collection”, “Wu Guanzhong Painting Selection”, “Wu Guanzhong Sketch Oil Paintings”, “Wu Guanzhong Chinese Painting Selection”(1 ~ 4) and “Looking Around Collection”, “Kite Line Not Broke” “Far Apart”, Wu Guanzhong Sketch Paintings and Color Paintings Selection”, “Wu Guanzhong Chinese Painting Selected Collection”, “Wu Guanzhong’s Prose Election”, etc.
* Original address of this oil painting post: Stupendous Art World with Excellent Chinese Oil Paintings
