Selected Chinese Paintings by Wu Zehao

Author: Painting: Wu Zehao
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Publishing Date: 2005-01-01
Features: Wu Zehao, the master of Qiantaxuan, was born in July 1943 in Shantou City, Guangdong Province. As a child, he received education from his uncle, Wu Songling, a master of Chinese arts and crafts. In 1958, he enrolled in the Fine Arts Department of Shantou Art School, studying under the master Liu Changchao of the Shanghai School. In 1961, he entered the Chinese Painting Department of Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, studying under the professors Guan Shanyue, Li Xiongcai, and Yang Zhiguang of the Lingnan School. He graduated with a bachelor's degree in 1966. In 1968, he was assigned to Jinan City, Shandong Province, where he has been engaged in artistic creation, cultural organization, and leadership at the Mass Art Palace, Chinese Painting Academy, and the Literature and Arts Federation until the present day. By integrating and mastering the styles of the Shanghai School, the Lingnan School, and the Qilu School, he has diligently practiced and formed a unique personal artistic style. He is particularly skilled in figure painting, landscape painting, and ink bamboo painting. He has held exhibitions, given lectures, and engaged in cultural exchanges in the National Art Museum of China, the Chinese Revolutionary Military Museum, various provinces, cities, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, as well as in Japan, the United States, and Singapore. His representative works include the large-scale series "On the Long March," "The Long March Scroll," "Poetic Paintings of Taiwanese compatriots' Patriotism and Nostalgia," "A Journey to Taiwan," "Famous Scholars of Qilu," "Kunlun Camel Bells," "Banna Scenery," "Zhongkui," and "Ink Bamboo." He has published works such as "Wu Zehao Painting Collection," "Wu Zehao Chinese Painting Works Collection," "Contemporary Chinese Artists' Paintings Library -- Wu Zehao," "A Journey to Taiwan," "Selected Poetic Paintings of Taiwanese compatriots' Patriotism and Nostalgia," and "Wu Zehao Chinese Painting Collection." He was a representative at the sixth national congress of the China Artists Association and a renowned Chinese painter. Currently, he is a member of the China Artists Association, vice chairman of the Shandong Artists Association, chairman of the Jinan Artists Association, a first-class national artist, and chairman of the Jinan Literature and Arts Federation. He is also the vice chairman of the Jinan Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and a representative of the ninth National People's Congress.