The following is from the artist's website: http://www.tustudio.com. Zhiwei Tu was born to peasant parents in a remote rural village of Guangdong Province, China, in 1951. Like other boys of the... Read full biography
The following is from the artist's website: http://www.tustudio.com. Zhiwei Tu was born to peasant parents in a remote rural village of Guangdong Province, China, in 1951. Like other boys of the village, as a child Tu helped to work the land, barefoot most of the time, and performed the menial... Read full biography
The following is from the artist's website: http://www.tustudio.com. Zhiwei Tu was born to peasant parents in a remote rural village of Guangdong Province, China, in 1951. Like other boys of the village, as a child Tu helped to work the land, barefoot most of the time, and performed the menial tasks expected of every peasant child. He spent his days herding sheep and gathering food. Thus, his early life was much the same as that of his ancestors. When he began attending the local village... Read full biography
The following is from the artist's website: http://www.tustudio.com. Zhiwei Tu was born to peasant parents in a remote rural village of Guangdong Province, China, in 1951. Like other boys of the village, as a child Tu helped to work the land, barefoot most of the time, and performed the menial tasks expected of every peasant child. He spent his days herding sheep and gathering food. Thus, his early life was much the same as that of his ancestors. When he began attending the local village school, Tu was issued a slate, chalk, rough paper, and pencil for school work. With these crude instruments he early demonstrated an extraordinary talent for drawing which captivated the attention and wonder of his teachers. In the village of his youth,... Read full biography
The following is from the artist's website: http://www.tustudio.com. Zhiwei Tu was born to peasant parents in a remote rural village of Guangdong Province, China, in 1951. Like other boys of the village, as a child Tu helped to work the land, barefoot most of the time, and performed the menial tasks expected of every peasant child. He spent his days herding sheep and gathering food. Thus, his early life was much the same as that of his ancestors. When he began attending the local village school, Tu was issued a slate, chalk, rough paper, and pencil for school work. With these crude instruments he early demonstrated an extraordinary talent for drawing which captivated the attention and wonder of his teachers. In the village of his youth, however, drawing was an amusing pastime with no practical application or use, and so the young boy received little... Read full biography
Zhiwei Tu - Artist Info
About Zhiwei Tu: Books
Books & Publications (5)
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The Artists Bluebook 34,000 North American Artists to March 2005
2005
AskART.com Inc. - Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson (Editor)
479 pages
Davenport's Art Reference: The Gold Edition
2005
Davenport, Ray
2,421 pages
Art of the West Guidebook of Western Artists: 2004
2004
Editors, Art of the West
80 pages (color)
Texas Painters, Sculptors & Graphic Artists A Biographical Dictionary of Artists in Texas Before 1942