羅芙奧台北2013秋季拍賣會：亞洲現代與當代藝術 Ravenel Autumn Auction 2013 Taipei - Modern and Contemporary Asian Art

At the age of 62, the Musée des Beaux Arts André Malraux in Le Havre, France, hosted his first large retrospective exhibition. Five years later, he returned to Taiwan and held an important retrospective exhibition at the National Museum of History. In 1992, the year he created “Instants d'allégresse,” Chu traveled to the US and was deeply inspired by the Niagara Falls. Many of his works during this period are covered with a veil of vapor, light, pure and transparent. Shiny color spatters all over. The emitting light and the heavy, dark tones play together in a harmonious and powerful melody.

In 1997, Chu was elected as a member of l’Institut des Beaux-Arts de l’Académie Française. After 2000, in his eighties, the master’s abundant creativity did not slacken.

His free, artistic expression that seemed to be accumulated from past glories once again created a new dimension in abstract painting.

Chu, who lives in France for almost sixty years, still maintains his Eastern soul and humanistic spirit. In the European art circle of “Lyrical Abstract” that flourished after WWII, he was praised for his unique personal style fused with his intrinsic grounding in traditional Chinese art, as well as for his solid painting skill. He is hailed as one of the best Chinese abstract masters in the 20th century.

Chu dedicates his life to art. He is focused and committed to art without distraction. Through his paintings, he shares with the viewers his life: the small pieces as well as the important chapters. Even though they are abstract, the surging emotions, powerful concepts, and his spiritual contemplation of the universe over and again lead the viewers to travel into his works and leave feeling deeply touched. The ancient philosopher Lao Tzu once said, “The most beautiful sound is soundless; the most beautiful image is without an image.” Within and through his works, Chu has expressed exactly this poetic and aesthetic concept to art lovers around the world.