Spring 2008 Chinese Brush Painting Class

Creative Brush Painting Weekend class: Saturday 12:30-2:00pm For beginner or intermediate level, currently offering to Adult only. For prospective students over 12 years old, please consult the center. Chinese watercolor and brush painting technique will be demonstrated and practiced every class. This class will include an introductory demonstration and hands-on sessions. Students may bring in their own painting supplies or purchase from teacher, Mrs. Madeleine Fu. Brush Painting Class Schedule: April 12, 2008 - June 21, 2008 (break on Memorial day weekend, May 24) 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm.

About the instructor: Madeleine Fu (Chu Hsia), born 1922 in Beijing, China. Graduated from Hsin-Hua College of Art in Shanghai. She studied with several renowned masters. Among them, Te-Nien Fu was famous for his calligraphy and paintings of pines, bamboos and plum flowers. They are symbolic in Chinese culture for elegance, humility and fortitude. Madeleine was so treasured a student that Te-Nien Fu encouraged and was delighted at the marriage of Madeline to his son Paul Fu. The Fu family was steeped in scholarly and artistic pursuit and had several generations of well-known artists. Madeleine and Paul both developed into noted young artists in Shanghai. They studied with Master Dai-Chiang Chang, one of the most sought after painters in China, famous for his large-scale landscape brush paintings. Madeleine and Paul came to the US in 1962 and opened Fu’s Art Studio in Mill Valley, CA. They have had many exhibits and demonstrations in the last 20 years in the Bay Area, including the De Young Museum's Asian Art Center.