Sanyu: His Life and Works in Oil traces the life of theChinese artist (1895-1966) from his early years in Chinaand Japan, to his artistic experimentation and developmentin Paris and New York, ending in his tragic death,impoverished and forgotten. Today, however, Sanyu is oneof the most coveted Chinese modern artists. An examinationof his life reveals that it was precisely the polaritiesand tensions he experienced that spurred him to create aunique pictorial language that so dynamically integratedthe spirit of Western modernity with centuries-old establishedChinese traditions....