Artist

Wou-Ki Zao

1920–2013

132130

Works

Years lived

contemporary

Style

Wou-Ki’s work is defined by its contemporary sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Selected works

132130 pieces

The Night Is Stirring (Anger) (La Nuit remue [colère])

Zao Wou-Ki French, born China, 1921-2013

Pink Composition (Composition en rose)

Zao Wou-Ki French, born China, 1921-2013

Plaine Rose

Zao Wou-Ki French, born China, 1921-2013

Composition

Zao Wou-Ki French, born China, 1921-2013

Water Dropper in the Shape of a Lotus Flower

Kim Ki-chul Korean, born 1933

Zao Hall, Yoshino (Yoshino Zaodo)

Kawase Hasui 川瀬巴水 Japanese, 1883-1957

A Parody of Hachi no ki

Utagawa Toyokuni I 初代歌川豊国 Japanese, 1769–1825

"Ki," from the series "Tales of Ise in Fashionable Brocade Pictures (Furyu nishiki-e Ise monogatari)"

Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川春章 Japanese, 1726-1792

Poem by Ki no Tsurayuki, from an untitled series of Thirty-Six Immortal Poets

Suzuki Harunobu 鈴木春信 Japanese, 1725 (?)-1770

The Actor Matsumoto Koshiro III as Akita Jonosuke in the Play Kawaranu Hanasakae Hachi no Ki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1769

Ippitsusai Buncho Japanese, active c. 1755-90

Onoe Matsusuke I as the Ghost of the Warrior Ki no Natora, in Kiku no En Mukashi no Miyako

Katsukawa Shun'ei Japanese, 1762-1819

Actor Iwai Hanshirô IV as Akita Jônosuke Yoshikage in a “Shibaraku” role in “Memorial Service for St. Nichiren: A Model of ‘The Potted Trees’”(“Mieiko Nori no Hachi no Ki”)

Attributed to Katsukawa Shun’ei Japanese, 1762–1819

Hachi no Ki, from the series "One Hundred No Dramas (Nogaku hyakuban)"

Tsukioka Kogyo Japanese, 1869-1927

The Bamboo Flute and the Potted Tree (Shakuhachi hachi-no-ki), no. 12 from a series of 12 prints depicting parodies of plays

Okumura Masanobu Japanese, 1686-1764

Yellow (Ki), from the series "Five Colors (Goshiki no uchi)"

Ryuryukyo Shinsai Japanese, c. 1764-1820

Actor Nakamura Nakazō I as Yamaoka no Saburō, in “The Ever-Blooming Potted Tree” (Kawaranu Hanasakae Hachino Ki)

Ippitsusai Bunchô Japanese, active c.1755–90

The Actors Nakamura Utaemon I as Karashi Baba (right), and Ichikawa Danjuro IV as Sanshodayu (left), in the Play Kawaranu Hanasakae Hachi no Ki, Performed at the Nakamura Theater in the Eleventh Month, 1769

Katsukawa Shunsho 勝川春章 Japanese, 1726-1792