CHU Teh-chun
Chinese-French 1920
Chu Teh-chun was born in Jiangsu, China in 1920 and graduated from the Hangzhou School of Fine Arts in 1941, under the direction of Lin Fengmian. Chu Teh-chun taught at the Nanjng Central University from 1944 until 1949, when he left for Taipei to teach at the Art Department of the Taiwan National University, holding his first solo exhibition in 1954 at the Taipei Chung Shan Hall. Relocating to Paris in 1955,Chu Teh-chun began to explore Abstraction in his own art after seeing an exhibition of Nicolas de Stäel’s abstract works. Chu Teh-chun has received a number of accolades including the Silver Award at the Paris Salon du Printemps in 1957, the l’Ordre des Palmes Académiques Paris in 2001, and the European Gold Medal of Merit in Luxembourg in 2006. In 1997, he was inducted into the prestigious L'Institute de France, as a member of the Beaux-Arts and ten years later named Officier de l’Ordre national du Mérite by the President of France.
Shanghai Museum of Art, Shanghai, China
Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
Musée Cernuschi, Paris, France
Bibliothéque Nationale, Paris, France
Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France
Maison de la Culture de la Société des Eaux, Marseilles, France
National Library, Bogotá, Colombia
“Chu Teh-Chun Solo Exhibition” Taipei Chung Shan Hall, Taipei, Taiwan, 1954
“Chu Teh-Chun Solo Exhibition” Galerie du Haut-Pavé, Paris, France, 1958
“Tenth São Paulo Biennial” São Paulo, Brazil, 1969
“Retrospective” Maison de la Culture of Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France, 1977
“Retrospective” Museum of National History, Taipei, Taiwan, 1987
“Primal Signs” Stratford Gallery, Stratford, Canada, 1995
“Ecstatic Depths: Recent Paintings 1986-1996” The Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan, 1998
“Chu Teh-Chun” Galerie Patrice Trigano, Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain, Paris, France, 2003
“Chu Teh-Chun: Paintings” Marlborough Gallery, New York, USA, 2006
“Chu Teh-Chun 88 Retrospective” National History Museum of Art, Taipei, Taiwan, 2008
“Chu Teh-Chun” Marlborough Fine Art, London, United Kingdom, 2009
“Chu Teh-Chun, Retrospective” The National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China, 2010
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Composition No. 20
1959 - 1960
Gouache and pastel on paperboard
56.5 x 38 cm
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Estimate
930,000 - 1,189,000 3,600,000 - 4,600,000 120,400 - 153,800
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Deux Espaces
1998
Oil on canvas
65 x 80.5 cm
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Estimate
1,085,000 - 1,550,000 4,200,000 - 6,000,000 140,500 - 200,700
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Composition
1979
Oil on canvas
65.5 x 50 cm
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Estimate
1,292,000 - 1,809,000 5,000,000 - 7,000,000 167,200 - 234,100
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Voiler VI
1986
Oil on canvas
50 x 65.5 cm
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Estimate
1,550,000 - 2,067,000 6,000,000 - 8,000,000 200,700 - 267,600
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Béatitude Entrevue
2003
Oil on canvas
114 x 146 cm
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Estimate
4,651,000 - 7,235,000 18,000,000 - 28,000,000 602,000 - 936,500
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Chants de Clarté
1991
Oil on canvas
65 x 80 cm
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Estimate
2,067,000 - 2,326,000 8,000,000 - 9,000,000 267,600 - 301,000
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Composition
1961
Arcylic and gouache on paper, mounted onto canvas
55 x 36.5 cm
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Estimate
672,000 - 982,000 2,600,000 - 3,800,000 87,000 - 127,100
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Abstract
1967
Mixed media on paper
64 x 50 cm
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Estimate
465,000 - 764,000 180,000 - 280,000 60,200 - 93,600
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Poem in Cursive Script (Li Houzhu - Qing Ping Yue)
1988
Ink on paper
119 x 40 cm
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Estimate
280,000 - 420,000 1,077,000 - 1,615,000 36,000 - 54,000
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Nature hivernale
1987 - 1988
Oil on canvas
130 x 97 cm
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Estimate
9,000,000 - 12,000,000 34,615,000 - 46,154,000 1,156,800 - 1,542,400
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