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This bibliography presents a selection of materials related to T'ang Haywen's life, work, and legacy.
It includes exhibition catalogues, books, articles, videos, audios and other relevant materials.
Œuvres Poétiques Tome 3: L’Image, la Magie (2004-2023) by Marc Alyn
A collection of Marc Alyn's writings, with featured conversation with T'ang Haywen
Publisher: RUMEUR LIBRE
Publication date: December 2024
Language: French
A collection of Marc Alyn's writings, with featured conversation with T'ang Haywen
Publisher: RUMEUR LIBRE
Publication date: December 2024
Language: French
T'ang Haywen A Chinese painter in Paris (1927-1991)
Exhibition catalogue co-publishing by GrandPalaisRmn / Musée national des arts asiatiques - Guimet
Exhibition at Guimet National Museum of Asian Arts, from 6 March to 17 June 2024
Exhibition catalogue co-publishing by GrandPalaisRmn / Musée national des arts asiatiques - Guimet
Exhibition at Guimet National Museum of Asian Arts, from 6 March to 17 June 2024
T’ang Haywen, In Pursuit of Freedom
A feature produced by the French international TV channel FRANCE 24 in 2024
A feature produced by the French international TV channel FRANCE 24 in 2024
Madame Song: A Life in Art and Fashion
Exhibition catalogue of M+ Museum exhibition titled "Madame Song: Pioneering Art and Fashion in China" in July 2023 to April 2024.
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Author: Pi Li
ISBN: 9780500966037
Excerpts from the book:
"But T'ang was like an itinerant bard or poet, borne on the currents of the world by a Daoist attitude, meeting life's ups and downs with equanimity. As a gay man, he was not responsible for pleasing his parents by carrying on the family line, and instead saw art-making as his destiny. For the rest of his life, he kept a studio in Paris that was so small and basic it lacked its own bathroom. He spent most of his time travelling from place to place, staying in the homes of various friends, and toting his favourite portfolio. This man who appeared to have no possessions in fact possessed the entire world."
Exhibition catalogue of M+ Museum exhibition titled "Madame Song: Pioneering Art and Fashion in China" in July 2023 to April 2024.
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
Author: Pi Li
ISBN: 9780500966037
Excerpts from the book:
"But T'ang was like an itinerant bard or poet, borne on the currents of the world by a Daoist attitude, meeting life's ups and downs with equanimity. As a gay man, he was not responsible for pleasing his parents by carrying on the family line, and instead saw art-making as his destiny. For the rest of his life, he kept a studio in Paris that was so small and basic it lacked its own bathroom. He spent most of his time travelling from place to place, staying in the homes of various friends, and toting his favourite portfolio. This man who appeared to have no possessions in fact possessed the entire world."
Discover the world of T’ang Haywen with the expert Philippe Koutouzis, Founder and Director of T'ang Haywen Archives
The French State, who owns an important group of works by T'ang Haywen, called upon Philippe Koutouzis and T'ang Haywen Archives to authenticate the works in its collection. More than a year of work was necessary, in collaboration with the French administration of the state domains (D.N.I.D), to inventory this collection and to organize its marketing with Artcurial.
On 5th April 2023, the first part of a series of auctions, Artcurial's Post-War & Contemporary department will offer 50 abstract and figurative works by the French-Chinese artist T'ang Haywen, ranging from 1955 to 1990. Inks, watercolors and gouaches in the form of single works, diptychs and triptychs will enable the public to discover the artist's universe.
Video © 2023 Artcurial Paris
The French State, who owns an important group of works by T'ang Haywen, called upon Philippe Koutouzis and T'ang Haywen Archives to authenticate the works in its collection. More than a year of work was necessary, in collaboration with the French administration of the state domains (D.N.I.D), to inventory this collection and to organize its marketing with Artcurial.
On 5th April 2023, the first part of a series of auctions, Artcurial's Post-War & Contemporary department will offer 50 abstract and figurative works by the French-Chinese artist T'ang Haywen, ranging from 1955 to 1990. Inks, watercolors and gouaches in the form of single works, diptychs and triptychs will enable the public to discover the artist's universe.
