Wou-ki Zao
Chinese, active France, 1921-2013
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- Names
Chao Wu-chi
Zao Wou-ki
趙無極
Zhao Wuji
- Born
Beijing February 13, 1921
- Active
Paris 1948
- Died
Nyon April 9, 2013
- Occupation or Type
painter
printmaker
calligrapher
- Bio
Zao was born in Beijing and as a young man studied avant-garde Chinese painting at the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou. In 1948, he moved to Paris, where he quickly became friends with such luminaries as Joan Miró and Pablo Picasso. Zao developed a distinctive style that synthesized Abstract Expressionism and elements of traditional Chinese ink painting and calligraphy. He is primarily known as a painter, but he made prints as well.
- Gender
Male
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