趙無極Zao Wou Ki (b.1921-2013)出生於北京，1941年畢業於杭州藝專，曾任該校講師，受業於林風眠、吳大羽。1948年赴巴黎，受當時抽象主義的影響，探討西方現代藝術，旋即在巴黎、美、英、瑞士舉辦個展。他承襲中國傳統的內涵，取中國書法優美的線條和山水畫的氣韻，巧妙地融入畫布空間中，流動的氣韻推動著畫面，用抽象方式表達真實的事物，創造出現代繪畫的新領域，避開抄襲與舊有形式，不蓋章、不題款，傾心領悟古人對自然與生命的讚頌之情，以一種嶄新的姿態形式呈現出他個人含蓄、沉穩、生動、意趣高遠的藝術新領域，馳名國際，成為第二次世界大後的巴黎畫派最具影響力的畫家之一，也是西方藝壇上成就最傑出的一位中國藝術家。1981在法國大皇宮展出，並獲得「榮譽軍團司令勛章」。2002年榮膺為法蘭西學院院士。他的作品廣被世界各地的私人藏家及博物館珍藏。趙無極大師於2013年在巴黎辭世。趙無極的繪畫歷程總在不斷地轉換與蛻變，早期的寫實風格以及在歐洲所發展出的克利時期、甲骨文時期，再到抒情抽象以及雄偉磅礡的氣勢作品，都訴說趙無極每一時期的藝術成就。趙無極汲取中國文化的藝術精髓，以傳承中國藝術內涵為目標，透過稀薄的油彩潑墨與乾澀的筆法皺染，將中國書法線條和山水畫的氣韻融入油畫中，成功的以西方媒材傳達中國山水的意境，亦把中國對於畫境、意境的追求和西方對時空意念的探討融為一體。趙無極將中西藝術融會貫通，發展獨樹一格的畫風，終躍上國際，在國際藝壇大放異彩，成為一代繪畫大師。藝術史學家蘇立文表示：「在中國人的眼中，陰陽不是結合的，而是透過兩極的強大交互作用而產生相輔相成的生命體。因此我們也應該用這種態度來看待東方與西方的交互作用；兩種偉大的文化，各自保留自己的特色，互相刺激與滋潤。」這段文字和趙無極的藝術相互印證，東西方融合的藝術，也奠定了趙無極在華人藝壇中頂尖的地位。趙無極不僅融合了兩大文化的藝術本質：「中國的空間」和「西方的光」，更成功的轉述了它們的共通性，趙無極曾說；「如果說我的整個藝術修養中有無可否認的中國影響，我也必須說明，我的真正人格，隨著重新發現中國而晉於成熟。」

Zhao Wou-Ki was born in Bejing. He graduated from Hangzhou Fine Art College. He was mentored by Lin Feng-Mian and Wu Da-Yu. Influenced by abstractionism, he explored Western modern paintings and immediately held exhibitions in Paris, England, America, and Switzerland. He adopted the spirit of tradition by join Chinese brush strokes into paintings. He described concrete images in abstract forms. In the painting of Zhao, there is no stamp and no signatures so to show his ideal of art making in new dimension. Zhao is one of the influential painters in modern art and the most successful Chinese artist in the Western world. In 1981, his works were showed in Galeries Nationals du Grand Palais and was awared Commandeur de la lgiond Honneur. In 2002, he was selected as a member of the Academie Francaise.ZAO Wou Ki’s painting style is always transforming, from the realistic to symbols and lyrical abstraction, every single period shows ZAO’s achievement. ZAO absorbs the essence of Chinese culture and blends the lines and artistic conception in Chinese calligraphy and Chinese water ink painting respectively into his oil paintings. Moreover, the diluted pigments and cracked stained brushstrokes with his goal of passing the spirit of Chinese art down, he successfully communicates the Chinese painting’s poetic imagery through different Western media. ZAO Wou Ki digests Chinese and Western art to form his unique style, and becomes one of the greatest contemporary Chinese artists.Michael Sullivan, art historian, in ORIENTAL AND WESTERN ART, he mentioned “ In Chinese viewpoint, through alternation in polarity of YIN and YANG, formed one organic by complementing each other. Two great spirits surges and possess each other.” This words is proved with ZAO’s Art, Oriental-Western art is integrated, marked his highly statue in International art field."Space of Chinese "and "Light of Western”, Zao Wou Ki not only combines the essence of art in two major culture, but also successfully relays the commonality. ZAO Wou Ki once said," If there is an undoubtedly influence of Chinese culture in my art knowledge, I have to say, my real personality is closer to mature as I re-found Chinese culture. "