CHU TEH-CHUN 朱德群 |
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Chu Teh-Chun |
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朱德群 |
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Chu Teh-Chun 朱德群 and Feng Xiao-Min 冯骁鸣 |
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China |
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朱德群 pinyin Zhu Dequn |
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1920 Chu Teh-Chun was born on October 24th in Baitou Zhen, Anhui province, China, |
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in a wealthy family. He was the youngest of three boys. His father and grandfather were doctors and collectors |
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of calligraphies and Chinese paintings. |
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1930 He enrolled the primary school of Xiaoxian and late, the Xuzhou high school and Haizhou high school | ||||
where he graduated. | ||||
1935 He joined the National School of Fine Arts in Hangzhou, run by Lin Fongmien. He studied the western |
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painting. |
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1941 He graduated with honors and he was assistant professor at the Fine Arts in Hangzhou . |
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1944 He became a full professor at the Central University of Nanjing, transferred during the war in Chongqing. |
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1947 His return through the gorges of the Yangtze Jiang, with magnificent scenery led him to study further |
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the relationship between painting and nature, such as masters Tang and Sung. |
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1948 He came back to his birthplace to see his mother and he married Liu Han. |
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1949 Birth of her daugther Kate |
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They moved to Taipei and he taught at the Taipei school of Industrial studies ( architecture department ). |
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1951 He was appointed professor at the National Normal University ( Fine Arts department ) |
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He fell in love with one of his student : Tung Ching-Chao. |
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1953 He exhibited several landscapes took in the Ali Shan Mountains, for his first solo exhibitions at Zhongshan |
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Tang |
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France |
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1955 He moved to Paris with Tung Ching-Chao.. He visited the Louvre and enrolled the Grande Chaumière. |
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1956 He visited the exhibition of Nicolas de Staël, at the National Museum of Modern Art in Paris and he began to reflect on non-figurative art. |
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He met his first artist friend, the sculptor Albert Féraud. |
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1958 First exhibition in Paris, Galerie des Hauts-Pavés where he sold several works. |
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1960 He signed with the galerie Legendre an exclusive six-year contract and met Arnal, Corneille, Revel, Sugaï. |
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1961 His son Yi-Hwa was born. |
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He took part to the exhibition l'Ecole de Paris 1960, in Galerie Charpentier. |
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From then, he figured in Paris, Pittsburgh, Jerusalem, Athens... |
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1968 His son Yvon was born |
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1969 He took part to the 10th Biennial, in Sao Paulo where an entire room was dedicated him. |
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1976 He practiced calligraphy again. |
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1979 The First monograph of his work written by Hubert Juin, was published by le Musée de poche, Paris |
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He became a French citizen. | ||||
1982 A major exhibition of paintings and drawings since 1955 was organized by the André Malraux Museum |
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in Le Havre, and his works were alonside sculptures by Thibaud and Fréraudat the Orangerie de Bagatelle. |
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Asia |
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1983 He was member of the examining body for final degree at the Chinese University of Hong Kong. |
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The same year, he was invited by the Association of Chinese Artists to Beijing. He visited the country |
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with the painter Kijno.( Shanxi, The Buddhist caves in Yungang, the burial sites of Xi'an, the Forest of Steles ). |
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1987 First retrospective exhibition at the National Museum of History in Taipei, 32 years since leaving his country. |
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1989 Exhibition at the Taiwan Museum where each artist donated one work to the Museum, at the initiative |
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of Chu Teh-Chun and Gérard Xuriguera. |
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1990 He moved to a large studio in Vitry-Sur-Seine, ideal for large size formats, diptychs, trIptichs. |
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1994 He exhibited in Singapore. |
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1997 The travelling exhibition organized by the French Asssociation for Asian Action of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs |
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appeared in the Fine Arts Palace of Beijing, in the Fine Arts Museum of Hong Kong, then in Fine Arts Museum |
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in Kaoshiung, and in Taipei. |
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The Honors |
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1997 On December 17th, he was elected at the Académie des Beaux-Arts ( Art Academy ) in Paris, in the seat |
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of deceased Jacques Despierre. |
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1999 On February 2nd, Chu Teh-Chun's reception under the dome. He chose himself the four jades adorning his academician sword |
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2001 He was honored Knight of the Legion of Honor and knight of the Academic Palms |
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2003 On March 27th inauguration of the monumental painting commissioned by the Shanghai Opera, to the entrance hall. |
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2009 He suffered a stroke. |
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2014 At the age of 93 years, he died on March 25th at Paris. |
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D. Sicard |
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Sources multiples : Comme toute synthèse, cette biographie n'existe que grâce à des travaux de spécialistes sur lesquels elle s'appuie et que l'on peut retrouver dans les ouvrages et catalogues répertoriés dans la bibliographie de ce site. |
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