CHU Teh-chun
Chinese-French 1920 - 2014
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 Department of the Taiwan National University, holding his first solo exhibition in 1954 at the Taipei Chung Shan Hall. Relocating 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 received 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.
Shanghai Museum of Art, Shanghai, China
Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou, China
Musée Cernuschi, Paris, France
Bibliothéque Nationale, Paris, France
Fonds National d’Art Contemporain, Paris, France
Maison de la Culture de la Société des Eaux, Marseilles, France
National Library, Bogotá, Colombia
“Chu Teh-Chun Solo Exhibition” Taipei Chung Shan Hall, Taipei, Taiwan, 1954
“Chu Teh-Chun Solo Exhibition” Galerie du Haut-Pavé, Paris, France, 1958
“Tenth São Paulo Biennial” São Paulo, Brazil, 1969
“Retrospective” Maison de la Culture of Saint-Etienne, Saint-Etienne, France, 1977
“Retrospective” Museum of National History, Taipei, Taiwan, 1987
“Primal Signs” Stratford Gallery, Stratford, Canada, 1995
“Ecstatic Depths: Recent Paintings 1986-1996” The Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan, 1998
“Chu Teh-Chun” Galerie Patrice Trigano, Foire Internationale d'Art Contemporain, Paris, France, 2003
“Chu Teh-Chun: Paintings” Marlborough Gallery, New York, USA, 2006
“Chu Teh-Chun 88 Retrospective” National History Museum of Art, Taipei, Taiwan, 2008
“Chu Teh-Chun” Marlborough Fine Art, London, United Kingdom, 2009
“Chu Teh-Chun, Retrospective” The National Art Museum of China, Beijing, China, 2010
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Abstract
1984
Oil on canvas
100 x 81 cm
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Estimate
7,500,000 - 13,000,000 1,928,000 - 3,342,000 246,600 - 427,500 1,705,000 - 2,955,000
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Sold Price
8,400,000 2,131,980 272,462 1,891,892
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Sketches in Baxian
1954
Oil on board
53 x 45.5 cm
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Estimate
3,400,000 - 4,600,000 874,000 - 1,183,000 111,800 - 151,300 773,000 - 1,045,000
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Jade Mountain
1984
Oil on canvas
55 x 46 cm
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Estimate
4,800,000 - 5,500,000 1,234,000 - 1,414,000 157,800 - 180,900 1,091,000 - 1,250,000
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Sold Price
5,280,000 1,340,102 171,262 1,189,189
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Encre Orageuse (Stormy Ink) (a Set of 9)
2008
Lithographs, edition 10/99
45 x 35.3 x 3.5 cm (Book)
A: 41.7 x 29.6 cm B: 44.8 x 35 cm C: 40.7 x 29.2 cm D: 41 x 59.6 cm E: 41.5 x 29.7 cm F: 45 x 69.5 cm G: 41 x 29.2 cm H: 44.7 x 35 cm I: 41.3 x 29.8 cm |
Estimate
600,000 - 700,000 154,000 - 180,000 19,700 - 23,000 136,000 - 159,000
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2000 C / 2000 D / 2000 E (a set of 3)
2000
Lithograph, edition 51/150 (2000E); 52/150 (2000C); 138/150 (2000D)
72 x 92 cm (2000E)
62 x 80 cm (2000C) 82 x 60 cm (2000D) |
Estimate
420,000 - 650,000 108,000 - 167,000 13,800 - 21,400 95,000 - 148,000
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Dusk; Abstract Halidome; Pastoral (a set of 3)
2002 ; 2003 ; 2008
Lithograph, edition 109/150 (Dusk); 13/150 (Abstract Halidome); 71/150 (Pastoral)
85 x 64 cm (Dusk);
70 x 96 cm (Abstract Halidome); 63 x 81 cm (Pastoral) |
Estimate
420,000 - 650,000 108,000 - 167,000 13,800 - 21,400 95,000 - 148,000
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Sold Price
456,000 115,736 14,791 102,703
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Composition
2000
Lithograph, edition 50/90
76 x 56 cm
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Estimate
50,000 - 80,000 13,000 - 21,000 1,600 - 2,600 11,000 - 18,000
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Sold Price
60,000 15,228 1,946 13,514
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Sans titre
1995
Gouache on paper
50 x 32.5 cm
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Estimate
3,200,000 - 4,200,000 863,000 - 1,132,000 110,200 - 144,700 694,000 - 911,000
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Sans titre
1983
Oil on canvas
64.5 × 54 cm
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Estimate
5,000,000 - 6,000,000 1,348,000 - 1,617,000 172,200 - 206,700 1,085,000 - 1,302,000
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Sold Price
5,760,000 1,515,789 193,029
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Effluves de Printemps
(Emanations of Spring) 1987
Oil on canvas
130 x 195 cm
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Estimate
30,000,000 - 40,000,000 8,086,000 - 10,782,000 1,033,400 - 1,377,900 6,508,000 - 8,677,000
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Sold Price
36,000,000 9,473,684 1,206,434
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