Wu Zuoren (1908-1997) was born in Jingxian County,
Anhui Province. He started his studies at the Department of Fine Arts
of the Shanghai University of Arts in 1927. The prominent Chinese
painter Xu Beihong recommended him in 1929 to go to Europe to receive
further education. Wu studied in Paris and Brussels. After his return
in 1935, Wu taught at the Central University, then located in Nanjing.
In 1946, Wu joined Xu Beihong to take over the Beiping State Academy of
Arts, and subsequently served there as professor and Dean of Studies.
Since 1949, Wu has occupied various positions in the
world of art: he was vice-president, president and honorary president
of the Central Academy of Fine Arts, and president of the Chinese
Artists Association. His oil paintings and Chinese paintings have been
exhibited many times both in China and abroad.
Sources:
Important Art of New China 1949-1979 (China Guardian Auction Catalogue 1996, Beijing)
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]
Kuiyi Shen, "Publishing Posters Before the Cultural Revolution", Modern Chinese Literature and Culture, vol. 12, No. 2 (Fall 2000), pp. 177-202
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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