Video © 2023 Artcurial Paris
Surréalismus - The Surrealist Art Review
Published in Summer / Autumn 2021
Published in Summer / Autumn 2021
Dr. Lesley Ma on T'ang Haywen, 2021
An excerpt of an interview by Institut français in 2021
Dr. Lesley Ma talks about the ink art collection in M+ Museum in Hong Kong, including T'ang Haywen's very spiritual work.
An excerpt of an interview by Institut français in 2021
Dr. Lesley Ma talks about the ink art collection in M+ Museum in Hong Kong, including T'ang Haywen's very spiritual work.
Radiocarbon - Bomb 14C on paper and detection of the forged paintings of T’ang Haywen
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 October 2019
Article content:
The bomb-peak signal preserved in the Arches® cotton paper was used to detect art forgeries imitating the work of Chinese artist T’ang Haywen (1927–1991). The dating of seven legitimate T’ang Haywen art pieces showed that the timing of the paper production was consistent with the artist’s use of Arches® paper starting in the early 1980s. The measured F14C of the paper from the 14 suspected forged paintings shows that the support material was produced in the last decade (2008–2011), therefore the art pieces could not be genuine T’ang Haywen works.
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 15 October 2019
Article content:
The bomb-peak signal preserved in the Arches® cotton paper was used to detect art forgeries imitating the work of Chinese artist T’ang Haywen (1927–1991). The dating of seven legitimate T’ang Haywen art pieces showed that the timing of the paper production was consistent with the artist’s use of Arches® paper starting in the early 1980s. The measured F14C of the paper from the 14 suspected forged paintings shows that the support material was produced in the last decade (2008–2011), therefore the art pieces could not be genuine T’ang Haywen works.
T’ang l’Obscur, Mémorial de l’encre
A collection of poems written by Marc Alyn, with the illustrations by T'ang Haywen
Publisher: Les éditions Voix d'encre, 2019
ISBN 978-2-35128-158-1
Language: French
A collection of poems written by Marc Alyn, with the illustrations by T'ang Haywen
Publisher: Les éditions Voix d'encre, 2019
ISBN 978-2-35128-158-1
Language: French
Time is a falcon that dives
A feature on T'ang Haywen in the mémoirs of Marc Alyn: Le temps est un faucon qui plonge (Time is a falcon that dives), Chapter “Venise la Chinoise et les lagunes imaginaires de T’ang Haywen” (Chinese Venice and the fantastical lagoons of T’ang Haywen).
Éditions Pierre Guillaume de Roux, 2018
ISBN 2-36371-238-7
Excerpts from the book:
“I wrote on the invitation card a “Portrait of T'ang”, a first homage of a contemporary poet to the painter destined to become one of the three great Chinese creators of modernity along with Chang Dai Chien and Zao Wou-Ki: “On the flower corollas born from his hand, bees come to rest.”
- Marc Alyn
A feature on T'ang Haywen in the mémoirs of Marc Alyn: Le temps est un faucon qui plonge (Time is a falcon that dives), Chapter “Venise la Chinoise et les lagunes imaginaires de T’ang Haywen” (Chinese Venice and the fantastical lagoons of T’ang Haywen).
Éditions Pierre Guillaume de Roux, 2018
ISBN 2-36371-238-7
Excerpts from the book:
“I wrote on the invitation card a “Portrait of T'ang”, a first homage of a contemporary poet to the painter destined to become one of the three great Chinese creators of modernity along with Chang Dai Chien and Zao Wou-Ki: “On the flower corollas born from his hand, bees come to rest.”
