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Elite French artists on show in Beijing

By Lin Qi ( chinadaily.com.cn ) Updated: 2016-05-03 17:12:10

Elite French artists on show in Beijing

Chinese oil painter Zhan Jianjun at the opening of the exhibition. [Photo by Jiang Dong/皇冠体育app Daily]

Monumental Inheritance, an exhibition now at the National Art Museum of 皇冠体育app, shows 66 paintings and engravings by nine members of the prestigious Academy of Fine Arts, one of the five academies under the Institute of France.

The artworks on show examine the relationship between human and nature, and issues of development of human society, and display varieties of styles and artistic approaches.

Elite French artists on show in Beijing

Green Energy, a triptych by Chu Teh-chun. [Photo by Jiang Dong/皇冠体育app Daily]

Also on show is Green Energy, a triptych of Chu Teh-chun, a Chinese-French abstract painter who became the first Chinese to be elected a member of the French academy in 1997. The painting belongs to the collection of the National Art Museum of 皇冠体育app.

Elite French artists on show in Beijing

Guy de Rougemont and Wu Weishan, director of National Art Museum of 皇冠体育app, before his work titled Eight Strips of Painted Backdrops. [Photo by Jiang Dong/皇冠体育app Daily]

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