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ZAO WOU-KI ( Beijing 1921 - Nyon (Switzerland) 2013 )
Polychrome lithograph
Numbered 87/100
Signed in pencil lower right and dated 76
Size : 68,8 x 49 cm
Size with frame: 71.5 x 52 cm
Zao Wou-Ki was born in Beijing on February 13, 1921 into a family of great scholars, and is one of the most illustrious exponents of lyrical abstraction.
After graduating from the Hanghzou Fine Arts School, he decided to move to France at the age of 27. In 1948, he arrived in Paris and settled in Montparnasse.
He attended the Académie de la Grande-Chaumière and made friends with Sam Francis, Alberto Giacometti, Pierre Soulages and Hans Hartung.
His first solo exhibition in Paris took place in 1949.
Since then, his reputation has grown steadily, with group and solo exhibitions all over the world: Galerie de France in Paris, Kootz Gallery in New York, Perls Gallery in Los Angeles, Pierre Matisse in New York...
In 1976, Zao Wou-Ki exhibited at the Centre Pompidou, in 1981, a solo show at the Grand Palais and in 2003, a retrospective at the Galerie Nationale du Jeu de Paume. In 2002, he was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts de l'Institut de France.
