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Born 1951 Guangdong Province, China. Known for: Figure and portrait painting. graphic design.
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: Keywords
Keywords (21)
Art Method
- •Children's Book, Juvenile Literature Illustration
- •Easel Painting
- •Palette Knife, Heavy Texture
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Portraits, Portraiture
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •Asia, Orient
- •China
Art Association
- •California Art Club-
- •Oil Painters of America
- •Oil Painters of America-Signature Member
Art School
- •Guangzhou Institute of Fine Arts, China-Student
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Added Description
- •Figure Specialty
- •Self Taught, Autodidact
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Asian
- •Chinese
Exhibition of Art Association
- •California Art Club
- •Oil Painters of America-