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Researched History: The Chen Mao School of Art began in Beijing, China as a privateschool that taught many styles of oil painting, watercolor and inkdrawings to gifted childre…n and adults. Chu Yen Lo, one of China's famous artists opened the Chen MaoSchool of Art in 1955, naming it for his brother-in-law, whom hegreatly admired for his drawing and teaching ability. Chen Maoinitially contributed to the funding needed to open Chu's, Chen MaoSchool of Art. Although Chen Mao did not paint in oil or watercolor, he was amaster of pen and ink techniques. Chu Yen Lo developed thetechniques of heavily textured oil paint and the use of horse hairfor depth, teaching these signature techniques to his students forthe next seven years. Out growing the small space in Beijing, Chu Yen Lo moved the schoolto a larger space in Hong Kong. Chen Mao, not wishing to move,returned to teaching at the Central Academy of Fine Arts inBeijing. Chu Yen Lo hired three very talented former graduates inHong Kong with plans of catering to tourists. All students wereinstructed to signed their work with the school's name "Chen Mao"and began using the Chinese character (in red paint) for the ChenMao School of Art in the mid-1970s. With slow sales, Chu Yen Lo shipped over 300 of the student'scompleted oil paintings to United States and Great Britain to besold through art dealers and galleries. To fund the additionalcosts, all the artwork produced by students were sold oncecompleted, inspected and approved. By the early 1980s, there were thousands of oil paintings in theU.S. market. So many in fact that at-home-art-parties dominated themajority of sales. Prices plummeted. Ready to retire, Chu Yen Losold the school to Zhang Yong. As of October 2016, Chen Mao is living in an assisted living andnursing facility, the Jianghu Zhuangyuan (General's Garden), inBeijing. Notes: The Chen Mao School of Art did not provide or authorize any"Certificates of Authenticity" (COA) nor did they when selling inbulk to art resellers in the USA and Europe. Any claim of a COA isnot authentic because it is unknown which student painted whichpainting. (MORE)
