EXHIBITED:

Chu Teh-chun: Painting World, Impressions Art Gallery, Taipei, June 2005

ILLUSTRATED:

Impressions Classics IX: Chu Teh-chun, Impressions Art Gallery, Taipei, 2005, color illustrated, no. 079, p. 116



This painting is to be sold with a certificate of authenticity issued by Asia Art Center, Taipei.

Chu Teh-chun's mural-sized oil painting "Symphonie Festive" (430x730cm) was completed in 2003 and snatched up in the same year to become part of the Shanghai Grand Theater's permanent collection. Through vivid colours and a great variety of shifting patterns, the artist conveys a merry atmosphere with a brisk and relaxed rhythm reminiscent of a symphonic poem.

"Paysagisme des songes" describe Chu Teh-chun's painting style. His more recent work in particular displays a natural and uninhibited release of form and color. Together with Zao Wou-ki, Chu Teh-chun is one of the most famous abstract painters of Chinese descent, both in China and internationally. But unlike Zao, who tends to simply name his works after the date of completion, Chu usually devises poetic titles, which point the beholder towards deeper appreciation of the painting. This painting from 2004 titled "Aux sources de la nuit" is one of his recent masterpieces. Numerous shades of red, yellow and blue are set off with particular intensity and luster against the black background. The bold composition and rich hues dazzle the viewer with multifaceted layers of space and color. The dotted slabs of paint seem to be dancing like musical notes on the surface of the painting, metamorphosing into blossoming flowers or bright, lucid rays of light the next moment, ever communicating the multitude of pleasant recollections of a long life effusing from the depth of the artist's heart.