- Marc Alyn
T’ang Haywen, Collection of 44 works
Exhibition and auction catalogue of Pichon & Noudel-Deniau, Cannes, France, 2017
Language: Chinese and French
Excerpts from the book:
"In 1988, the Museum of Fine Arts in Taipei presented CHINA-PARIS, the first museum exhibition of modern Chinese painters who had traveled to France. Ten years after PARIS-BERLIN at the Centre Georges Pompidou, CHINA-PARIS adopted the same format but was essentially the first claim for the return of these artists by their Chinese brothers. Thirty years later, we know what happened in the history of art and the history of the market."
- Philippe Koutouzis
Exhibition and auction catalogue of Pichon & Noudel-Deniau, Cannes, France, 2017
Language: Chinese and French
Excerpts from the book:
"In 1988, the Museum of Fine Arts in Taipei presented CHINA-PARIS, the first museum exhibition of modern Chinese painters who had traveled to France. Ten years after PARIS-BERLIN at the Centre Georges Pompidou, CHINA-PARIS adopted the same format but was essentially the first claim for the return of these artists by their Chinese brothers. Thirty years later, we know what happened in the history of art and the history of the market."
- Philippe Koutouzis
An Incomplete Journey: the Story of Haywen
Auction catalogue by Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 2015
Excerpts from the book:
"Haywen's lilting brush moves a variety of colors freely about the paper, and the rich combination of hues weaves a natural tapestry. Each and every brushstroke possesses its own significance and effect. In these three artworks we see spring flowers abloom in a meadow, the heat of the summer sun reflected off low brick buildings in a village lane, and an autumn cityscape viewed as if from a passing train. Each painting is impossibly rich, offering the viewer fertile and moving images, as well as the powerful emotions brimming deep within the artist's heart."
Auction catalogue by Sotheby’s Hong Kong, 2015
Excerpts from the book:
"Haywen's lilting brush moves a variety of colors freely about the paper, and the rich combination of hues weaves a natural tapestry. Each and every brushstroke possesses its own significance and effect. In these three artworks we see spring flowers abloom in a meadow, the heat of the summer sun reflected off low brick buildings in a village lane, and an autumn cityscape viewed as if from a passing train. Each painting is impossibly rich, offering the viewer fertile and moving images, as well as the powerful emotions brimming deep within the artist's heart."
T’ang Haywen, Works from the 1960’s to 1970’s
Exhibition and auction catalogue by The James Christie Room, Hong Kong, 2015
Publisher: Christie's Hong Kong
Language: Chinese and English
Excerpts from the book:
"T'ang longed for a simple. leisurely but exalted life, away from the materialism of the mundane world. To a certain degree, he even disdained fame and fortune. He reckoned these were the temptations that would impede him from the Dao."
"For T'ang, painting is life and freedom."
- An Introduction to Ink Painting by T'ang Haywen, Philip Y.C. Mak, former Curator of University Museum & Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong
Exhibition and auction catalogue by The James Christie Room, Hong Kong, 2015
Publisher: Christie's Hong Kong
Language: Chinese and English
Excerpts from the book:
"T'ang longed for a simple. leisurely but exalted life, away from the materialism of the mundane world. To a certain degree, he even disdained fame and fortune. He reckoned these were the temptations that would impede him from the Dao."
"For T'ang, painting is life and freedom."
- An Introduction to Ink Painting by T'ang Haywen, Philip Y.C. Mak, former Curator of University Museum & Art Gallery, The University of Hong Kong
Proses de l'intérieur du poème (Proses from within the poem) written by Marc Alyn, with T'ang Haywen's ink paintings.
Editor: Le castor astral
Date of publication: June 2015
Language: French
Editor: Le castor astral
Date of publication: June 2015
Language: French
Pioneers of modern Chinese painting in Paris
Exhibition catalogue, De Sarthe Gallery, Hong Kong, 2014
Language: Chinese and English
Excerpts from the book:
"...appreciating these 12 artists' paintings is in fact an archaeological study that unveils these particular periods of Chinese history, which reveals issues that deserve our attention."
