Original pochoir. An impression from "XXe Siècle" (XXth Century) art review, printed in March 1958, N10. In very good condition, unframed.

Sheet size: 12 7/16" x 9 3/4"

Zao Wou-Ki was born in Beijing in a cultivated family and studied calligraphy in his childhood. He studied painting in the school of Fine Arts in Hangzhou from 1935 to 1941 and later he went to Montparnasse in Paris, where he followed Émile Othon Friesz's classes. His earliest exhibition in France were met with praise from Miró and Picasso. His works, influenced by Paul Klee, are orientated to abstraction. While his works are stylistically similar to the Abstract Expressionists whom he met while travelling to New York, he's also influenced by Impressionism. Zao Wou-Ki himself has stated that he is particularly enamored with the works of Cézanne and Matisse. His meeting with Henri Michaux pushed him to review his Indian ink techniques, always based on Chinese traditional drawings.