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Wu Guanzhong was a prominent contemporary Chinese artist. While Wu Guanzhong is best known for his exceptional fusion of traditional Chinese ink painting techniques with Western artistic styles, he also created simple yet powerful abstract forms in some of his works. These forms often reflect his unique perspective on landscapes and natural scenes, resulting in a captivating blend of realism and abstraction in his paintings. He enrolled at the National Arts Academy of Hangzhou in 1936, where he received instruction in both modern Western art and traditional Chinese painting from Lin Fengmian and Pan Tianshou. Wu's artistic repertoire comprises landscapes, cityscapes, and everyday scenes, where he incorporates elements of traditional Chinese ink painting and Western art movements such as Impressionism, Post-Impressionism, and Fauvism. In 1947, Wu received a government scholarship to study at École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris, France. Upon his return to China, he joined the faculty of the Central Academy of Art in 1950, teaching watercolor and drawing in the Department of Architecture at Qinghua University before moving to Beijing Normal University (later Beijing Fine Arts Normal College) to teach art in 1956. During his tenure, he created numerous works inspired by the natural beauty of different Chinese regions. Wu received several awards and accolades, including being named Officier de l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres by the French Ministry of Culture in 1991 and appointed as an academician of the Académie des Beaux-Arts in 2002.