Wu Guanzhong Artist

Wu Guanzhong (simplified Chinese: 吴冠中; traditional Chinese: 吳冠中; August 29, 1919 – June 25, 2010) was a contemporary Chinese painter widely recognized as a founder of modern Chinese painting. He is considered to be one of the greatest contemporary Chinese painters. Wu had painted various aspects of China, including much of its architecture, plants, animals, people, as well as many of its landscapes and waterscapes in a style reminiscent of the impressionist painters of the early 1900s. He was also a writer on contemporary Chinese art.

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Wu Guanzhong
Birth dateAugust 29, 1919
Birth place
China , Yixing , Jiangsu
Nationality
Chinese people
Date of deathJune 25, 2010
Place of death
China , Beijing

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