Chu Teh-Chun

Biography

Born in Baitou Zhen, China, in 1920, Chu Teh-Chun entered the École Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris in 1935. Hangzhou. He first devoted himself to traditional Chinese style before turning to Western painting. In the 1940s, he taught at Nanjing University and moved to Taipei in 1949. After visiting Egypt and developing a passion for the country's art, Chu Teh-Chun moved to Paris in 1955. There, he painted landscapes and frequented many important artistic venues, such as the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, where he also drew. From 1956 onwards, Chu Teh-Chun's works enjoyed success in Paris and he began to exhibit abroad, notably in Jerusalem, Sao Paulo and Athens. During these years, he devoted himself to abstraction, with works such as Ocean Love. In the 1970s, he renewed his contact with Chinese artists, returning to Beijing in 1983, where his paintings met with renewed success: the National History Museum in Taipei devoted a retrospective to him in 1987. He exhibited his ceramic paintings at the Bouquinerie de l'Institut in spring 2003, and the Pinacothèque de Paris devoted an exhibition to him in 2010. He died in Paris on March 26, 2014.