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 Depart- ment of the Taiwan National University, holding his first solo exhibition in 1954 at the Taipei Chung Shan Hall. Re- locating 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 re- ceived 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.
CHU Teh-Chun
CHU Teh-Chun
1920-2014, born in Jiangsu, China
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| 1935 | Enrolled in National Hangzhou School of Art (now China Academy of Art), Hangzhou, China |
| 1944 | Teacher in the department of architecture at the National Central University, Nanjing, China |
| 1945 | “Contemporary Art Exhibition”, Chongqing, China |
| 1949 | Left Nanjing to Taipei, Taiwan |
| 1951 | Teacher in the department of fine art at the Taiwan Provincial College of Education (now National Taiwan Normal University), Taipei, Taiwan |
| “Independent Modern Art Exhibition”, Zhongshan Hall, Taipei, Taiwan | |
| 1954 | “Chu Teh-Chun Solo exhibition”, Zhongshan Hall, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 1955 | Went to France, Paris, France |
| 1957 | 《Ching-Chao Portrait》,Paris Spring Salon, Silver Medal, Paris, France |
| “The 4th National Art Exhibition of the Republic of China”, Taipei, Taiwan | |
| 1958 | “Chu Teh-Chun Solo Exhibition”, Gallery du Haut Pavé, Paris, France |
| “The School of Paris Painting Exhibition”, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen, Denmark | |
| 1960 | “Chu Teh-Chun Solo Exhibition”, Henriette Legendre Gallery, Paris, France |
| 1961 | “Salon de Mai”, Paris, France |
| 1963 | “Chu Teh-Chun Oil Painting Solo Exhibition”, Henriette Legendre Gallery, Paris, France |
| 1964 | “Modern International Exhibition”, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburg, PA, USA |
| 1969 | “The 10th São Paulo Biennial”, São Paulo, Brazil |
| 1972 | “Chu Teh-Chun Solo Exhibition”, Die Dritte Welt Gallery, Munich, Germany |
| 1980 | “Overseas Chinese Artists Exhibition”, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 1981 | “Sixty Artists Group Exhibition”, Paris, France |
| 1982 | “Retrospective of paintings and drawings from 1955 to 1982”, Museum of Modern Art André Malraux, Le Havre, France |
| “Overseas Chinese Artists Exhibition”, Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, China | |
| 1984 | “Chu Teh-Chun Oil Painting Solo Exhibition”, Esch-sur-Alzette Theater, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg |
| 1985 | “5 Abstracts in 1985”, Pierre Hubert Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland |
| 1987 | “Chu Teh-Chun Retrospective”, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 1989 | “Aspects of Contemporary Painter in Paris, Taiwan Provincial Museum of Fine Arts (now National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts), Taichung, Taiwan |
| 1992 | “Chu Teh-Chun Solo Exhibition”, Chateau Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland |
| “Chu Teh-Chun Solo Exhibition”, Pierre Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan | |
| “Work from the 60s”, Arlette Gimaray Gallery, Paris, France | |
| 1994 | “Chu Teh-Chun Solo Exhibition”, Dimensions Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 1995 | “Chu Teh-Chun Solo Exhibition”, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea |
| “Primal Signs”, Stratford Gallery, Stratford, Canada | |
| 1997 | “Chu Teh-Chun Far East Traveling Exhibition”, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China; Hong Kong Museum of Art, Hong Kong, China; Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung; Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan |
| “Chu Teh-Chun Solo Exhibition”, Alisan Fine Arts, Hong Kong, China | |
| In recognition of his contribution to painting, Chu was elected to membership in the Institute de France, Academie des Beaux Arts, Paris, France | |
| 1998 | “Ecstatic Depths: Recent Paintings 1985-1996”, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2000 | “Chu Teh-Chun- A Solo Oil Painting”, Shanghai Museum, Shanghai; Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangdong, China |
| 2001 | “Chu Teh-Chun Solo Exhibition”, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, Korea |
| 2003 | “Chu Teh-Chun Solo Exhibition”, Modern Art Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan |
| 2004 | “Large Gestures-Chu Teh-Chun’s Painting”, Macao Museum of Art, Macao, China |
| “Chu Teh-Chun Solo Exhibition”, The University Museum and Art Gallery (UMAG) of The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China | |
| 2005 | “Chu Teh-Chun: Oil Painting”, InSian Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan |
