Wou-Ki

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Wou-Ki is the given name of Zao Wou-Ki, a renowned Chinese-French painter known for his lyrical abstract works.

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Wou-Ki canonical 3

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instanceOf painter
person
awardReceived Commandeur de la Légion d’honneur
Grand Officier de l’Ordre national du Mérite
birthName Zhao Wou-Ki
linked to: Zao Wou-Ki
citizenship France
countryOfBirth China
countryOfDeath Switzerland
dateOfBirth 1920-02-13
dateOfDeath 2013-04-09
educatedAt China Academy of Art
Hangzhou National College of Art
familyName Zao
fieldOfWork painting
genre abstract landscape
givenName Wou-Ki
influencedBy Henri Matisse
Paul Klee
Pierre Soulages
traditional Chinese painting
knownFor fusion of Eastern and Western aesthetics
large-scale canvases
lyrical abstract paintings
language Chinese
French
memberOf Académie des Beaux-Arts
movedTo Paris
movement Tachisme
linked to: Art Informel

abstract art
lyrical abstraction
nationality Chinese
French
nativeName 趙無極
linked to: Zao Wou-Ki
notableExhibitionLocation Asia Society, New York
linked to: Asia Society

Galerie de France
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
placeOfBirth Beijing
placeOfDeath Nyon
residence Paris
signatureWork Hommage à Claude Monet
spouse Françoise Marquet
Lalan
May Zao
style non-figurative painting
workLocation France
Switzerland
United States
yearMovedToParis 1948

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Zao Wou-Ki givenName Wou-Ki
Zhao Wuji givenName Wou-Ki
Zao Wou-Ki givenName Wou-Ki
subject linked to: Wou-Ki