Zao Wou-Ki (Chinese: 赵无极; pinyin: Zhào Wújí; Wade–Giles: Chao Wu-chi; 1 February 1920 – 9 April 2013 [1]) was a Chinese-French painter. He was a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. [2] . Zao Wou-Ki graduated from the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, where he studied under French-trained Fang Ganmin and Wu Dayu.

赵无极（1921年2月13日—2013年4月9日），出生于 北京 [2]，江苏镇江人 [21]，法籍华裔画家、艺术家 [1] [3]，其主要绘画作品有《树下的裸女》《04.11.61》 [15] 《有瓶子的静物》 [13] 《向亨利·米修致敬（Homage to Henri Michaux）》《致敬克劳德·莫奈》《12.89-02.90》《15.01.82》《01.04.76——向安得烈·马尔罗致敬》等。 [18]

2013年4月9日 · Having swapped Shanghai for Paris, Zao Wou-Ki's rose to become one of the most important artists on the world stage. A trailblazer in the overlapping of Eastern Asian and Western artistic traditions, he was a restless individual who, over a seventy-year career, established an artistic vocabulary that passed through figuration to full abstraction.

赵无极基金会旨在宣传赵无极（1920-2013）作为画家的一生和他的作品，守护他的作品。 我们推广赵无极的作品，确保他的创意视野能传递给年轻的一代，同时也能激励有灵感的艺术家。 赵无极基金会旨在宣传赵无极（1920-2013）作为画家的一生和他的作品，守护他的作品。

Zao Wou-Ki (Chinese: 赵无极; pinyin: Zhào Wújí; Wade–Giles: Chao Wu-chi; 1 February 1920 – 9 April 2013) was a Chinese-French painter. He was a member of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Zao Wou-Ki graduated from the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, where he studied under French-trained Fang Ganmin and Wu Dayu.

On the invitation of the Chinese Minister of Culture, Zao Wou-Ki exhibited in his native land for the first time since 1948, showing work at the National Museum in Beijing and also in his old school in Hangzhou, which had since become the Zhejiang Academy of Fine Arts.

2023年5月12日 · Wou-Ki means ‘no limits’ in Chinese — a prescient name for an artist who experimented in oil on canvas, ink on paper, lithography, engraving and watercolour, and who embraced different cultural identities without ever being beholden to one. Zao Wou-Ki (1920-2013) started drawing and painting at the age of 10. His father, a banker ...

The Zao Wou-Ki Foundation works to promote the life and art of the painter Zao Wou-Ki (1920-2013). Through its work, the Foundation honors the artist, safeguards his art and provides education to ensure the transmission of his creative vision to a younger generation.

Zao Wou-Ki: Graphic Works (working title) explores the Chinese-French artist’s life, his prints, and his mastery of abstraction.It sheds new light on Zao’s printmaking practice, introducing the unique aesthetics, techniques, and styles of this medium while investigating the connections between oil painting and printmaking as equally significant aspects of his oeuvre.

A master of postwar abstraction, Zao Wou-Ki (1920–2013) created a unique pictorial language shaped by diverse influences. Throughout his long career, Zao’s experimentations in oil on canvas, ink on paper, lithography, engraving, and watercolor, allowed each image to evolve from the next, without imposing boundaries.