Zao Wou-Ki (1920-2013)

Twentieth-century art was present at this sale in all its variety, from Zao Wou-ki to Signac, Picabia and Irène Codreano.

Zao Wou-Ki reflected carefully before setting brush to paper in this masterful, eloquent work.

Since the beginning of the 1960s, Zao Wouki developed a distinctly personal concept to express his vision of nature, as is demonstrated with this painting from 1977.

A celestial palette vibrates in this masterpiece from the master's late period, on view for the first time at auction.

This recently rediscovered small format contains Zao Wou-ki’s entire telluric world, from the importance of emptiness inherited from the Chinese tradition to the play of light shaped by color.

Once again, a fine six-figure bid went to a particularly dazzling work by the great Franco-Chinese master, from the late 1970s.

Fifteen years after the 2003 Jeu de Paume retrospective, the Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris is once more paying tribute to the Chinese painter who moved to France in 1948, with a particular focus on his large paintings of 1956 onwards. The exhibition...

The canvas "9.9.70" by Zao Wou-ki went for € 502 320 confirming a healthy market for the Franco-Chinese painter at auction, while the dispersion of the former Stéphane Faniel Collection saw an 18th-century Vermeil Square soar to €249,600 and a pastel by Quentin de La Tour fetch €60,530.

Acquired by the Hong Kong gallery founded by Dominique de Villepin - a close friend of Zao Wou-Ki (1921–2013)- and his son, the 15th-century manor house will host exhibitions dedicated to the painter, as well as artists' residences. The space is slated to open in three years, following a restoration.

On February 19 at Philocale, the hammer came down at €207,000 for the small format painted in 1974 by the Franco-Chinese artist, found in a house near Orleans. The Zao Wou-ki Committee had confirmed the authenticity of the work, initially estimated at €80,000-120,000, from the Giraud collection.