Zao Wou-Ki

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Chinese-French artist abstract painter painter person

Zao Wou-Ki was a Chinese-French painter renowned for his lyrical abstract works that fused Eastern calligraphic traditions with Western modernist techniques.

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Label Occurrences
Zao Wou-Ki canonical 6
趙無極 1

Statements (56)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Chinese-French artist ⓘ
abstract painter ⓘ
painter ⓘ
person ⓘ
artisticFocus fusion of Eastern and Western aesthetics ⓘ
large-scale abstract compositions ⓘ
birthName Zhao Wuji ⓘ
citizenship China ⓘ
France ⓘ
countryOfBirth China ⓘ
countryOfDeath Switzerland ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1920-02-01 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2013-04-09 ⓘ
educatedAt China Academy of Art ⓘ
surface form: Hangzhou National College of Art
education China Academy of Art ⓘ
familyName Zao Shen ⓘ
surface form: Zao
field painting ⓘ
givenName Wou-Ki ⓘ
honor Commandeur de la Légion d'honneur ⓘ
Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters of France ⓘ
surface form: Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
influencedBy Chinese calligraphy ⓘ
Henri Matisse ⓘ
Paul Klee ⓘ
Pierre Soulages ⓘ
traditional Chinese landscape painting ⓘ
language Chinese ⓘ
French ⓘ
movedTo Paris ⓘ
movement Abstract expressionism ⓘ
surface form: Tachisme

Abstract expressionism ⓘ
surface form: abstract expressionism

lyrical abstraction ⓘ
name Zao Wou-Ki self-link ⓘ
nationality Chinese ⓘ
French ⓘ
nativeName Zao Wou-Ki self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: 趙無極
notableWork Hommage à Claude Monet ⓘ
Triptyque 2000 ⓘ
occupation painter ⓘ
printmaker ⓘ
placeOfBirth Beijing ⓘ
placeOfDeath Nyon ⓘ
residence Paris ⓘ
spouse Françoise Marquet ⓘ
Lalan ⓘ
May Zao ⓘ
style abstract art ⓘ
lyrical abstraction ⓘ
taughtAt École des Beaux-Arts ⓘ
surface form: École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts
teachingPositionEndYear 1984 ⓘ
teachingPositionStartYear 1980 ⓘ
workExhibitedAt Centre Pompidou ⓘ
Museum of Modern Art ⓘ
Musée d’Art Moderne de Paris ⓘ
surface form: Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
workHeldInCollection Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum ⓘ
surface form: Guggenheim Museum

Tate Modern ⓘ
yearMovedTo 1948 ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pierre Matisse → representedArtist → Zao Wou-Ki ⓘ
Musée Marmottan Monet → hasWorkBy → Zao Wou-Ki ⓘ
National Museum of Western Art → hasWorkBy → Zao Wou-Ki ⓘ
Guggenheim International Award → hasAwarded → Zao Wou-Ki ⓘ
Zao Wou-Ki → name → Zao Wou-Ki self-link ⓘ
Zao Wou-Ki → nativeName → Zao Wou-Ki self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: 趙無極
China Academy of Art → hasNotableAlumni → Zao Wou-Ki ⓘ