Fondation CHU Teh-Chun

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Fondation CHU Teh-Chun

Fondation CHU Teh-Chun is dedicated to collecting, exhibiting, preserving, interpreting the art and archives of the artist

21/10/2026

The Radiance of All Things

A Retrospective of Chu Teh-Chun!
Through this exhibition tour, explore the artistic journey of Chu Teh-Chun, the renowned French-Chinese artist and distinguished alumnus of the . From bold abstract compositions to the poetic interplay of light and color, discover how he brought Eastern artistic spirit into dialogue with Western abstraction.

Venue: Art Museum of the China Academy of Art
Exhibition Dates: October 19, 2026 - February 18, 2027
Filmed by 苗苗 Vision

Exhibition Reservation and Ticketing Information : Academy of Art Museum

For more informations about CHU Teh-Chun’ s work: 🔗 in Bio chu-teh-chun.org
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20/10/2026

E.X.H.I.B.I.T.I.O.N

The Radiance of All Things: Retrospective of Chu Teh-Chun opens at the Art Museum of China Academy of Art.

The words “Radiance of All Things” bring together two ideas: “radiance” evokes the imagery of light in Western art, while “all things” is rooted in the Eastern view of the cosmos. Together, they point to a transcendent light that reaches beyond East and West and speaks to a universal spirit.

The exhibition brings together approximately 260 significant works and archival materials from across Chu Teh-Chun’s life, including 107 of his oil paintings.

📍 China Academy of Art Museum, Hangzhou
📅 19 October 2026 to 18 February 2027

Exhibition Reservation and Ticketing Information : Academy of Art Museum

For more informations about CHU Teh-Chun’ s work: 🔗 in Bio chu-teh-chun.org
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18/10/2026

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An exhibition not to be missed, bringing together 260 artworks and archival materials, including 107 oil paintings.

📍 China Academy of Art Museum, Hangzhou
📅 19 October 2026 to 18 February 2027

©China Academy of Art Museum

For more informations about CHU Teh-Chun’ s work: 🔗 in Bio
chu-teh-chun.org
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12/10/2026

🇬🇧 Next stop: Hangzhou!

Preparations for our upcoming exhibition in Hangzhou are well underway!

Our teams, in close collaboration with those of the China Academy of Fine Arts Museum, are currently working on the preparation of this exceptional exhibition dedicated to Chu Teh-Chun. This retrospective aims to highlight the richness and distinctive character of his work, offering the public a unique opportunity to discover or rediscover Chu’s singular artistic universe.

A behind-the-scenes look at our preparations… and we can’t wait to share more with you.

📍 Hangzhou, China ✨ Stay tuned for more updates!
October 19, 2026 – February 18, 2027

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🇫🇷 Next stop: Hangzhou!

Les préparatifs de notre prochaine exposition à Hangzhou sont en pleine effervescence !

Nos équipes, en étroite collaboration avec celles du Musée de l’Académie des beaux-arts de Chine, œuvrent actuellement à la préparation de cette exposition exceptionnelle consacrée à Chu Teh-Chun. Cette rétrospective entend mettre en lumière la richesse et la singularité de son œuvre, offrant au public une occasion privilégiée de découvrir ou redécouvrir l’univers artistique singulier de Chu.

Les coulisses se dévoilent peu à peu… et nous avons hâte de vous faire découvrir la suite.

📍 Hangzhou, China ✨ Rendez-vous très bientôt pour en découvrir davantage !
Du 19 octobre 2026 au 18 février 2027

Les préparatifs
©China Academy of Art Museum

For more informations about CHU Teh-Chun’ s work: 🔗 in Bio
chu-teh-chun.org
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09/10/2026

J-10 | CHU TEH-CHUN . RETURN TO HANGZHOU

A RETURN TO HIS ROOTS AT THE HEART OF THE CHINA ACADEMY OF ART — RETROSPECTIVE EXHIBITION — 19 OCTOBER 2026 – 18 FEBRUARY 2027

Memories of Chu Teh-Chun as a 15-Year-Old Student at the Hangzhou Academy of Fine Arts.

Chu Teh-Chun :
" We’d wake up early, often before dawn, grind ink and paint traditional ink paintings，before breakfast. After eating, we’d spend about four hours in the studio drawing. In the afternoons, we’d have two hours of classes, then head outside to paint landscapes and watercolors — Wu Guanzhong and I together. Every Saturday, we’d take our painting boxes and spend the entire day outdoors. Hangzhou has so many beautiful scenes that we could easily finish several watercolor paintings in a single day. Back then, we simply loved painting; there was no talk of becoming professional artists or anything like that. We just enjoyed it and kept painting."

