BEIJING, Aug. 31 (Xinhua) — The Complete Works of Wu Guanzhong, one of the best-known Chinese artists, has been published by the Hunan Fine Arts Publishing House, as one of the country’s key culture publishing projects during the 11th Five-Year Plan period (2006-2010).

    Wu, now 88, is a native of Yixing, Jiangsu Province, east China. In 1946, Wu went to France to study the Western painting at a college, and in 1949, the founding year of the People’s Republic of China, he returned to the homeland.

    Over the past decades, Wu has been engaged in integrating the Chinese ink and wash with the Western painting. He is now widely recognized at home and abroad as the father of the modern Chinese painting different from traditional Chinese painting.

    The Complete Works of Wu Guanzhong is composed of nine volumes of his paintings and literal works.