| “Large-scale New Oil Painting Exhibition”, Shanghai Art Museum, Shanghai, China | |
| 2006 | “Chu Teh-Chun: Paintings”, Marlborough Gallery, New York, NY, USA |
| “Chu Teh-Chun: Recent Painting”, Patrice Trigano Gallery, Paris, France | |
| “The Ever-changing Print Exhibition”, Bastien Art Gallery, Brussels, Belgium | |
| 2007 | “Chu Teh-Chun Retrospective”, Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, Japan |
| “Chu Teh-Chun: Recent Painting”, Marlborough Gallery, Madrid, Spain | |
| 2008 | “Chu Teh-chun 88 Retrospective”, National Museum of History, Taipei, Taiwan |
| 2009 | “Chu Teh-Chun”, Marlborough Fine Art, London, United Kingdom |
| “Chu Teh-Chun and the Manufacture de Sevres”, Musée national des arts asiatiques Guimet, Paris, France | |
| 2010 | “Chu Teh-Chun, Retrospective”, National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China |
| “Of Snow, Gold, and Sky Blue: Hand-painted Ceramics and Calligraphy by Chu The-Chun”, Macao Museum of Art, Macao, China | |
| 2013 | “Derivations: Unlimited Crossing”, LIN & LIN Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan |
| “Sanshui”, Soka Art, Taipei, Taiwan | |
| 2014 | Died at Paris, France |
| 2015 | “A Window to the World – Asia’s New Trend”, Soka Art, Taipei, Taiwan |
| “ARTEMPEROR AUCTION 2015”, ARTEMPEROR, Taipei, Taiwan | |
| “Postwar Chinese Abstract Art”, LIN & LIN Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan | |
| “A Walk on a Cool Autumn Evening-Collection Exhibition”, Mingshan Art, Hsinchu, Taiwan | |
| 2016 | “ART Tainan”, Lotudit Art Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan |
| “Abstract in Asia-Towards the West FIAC”, Galerie Sabine Vazieux, France | |
| “Art Revolution Taipei”, Lotudit Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan | |
| “ART FORMOSA”, Lotudit Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan | |
| “Summer Art Tour Trilogy”, Julia Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan | |
| “Find out the Truth-What Do You Want to Say to Me?”, Fong-Yi Art Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan | |
| “ART TAICHUNG”, Lotudit Art Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan | |
| 2017 | “Extraordinary- 25th Anniversary of Soka Art”, SOKA ART, Tainan, Taiwan |
| “Regain the Past of Island, Special Exhibition of Taiwanese Artists During the Japanese Occupation Period”, FONG-YI Education and Culture Foundation, Taichung, Taiwan | |
| “Nou Gallery x 2017 Art Taipei”, Nou Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan | |
| 2018 | “Chu Teh-Chun, Zao Wou-Ki, Ting Xiongquan: Original Print Collection Exhibition”, Mingshan Art, Hsinchu, Taiwan |
| “Ten Realms-2018 Permanent Exhibition”, OUTGUESS GALLERY, Tainan, Taiwan | |
| “Beyond Figuration – Exhibition of Wellington Gallery Collection”, Wellington Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan | |
| “ART TAIPEI”, InSian Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan | |
| 2019 | “InSian 33”, InSian Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan |
| “Flowers Bloom”, Fong-Yi Art Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan | |
| “ART TAIPEI”, InSian Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan | |
| “Live in the Landscape-PANG Jiun Solo Exhibition”, FONG-YI Education and Culture Foundation, Taichung, Taiwan | |
| 2020 | “The Vanguard of Art: Chinese Masters Abroad in France of The 20th Century”, Chanliu Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan |
| “ART TAIPEI”, InSian Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan | |
| “Tranquility, Brightness, Chu Teh-Chun Centennial Exhibition”, Mingshan Art, Hsinchu, Taiwan | |
| “Mental Imagery Chu Teh-Chun Centennial Exhibition”, Modern Art Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan | |
| 2021 | “The Future”, RIVER ART GALLERY, Taichung, Taiwan |
| “Transgression throughout the Volatile World Inaugural Exhibition”, Asia Art Center, Taipei, Taiwan | |
| “The Overview of Master Prints”, Julia Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan | |
| 2022 | “Vitality of Spring Collection Exhibition”, Mingshan Art, Taipei, Taiwan |
| “The Appeal of Plurality -Asia Print Exhibition, San Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan | |
| “Time Classic – CHU Teh-Chun x Zao Wou-Ki x CHU Ko”, Mingshan Art, Taipei, Taiwan | |
| “ART TAIPEI 2022”, Taipei, Taiwan | |
| 2023 | “Art Basel Hong Kong 2023”, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Liang Gallery, Hong Kong, China |
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