Walasse Ting (, 13 October 1929 – May 17, 2010) was a Chinese-American visual artist and poet. His colorful paintings have attracted critical admiration and a popular following. Common subjects include

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women and cats, birds and other animals. He was born on 13 October 1929 in

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, left China in 1946 and lived for a while in Hong Kong, then settled in Paris in 1952. There, he associated with artists such as

Karel Appel Christiaan Karel Appel (; 25 April 1921 – 3 May 2006) was a Dutch painter, sculptor, and poet. He started painting at the age of fourteen and studied at the Rijksakademie in Amsterdam in the 1940s. He was one of the founders of the avant-gard ...

, Asger Jorn, and

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, members of the

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group CoBrA. Opening Galerie Espace Keizersgracht Amsterdam, 1960 - 02

In 1957, he moved to the United States, and settled in

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where his work was influenced by pop art and

abstract expressionism Abstract expressionism is a post–World War II art movement in American painting, developed in New York City in the 1940s. It was the first specifically American movement to achieve international influence and put New York at the center of the ...

. He began primarily as an abstract artist, but the bulk of his work since the mid-1970s has been described as popular figuratism, with broad areas of color painted with a Chinese brush and

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. He lived in Amsterdam in the 1990s, but regularly moved between there and New York. He is the author of 13 books, including "All in my Head" (Walasse Ting & Roland Topor, 1974) and "One Cent Life" ( Eberhard W. Kornfeld, 1964) a portfolio of 62 original lithographs by 28 artists, including

Andy Warhol Andy Warhol (; born Andrew Warhola Jr.; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American visual artist, film director, and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works explore the relationsh ...

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Kiki Kogelnik Kiki Kogelnik (1935–1997) was an Austrian painter, sculptor and printmaker. Born in southern Austria, she studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts and moved to New York City in 1961. Kogelnik is considered Austria's most important pop-relate ...

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, James Rosenquist, Asger Jorn,

, Claes Oldenburg, Joan Mitchell,

Robert Rauschenberg Milton Ernest "Robert" Rauschenberg (October 22, 1925 – May 12, 2008) was an American painter and graphic artist whose early works anticipated the Pop art movement. Rauschenberg is well known for his Combines (1954–1964), a group of artwor ...

and Sam Francis. He won the

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Award (for Drawing) in 1970. His works are found in the permanent collections of many museums worldwide, including the Guggenheim Museum, New York;

Museum of Modern Art The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is an art museum located in Midtown Manhattan, New York City, on 53rd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues. It plays a major role in developing and collecting modern art, and is often identified as one of ...

, New York;

Art Institute of Chicago The Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago's Grant Park, founded in 1879, is one of the oldest and largest art museums in the world. Recognized for its curatorial efforts and popularity among visitors, the museum hosts approximately 1.5 mill ...

;

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, London; Centre Pompidou, Paris and the Hong Kong Museum of Art, among others. He was sometimes referred to by his Chinese name "丁雄泉" or its various romanizations: Ding Xiongquan or Ting Hsiung-ch'uan. Ting died on May 17, 2010 at aged 80 in

, US.

References

External links

Large collection of original Walasse Ting paintings at Gallery Delaive

Original paintings by Walasse Ting for sale

Website about Walasse Ting in Chinese - Xiongquan Ding - 丁雄泉

Biography at artrepublic.com
Gives slightly different timeline.
Biography and gallery at delaive.com

Walasse Ting in Auction

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