Zao wou ki biography of william

Zao wou-ki museum

Wou-Ki was the first ethnic Chinese member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts of France, and together with Chu Teh-Chun and Wu Guanzhong, was dubbed one of the "Three .

zao wou ki biography of william

Zao wou-ki artwork

Zao Wou-Ki was born on 1 February , in Peking (now Beijing).

Artist history

In the USA, Zao makes the acquaintance of Barnett Newman, Franz Kline, William Baziotes, Saul Steinberg, and Hans Hoffman and finds great freshness and much spontaneity in American .

Art history stories
Born in Beijing, China, into a family of intellectuals, Zao was already trained in classical calligraphy by his grandfather before being accepted into the Hangzhou Academy of Art at the Missing: william.