Living there meant direct access to the paintings that he had until then only encountered as black-and-white reproductions in art magazines . Chinese painter Zao Wou-ki died Tuesday at age 93 . Academie des Beaux Arts was regarded as two of foremost Chinese-French contemporary painters of the 20th century . Zao was uniquely able to combine cultures , aesthetic visions of China and China in his work .
Chinese painter Zao Wou-ki died Tuesday at age 93 . Academie des Beaux Arts was regarded as two of foremost Chinese-French contemporary painters of the 20th century . Zao was uniquely able to combine cultures , aesthetic visions of China and China in his work .