- The Pioneers of Modern Chinese Art History, Professor Dr. Lao Zhu (Zhu Qingsheng, Beijing University & Wu Ning, Secretary-General, Wu Zuoren International Foundation of Fine Arts
Exhibition catalogue, De Sarthe Gallery, Hong Kong, 2014
Language: Chinese and English
Excerpts from the book:
"...appreciating these 12 artists' paintings is in fact an archaeological study that unveils these particular periods of Chinese history, which reveals issues that deserve our attention."
- The Pioneers of Modern Chinese Art History, Professor Dr. Lao Zhu (Zhu Qingsheng, Beijing University & Wu Ning, Secretary-General, Wu Zuoren International Foundation of Fine Arts
T’ang Haywen, The Colours of Ink
Exhibition catalogue, De Sarthe Gallery, Hong Kong, 2014
Exhibition catalogue, De Sarthe Gallery, Hong Kong, 2014
Breeze from Paris
Exhibition catalogue, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, 2014
Publisher: the elite corp.
Printed volume: 500 copies
Printed in Taipei, Taiwan, May 2014
ISBN 978-986-90581-1-7
Language: Chinese and English
Excerpts from the book:
"It was with Antoine that we learned that works from the atelier of T'ang Haywen were being auctioned at Hôtel Drouot, the big Paris auction house. His work was so good, and we were so enthusiastic. I bought many T'ang's paintings that day. I was moved by his beautifully calligraphic style of brushwork, in abstractions influenced by Song masters and the strong spirit of Chán."
- Jean-Michel Beurdeley, Paris
Exhibition catalogue, Eslite Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan, 2014
Publisher: the elite corp.
Printed volume: 500 copies
Printed in Taipei, Taiwan, May 2014
ISBN 978-986-90581-1-7
Language: Chinese and English
Excerpts from the book:
"It was with Antoine that we learned that works from the atelier of T'ang Haywen were being auctioned at Hôtel Drouot, the big Paris auction house. His work was so good, and we were so enthusiastic. I bought many T'ang's paintings that day. I was moved by his beautifully calligraphic style of brushwork, in abstractions influenced by Song masters and the strong spirit of Chán."
- Jean-Michel Beurdeley, Paris
A MODERN CHINESE PAINTER
Brochure and poster by FEAST Projects, Hong Kong, 2013
Brochure and poster by FEAST Projects, Hong Kong, 2013
INCANTATION by Yonfan
A feature on T'ang Haywen in chapter Paris Wanderer, 2013
Publisher: Cite, Taiwan
Printed in Taiwan, 25 July 2013
ISBN 978-986-272-363-0
Language: Chinese
A feature on T'ang Haywen in chapter Paris Wanderer, 2013
Publisher: Cite, Taiwan
Printed in Taiwan, 25 July 2013
ISBN 978-986-272-363-0
Language: Chinese
INTOXICATION by Yonfan
A feature on T'ang Haywen in chapter Paris Wanderer
Publisher: Oxford University Press (China) Limited, 2012
ISBN 978-0-19-398602-2(pbk)
ISBN 978-0-19-398601-5(hb)
Language: Chinese
Excerpts from the book:
"Haywen, talking back to the unique photograph of yours - apart from the small kitchen and storeroom on the left that are unseen, your flat records all your substantial daily life in Paris. Yet, your spirit and art travel to all corners of the world, and that will be an endless pursuit!"
- Yonfan
A feature on T'ang Haywen in chapter Paris Wanderer
Publisher: Oxford University Press (China) Limited, 2012
ISBN 978-0-19-398602-2(pbk)
ISBN 978-0-19-398601-5(hb)
Language: Chinese
Excerpts from the book:
"Haywen, talking back to the unique photograph of yours - apart from the small kitchen and storeroom on the left that are unseen, your flat records all your substantial daily life in Paris. Yet, your spirit and art travel to all corners of the world, and that will be an endless pursuit!"
