Xiaofu Yu - Artist Info

About Xiaofu Yu

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Yu Xiaofu
  • Biography

    Born in Wujin, Jiangsu Province and graduated from the oil painting department of the Shanghai Academy of Dramatic Arts. Ten years later, he went to England to continue his further education. Works for which he is most renown include: 'The Root', which was awarded silver medal at 'The 2nd National Comic Strip Exhibition', 1983; 'I Knocked the Door Gently', which won the prize of excellence at the Shanghai Culture Arts and has been collected by an overseas art lover; 'Picasso and Peace Pigeon', which won a prestigious prize at 'The 1st Shanghai Art Exhibition of Young Painters'; 'One Son', which won second prize at The 3rd National Comic Strip Exhibition'; 'One No Benefit Performance' (winner of the prize of excel...

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