Lu Schaper
Wednesday,
14 March 2007
Lu
Schaper was born in Shanghai, the Paris of the East. At the age of
sixteen, she entered the Academy of the Fine Arts in Shanghai
University, majoring in Western painting. Subsequently, she studied
traditional Chinese painting in the Central Institute of Fine Arts in
Beijing. In the mid nineties Lu came to Malaysia and Singapore to work
as a free-lance professional artist. She held three solo art exhibitions
and took part in numerous combined exhibitions. In addition, she was
interviewed by Singapore newspapers, radio and television, and the
Alliance Francaise Singapore. Lu joined the Culture Society of Singapore
in 1997, and she is a life member of the Singapore Art Society. Her
first brochure, "Art of Rosina Yang", was published in June
1998.
In the period 1999-2002, Lu Schaper was concentrating on a series of
paintings inspired by the Shanghai of the twenties and thirties. A new
chapter in her life was opened when she moved from Singapore to Rouen,
France in August 2002. Experiencing the works of the great German
expressionists in the European musea late 2003 has had a dramatic
influence on her style, and led to the birth of what is now called
Shanghai Expressionism.
Lu Schaper was honoured to be the invited artist at the regional
exhibition in Rouen-Bonsecours in March 2003, and was interviewed in the
regional newspaper Paris-Normandie twice. In June 2004, she had the
opportunity to exhibit her works in the heart of Paris. In November 2004
she moved to Holland, and held solo exhibitions in and near Amsterdam in
2005 and 2006. Her works are collected by local and overseas art lovers.
Examples are the Hong Kong Chinese University, Plum Blossoms Art Gallery
Hong Kong, The Artist Publication Taiwan, Dover University USA, the
Singapore Art Supply, Criterion Singapore and the Singapore Catalyst
Technology Centre.
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