ILLUSTRATED:
Chu Teh-chun, Editions del'Education du Hebei, Shijiazhuang, 2005, color illustrated, p. 27
Échos lumineux
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1989 Oil on canvas 97 x 130 cm Signed lower right CHU TEH-CHUN in Chinese and in English, dated 89 |
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6,000,000 - 7,000,000 1,416,100 - 1,652,100 181,700 - 211,900
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11,564,000 2,791,214 358,407
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Moving to Par i s could be the mos t important event in the long span of Chu's artistic career, there were many schools of Western abstract paintings since the late '50s, and many of them were influenced by eastern philosophies. Chu went to Paris with his profound Eastern thinking, and absorbed the postwar Western cultures. Maybe it's due to his modest characteristics, add his later established abstract painting style some Western particularities, and this unique style is not the result of using only what he's good at.
This piece, "Échos lumineux" from 1989 is covered up with earth tones, other bright colors appear like think threads, although there's not much decorations for the color tones, but Chu given them characteristics, the color itself is a hint, abstract compositions is a measure to let the viewer imagine, When looking into his paintings, you'll have different desires for yourself, the painter is like mixer, invites the viewer to receive whatever he deploys, and the rest of the poetries came from the viewers themselves.
We may discover Chu's profound sense of nature in his every painting work, this is an essential foundation for an artist, and it is this foundation that brings each painting to life, made them emotional, passionate, and keeps pushing the artist to apropos narrate every color and shapes on the canvas.