At the time, Hangzhou Academy of Art was the most avant-garde school in China, truly embodying the “French school” style. Its principal was Lin Fengmian, who would later become a world-renowned painter.
He was highly effective in laying a solid foundation in painting for his students. He gave Chu Teh-Chun the opportunity to study Western classical disciplines at Hangzhou Academy of Art, including perspective, color theory, and artistic anatomy. Chu was also exposed to avant-garde movements such as Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, and Cubism.

📍 Hangzhou, China
📅 19 October 2026 – 28 February 2027

🎬 Excerpt from Cao KeFan’s Interview "KeFan Listening" 2003 for Shanghai TV

For more informations about CHU Teh-Chun’ s work: 🔗 in Bio
chu-teh-chun.org
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07/10/2026

🇬🇧 DID YOU KNOW?

Chu Teh-Chun’s notebooks

From 1958–1959, Chu Teh-Chun began reproducing his paintings and gouaches in small format in spiral-bound sketchbooks, adding technical details carefully recorded by his wife, Thérèse.

The Foundation preserves around ten of these precious notebooks, which form a unique visual record of his work.

Chu eventually replaced these hand-made records with Ektachrome transparencies, once he considered their quality sufficient.

For the major retrospective at the Museum of the China Academy of Art in Hangzhou, these archives will be presented through high-definition digital reproductions made from the original notebooks.

See you in Hangzhou! 🇨🇳

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🇫🇷 LE SAVIEZ-VOUS ?

Les carnets inédits de Chu Teh-Chun

À partir de 1958-1959, Chu Teh-Chun reproduisit ses peintures et gouaches en petit format dans des carnets à spirale, accompagnant chaque œuvre de précieuses indications techniques, notées par son épouse Thérèse.

La Fondation conserve une dizaine de ces carnets, véritable mémoire visuelle de son œuvre.
Chu cessera progressivement de les compléter lorsqu’il jugera les Ektachromes suffisamment précis pour documenter ses peintures.

À l’occasion de la grande rétrospective au Musée de l’Académie des Beaux-Arts de Chine à Hangzhou, ces archives seront présentées sous forme de reproductions numériques en haute définition réalisées à partir des carnets originaux.

Rendez-vous à Hangzhou ! 🇨🇳

Du 19 octobre 2026 au 18 février 2027
Academy of Art Museum

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Carnets de copies des peintures et gouaches
©Fondation CHU Teh-Chun

For more informations about CHU Teh-Chun’ s work: 🔗 in Bio
chu-teh-chun.org
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01/10/2026

🇬🇧 One Day, One Painting

Chu Teh-Chun — Autumn, 1985

At the beginning of autumn, the light changes, colours transform, and the landscape becomes quieter.
In this diptych from 1985, Chu Teh-Chun brings light, matter and movement into dialogue. Forms seem to dissolve into an almost musical atmosphere, somewhere between Western abstraction and the sensibility of Chinese ink painting.

Autumn evokes less a landscape than a sensation: that of a world in transformation, suspended between light and silence.

A work in which colour becomes space, and every gesture reveals a new depth.

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🇫🇷 Un jour, un tableau

Chu Teh-Chun — Automne, 1985

En ce début d’automne, la lumière change, les couleurs se transforment, le paysage se fait plus silencieux.

Dans ce diptyque de 1985, Chu Teh-Chun fait dialoguer lumière, matière et mouvement. Les formes semblent se dissoudre dans une atmosphère presque musicale, entre abstraction occidentale et sensibilité à l’encre chinoise.

Automne évoque moins un paysage qu’une sensation : celle d’un monde en transformation, suspendu entre lumière et silence.

Une œuvre où la couleur devient espace, et où chaque geste laisse apparaître une nouvelle profondeur.

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1. Automne - Diptyque - Huile sur toile - 1985
2. Automne - Diptyque - détail - Huile sur toile - 1985
3. Automne - Diptyque - détail - Huile sur toile - 1985
© ADAGP, Paris 2026 / Fondation CHU Teh-Chun

For more informations about CHU Teh-Chun’ s work: 🔗 in Bio
chu-teh-chun.org
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