EXHIBITED:

Solo Exhibition of Chu Teh-Chun, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo, June 23 - July 10, 2007

ILLUSTRATED:

Solo Exhibition of Chu Teh-Chun, Thin Chang Corporation, Tapei, 2007, color illustrated, p. 221

Chu Teh-chun was born in a literate family, and learned calligraphy in his childhood. In his early years, he studied under the tutelage of such great masters as Lin Fengmian, Pan Tianshou and Wu Dayu among others. Later he went to France and accepted the edification of Western art concept. After decades of exploration, Chu Teh-chun finally created a distinct and unique artistic context with solid cultural deposits. He combined traditional Western painting with nonobjective expression and integrated techniques and concepts of Chinese calligraphy and painting into his works. In many of his wonderful works, light undoubtedly became an important role and theme.

Chu Teh-chun claimed that "light" in his painting was from Rembrandt, and the light source not only determined the color and structure of the painting, but its expression also presented infinite changes. The light under his painting brush would sometimes bloom upwards to form a jewel-like brightness in the night sky, while sometimes it would astonish people for a brief and tension filled moment in his paintings, now and then it would also show a classical solemn holiness, which is adored by the people.

The masterpiece, "Resonance des lumières" was painted in the late 1980s, which is the period when the style of the artist was more mature and colorful, with great composure. This masterpiece is filled with rich and warm earth tones with soaring wild calligraphic lines which have created a deep space. Bright yellow and orange colors shuttling among the painting create the rhythm of air and light, as well as the vivacity of life, presenting a wonderful moment of everything revived on the earth.