Chu Teh Chun
Selected Works
Chu Teh Chun
Les rouges, 2005
Huile sur toile
81 x 65 cm
Chu Teh Chun
Dévoilement, 2006
Huile sur toile,
81 x 100 cm
Some of the works depicted are no longer available.
Biography
The painter's inclination towards abstract art stems above all from his aspiration for total freedom of expression. Thanks to a technique of exceptional fluidity, the artist masters movement, weaving associations of touches of color, like Eternal Light. His work finds its strength and richness in the fusion of two cultures.
Chu Teh-Chun (1920-2014), left China where he was born, after studying at the Beaux-Arts in Hangzhou and after having been a professor at the University of Nanjing until 1949, in Taiwan in 1950 and in Taipei. He arrived in Paris in 1955. His first solo exhibition took place in 1960 at the Galerie Legendre where he was very noticed as a new recruit of the Ecole de Paris.
He traveled to Spain, Venice, Holland and the United States, where he spent several months. He was invited to the 10th Sao Paulo Biennial. In 1982, the André Malraux Museum in Le Havre devoted a major exhibition of his drawings and paintings to him, which was then presented at the Orangerie de Bagatelle in Paris. The following year, he was invited by the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Hong Kong as a member of the final year jury, and by the Union of Artists of China, to rediscover his country, which he had not returned to for twenty-eight years. From 1990 to 1993, Chu focused on large formats, diptychs and triptychs. Several major exhibitions have been organized in recent years, including exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in Liège in 1988 and at the Taiwan Museum in 1991; at the Dunkirk Museum and the Patrice Trigano Gallery in 1991; and a traveling exhibition in several museums in Quebec in 1997; a touring exhibition in the Far East at the China Palace in Beijing, the Hong Kong Museum and the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts in Taiwan. In 1998, Chu exhibited his works at the Taipei Museum of Fine Arts and executed a series of large ceramic plates. In the summer of 2000, the Shanghai Museum presented a major group of his works.
He traveled to Spain, Venice, Holland and the United States, where he spent several months. He was invited to the 10th Sao Paulo Biennial. In 1982, the André Malraux Museum in Le Havre devoted a major exhibition of his drawings and paintings to him, which was then presented at the Orangerie de Bagatelle in Paris. The following year, he was invited by the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Hong Kong as a member of the final year jury, and by the Union of Artists of China, to rediscover his country, which he had not returned to for twenty-eight years. From 1990 to 1993, Chu focused on large formats, diptychs and triptychs. Several major exhibitions have been organized in recent years, including exhibitions at the Museum of Modern Art in Liège in 1988 and at the Taiwan Museum in 1991; at the Dunkirk Museum and the Patrice Trigano Gallery in 1991; and a traveling exhibition in several museums in Quebec in 1997; a touring exhibition in the Far East at the China Palace in Beijing, the Hong Kong Museum and the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts in Taiwan. In 1998, Chu exhibited his works at the Taipei Museum of Fine Arts and executed a series of large ceramic plates. In the summer of 2000, the Shanghai Museum presented a major group of his works.
During 2001, knowledge of his work grew further, both in the East and the West. The last stop of his second major traveling exhibition in the Far East was at the Pusan Metropolitan Museum in Korea. In France, Chu was honored with two decorations: in June 2001, he became a Knight of the Order of Academic Palms and on July 14, 2001, he was named a Knight of the Legion of Honor by the President of the Republic. In September of the same year, he exhibited at the Enrico Navarra Gallery. In 2003, he completed a monumental 7-meter-long canvas entitled "Festive Symphony" intended for the Shanghai Opera. It was exhibited for a first public presentation in the front foyer of the Palais Garnier in Paris. In 2004, as part of the Year of China in France, the City of Cannes organized a triple exhibition in tribute to Chu Teh-Chun. The same year, he exhibited at the Galerie Patrice Trigano, Paris. As part of the Year of France in China, the Shanghai Museum of Fine Arts organized a major exhibition of new works entitled "The Inner Image Reaches Its Fullness in Abstraction".
In April 2006, a major monograph in French and English was published by Editions de la Différence with a text by Pierre-Jean Rémy. Chu had his first solo exhibition at the Marlborough Gallery in New York.
By choice of President Jacques Chirac, Chu Teh-Chun became an Officer of the National Order of Merit in 2006. The same year, Chu received the Gold Medal of European Merit in Luxembourg.
In April 2006, a major monograph in French and English was published by Editions de la Différence with a text by Pierre-Jean Rémy. Chu had his first solo exhibition at the Marlborough Gallery in New York.
By choice of President Jacques Chirac, Chu Teh-Chun became an Officer of the National Order of Merit in 2006. The same year, Chu received the Gold Medal of European Merit in Luxembourg.