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Zao Wou-Ki was born in Beijing on February 13th , in a family of intellectuals
belonging the Song Dynasty( 10thth centuries A.D. )
Soon after, his parents moved to Nantung, a small town in the north of Shanghai, where his father
was appointed banker.
He started drawing and painting at the age of ten years old and learns Chinese characters with
his grandfather.
He entered the School of Fine Arts in Hangzhou.
The first three years, he studied drawing from plaster,
then the next two, from live models. The oil painting was taught only in the final year, but Zao Wou-Ki will not
wait to paint still life and portraits, including portraits of his sister.
He was appointed assistant of his school.
He organized an exhibition at the National Museum of Natural History in Chongqing with works by:
Lin Fong-Mien, Wu Ta-Yu, Kouang Leang, Tin Yin-Yong, Lin Kuang-Tang and himself.
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