Matthew Wong</a> »one of the most talented painters of his generation.« This Chinese-Canadian artist straddled the frontier between Far-Eastern and Western art and was influenced equally by van Gogh and Shitao, both of whom figured significantly in his individual development.</p><p>Wong, who committed suicide at age 35, was an autodidact who came late to art: his impressive oeuvre arose during a brief period encompassing his final eight years of life. The artist engaged with modernist stances as well as with varieties of expressive art produced by his contemporaries.</p><p>This exhibition is conceived as a juxtaposition of around 60 paintings and numerous works on paper by Wong with selected <a target="_blank" href=https://www.mutualart.com/Organization/Albertina-Modern/"/Artist/Vincent-van-Gogh/7B9431E0214A25BE">works by van Gogh</a>. It is being mounted in cooperation with the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, Kunsthaus Zürich, and the Matthew Wong Foundation.</p><p><br></p>" itemprop="description" />