- Yonfan
Oiselleries et Criailleries
Written by Claude Fournet, with calligraphy of T’ang Haywen
Publisher: Éditions Galilée, 2012
ISBN 978-2-7186-0872-3
Language: French
Written by Claude Fournet, with calligraphy of T’ang Haywen
Publisher: Éditions Galilée, 2012
ISBN 978-2-7186-0872-3
Language: French
A breath coming from Asia
Exhibition catalogue of Abbey of Beaulieu, Contemporary Art Centre, Ginals, France, 2011
Publisher: Cultural Association of the Abbey of Beaulieu, France
ISBN 2-902697-34-1
Excerpts from the book:
"Dans l'histoire de relations artistiques entre l'Orient et l'Occident, T'ang Haywen est une figure tout à fait singulière."
"Les Propos sur la peinture de Shitao, le Jardin grand comme un grain de moutarde guident désormais ses réflexions."
"Il laisse la force créatrice s'emparer de lui et, par le medium du geste, du pinceau et du trait, fait surgir de l'invisible l'invisible l'essence des choses."
- Brigitte Quilhot-Gesseaume
Exhibition catalogue of Abbey of Beaulieu, Contemporary Art Centre, Ginals, France, 2011
Publisher: Cultural Association of the Abbey of Beaulieu, France
ISBN 2-902697-34-1
Excerpts from the book:
"Dans l'histoire de relations artistiques entre l'Orient et l'Occident, T'ang Haywen est une figure tout à fait singulière."
"Les Propos sur la peinture de Shitao, le Jardin grand comme un grain de moutarde guident désormais ses réflexions."
"Il laisse la force créatrice s'emparer de lui et, par le medium du geste, du pinceau et du trait, fait surgir de l'invisible l'invisible l'essence des choses."
- Brigitte Quilhot-Gesseaume
T’ANG HAYWEN, INKS & WATERCOLOURS
Exhibition catalogue at Yishu 8, Beijing, China, 2011
Publisher: Yishu 8, Beijing, China
Language: Chinese, English and French
Excerpts from the book:
"The water, ink and watercolour he spreads on paper are tamed to offer a space belonging to each spectator. T'ang obliterates himself; he gives us not something to see, but rather something to reflect upon, a way to look into ourselves and remember through the transparent mirror of his painting."
- Philippe Koutouzis
"Painter of the instant, he is one of the great mystics he opens on paper a new path on which, transparent, invisible, he may not be seen. However, he was no longer satisfied with embracing reality in order to transcribe it. He constructed a very personal metaphorical realm. This process, surging from the depths of his being, was embodied in poetic transpositions worthy of the greatest creators of the 20th century."
- INK AND ITS METAMORPHOSIS, Jean-Paul Desroches
Exhibition catalogue at Yishu 8, Beijing, China, 2011
Publisher: Yishu 8, Beijing, China
Language: Chinese, English and French
Excerpts from the book:
"The water, ink and watercolour he spreads on paper are tamed to offer a space belonging to each spectator. T'ang obliterates himself; he gives us not something to see, but rather something to reflect upon, a way to look into ourselves and remember through the transparent mirror of his painting."
- Philippe Koutouzis
"Painter of the instant, he is one of the great mystics he opens on paper a new path on which, transparent, invisible, he may not be seen. However, he was no longer satisfied with embracing reality in order to transcribe it. He constructed a very personal metaphorical realm. This process, surging from the depths of his being, was embodied in poetic transpositions worthy of the greatest creators of the 20th century."
- INK AND ITS METAMORPHOSIS, Jean-Paul Desroches
Ink and Tao: T'ang Haywen, a 20th century genius Chinese painter
Exhibition catalogue at Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts, Budapest, Hungary, 2007
Exhibition catalogue at Ferenc Hopp Museum of Asiatic Arts, Budapest, Hungary, 2007
The Last Journey
Exhibition catalogue of Saint-Louis Cultural Centre of France in Rome, Italy, 2006
Publisher: Gangemi Editore, Rome
ISBN 88-492-0948-7
Language: French and Italian
Exhibition catalogue of Saint-Louis Cultural Centre of France in Rome, Italy, 2006
Publisher: Gangemi Editore, Rome
ISBN 88-492-0948-7
Language: French and Italian
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