Wu Guanzhong (1919) is from Yixing, Jiangsu
Province. After his graduation from the National Art Training School in
Hangzhou in 1942, he taught at National Chongqing University. In 1947,
he went to France, to study oil painting at the Ecole Nationale
Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. After his return in 1950, Wu held
teaching positions at the Central Art Academy, Qinghua University and
the Beijing Normal Arts Academy. His last position was that of
professor with the Central Industrial Art Academy.
Wu, who specializes in oil painting and Chinese
painting, has had a number of exhibits in China and abroad. A painting
by Wu of the Three Gorges in the Yangzi River hangs in the Great Hall
of the People in Beijing.
Sources:
David Barboza, "Once denounced, painter has China's eye", International Herald Tribune (6 October 2005)
Chen Lusheng, Xin Zhongguo meishu tushi—1949-1966 [The Art History of the People's Republic of China—1949-1966] (Beijing: Zhongguo qingnian chubanshe, 2000) [in Chinese]
Michael Sullivan, Modern Chinese Artists -- A Biographical Dictionary (Berkeley, etc:
University of California Press, 2006)
Zhongguo meishuguan (ed.), 中国美术年鉴 1949-1989 (Guilin: Guangxi meishu chubanshe, 1993)
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