Wu Guanzhong, Master of Chinese Painting, Dies Aged 91 0
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July 07, 2010 by
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Wu Guanzhong, the father of modern Chinese art, died late on Friday in Beijing Hospital, aged 91.
Born in 1919, Wu was a native of Yixing in east China’s Jiangsu Province.
In 1947, he went to France to study Western painting and returned to China in 1950. He taught at the China Central Academy of Fine Arts and Tsinghua University.
Wu integrated the Chinese ink and wash technique with Western painting methods. He is now widely regarded at home and abroad as the father of modern Chinese painting.