Chu Teh-Chun (1920 - 2014)

Chu Teh-Chun

Chu Teh-Chun or Zhu Dequn was a Chinese-French abstract painter acclaimed for his pioneering style integrating traditional Chinese painting techniques with Western abstract art. Chu Teh-Chun enrolled in the National School of Fine Arts (now China Academy of Art), where he studied under Fang Ganmin and Wu Dayu. He was the first ethnic Chinese member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts of France, and together with Wu Guanzhong and Zao Wou-Ki were dubbed the "Three Musketeers" of modernist Chinese artists trained in China and France.

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Date and place of birt:	24 october 1920, Baitu, China
Date and place of death:	26 march 2014, Paris, France
Nationality:	France, China
Period of activity:	XX, XXI century
Specialization:	Artist, Painter
Genre:	Landscape painting
Art style:	Abstract Expressionism, Abstract art, Contemporary art, Tachisme