Wu Zuoren (
Chinese: 吴作人;
pinyin: Wú Zuòrén;
Wade–Giles: Wu Tso-jen; 3 November 1908 – 9 April 1997)[1] was a
Chinese painter. A native of
Jing County,
Anhui, he was born in
Suzhou,
Jiangsu Province. He practiced both traditional Chinese ink painting and European oil painting.
1927: Wu Zuoren studies in the department of fine arts at Shanghai Art University where his ability is recognized by
Xu Beihong. Later, he transfers to the department of fine arts at Nanguo Academy of Arts.
1928: Wu Zuoren follows Xu Beihong to study at the National Central University (renamed
Nanjing University in 1949).
1930 - 1935: Wu Zuoren travels abroad to study in Europe. He returns to China in 1935.[3]
Wu Zuoren's Giant Panda postage stamps, first issue, 1963
1963: Wu Zuoren sets out to change the face of China when presented with the opportunity to design a three postage stamps for the
People's Republic of China. Known for his ink paintings of yaks and camels in western China[4] Wu Zuoren's Giant Panda stamps first issued in 1963 establish the
giant panda as the emblem of the new China. A second series of six Giant Panda stamps by Wu Zouren was issued in 1973, and a more elaborate Giant Panda edition based on his ink paintings produced in 1985.
For the remainder of his life, Wu Zuoren remains a prominent member of the central committee of the
China Democratic League, Chairman of the Chinese Artists Association, and a member of the standing committee of the
National People's Congress. Wu Zuoren's second wife, Xiao Shufang, was an artist known for her flower paintings. Wu Zuoren founded and endowed the "
Wu Zuoren International Foundation of Fine Arts".[3]
^Barnhart, R. M. et al. (1997). Three thousand years of Chinese painting. New Haven, Yale University Press.
ISBN0-300-07013-6: Page 384.
^Ville de Paris, Wou Tso-Jen ou la modernité dans la tradition de l'encre / Siao Chou-Fang et les fleurs de Chine, Musée Cernuschi, 1987
ISBN2-905197-09-9
^Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, Later Chinese Painting and Calligraphy 1800-1950 with C.Y. Watt, Random House, New York, 1987, vol II p. 327-329,
ISBN0-394-55463-9
Wu Zuoren (
Chinese: 吴作人;
pinyin: Wú Zuòrén;
Wade–Giles: Wu Tso-jen; 3 November 1908 – 9 April 1997)[1] was a
Chinese painter. A native of
Jing County,
Anhui, he was born in
Suzhou,
Jiangsu Province. He practiced both traditional Chinese ink painting and European oil painting.
1927: Wu Zuoren studies in the department of fine arts at Shanghai Art University where his ability is recognized by
Xu Beihong. Later, he transfers to the department of fine arts at Nanguo Academy of Arts.
1928: Wu Zuoren follows Xu Beihong to study at the National Central University (renamed
Nanjing University in 1949).
1930 - 1935: Wu Zuoren travels abroad to study in Europe. He returns to China in 1935.[3]
Wu Zuoren's Giant Panda postage stamps, first issue, 1963
1963: Wu Zuoren sets out to change the face of China when presented with the opportunity to design a three postage stamps for the
People's Republic of China. Known for his ink paintings of yaks and camels in western China[4] Wu Zuoren's Giant Panda stamps first issued in 1963 establish the
giant panda as the emblem of the new China. A second series of six Giant Panda stamps by Wu Zouren was issued in 1973, and a more elaborate Giant Panda edition based on his ink paintings produced in 1985.
For the remainder of his life, Wu Zuoren remains a prominent member of the central committee of the
China Democratic League, Chairman of the Chinese Artists Association, and a member of the standing committee of the
National People's Congress. Wu Zuoren's second wife, Xiao Shufang, was an artist known for her flower paintings. Wu Zuoren founded and endowed the "
Wu Zuoren International Foundation of Fine Arts".[3]
^Barnhart, R. M. et al. (1997). Three thousand years of Chinese painting. New Haven, Yale University Press.
ISBN0-300-07013-6: Page 384.
^Ville de Paris, Wou Tso-Jen ou la modernité dans la tradition de l'encre / Siao Chou-Fang et les fleurs de Chine, Musée Cernuschi, 1987
ISBN2-905197-09-9
^Robert Hatfield Ellsworth, Later Chinese Painting and Calligraphy 1800-1950 with C.Y. Watt, Random House, New York, 1987, vol II p. 327-329,
ISBN0-394-55463-9
