大事年表

1895

Born 14 October in Nanchong, Sichuan, China.

1915

Enrolls at the Shanghai Art Academy.

1917

Travels to Tokyo.

Enrolls at the Kawabata Art School, Tokyo.

1918

Enrolls at the East Asian Higher Preparatory School (Toa Koto Yobi Gakko).

1920

Returns to Shanghai.

Travels to Marseille, France.

Arrives Paris.

1921

Enrolls at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris.

Travels to Berlin.

1923

Returns to Paris.

Enrolls at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière.

Joins the Heavenly Dog Society.

1925

Exhibits at Salon d’Automne, Tuileries, Paris.

1926

Travels to Shanghai.

1927

Participates in exhibition of Wang Jiyuan’s Western-style paintings at Sinmay Zau’s residence, Shanghai.

Exhibits in Joint Exhibition, Thrifty Virtue Savings Society, Shanghai.

Exhibits in The Eighth Heavenly Horse Society Art Exhibition, International Institute of China, Shanghai.

Returns to Paris.

1928

Marries Marcelle de la Hardrouyère.

Exhibits at Salon d’Automne, Grand Palais, Paris.

1929

Meets Henri-Pierre Roché.

Exhibits in Der Schöne Mensch in der Neuen Kunst, Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt.

1930

Publishes three copperplate etchings in Les poèmes de T’ao Ts’ ien.

Exhibits at Salon des Tuileries, Cours-la-Reine, Paris.

1931

Divorces Marcelle de la Hardouyère.

Sanyu: Dessins au Pinceau, Éditions Bonaparte, Paris.

Meets Johan Franco.

1932

Exhibits at Salon des Indépendants, Grand Palais, Paris.

Exhibits at Salon des Tuileries, Néo Parnasse, Paris.

Listed in the Dictionnaire biographique des artistes contemporains, 1910–1930.

Participates in a group exhibition of drawings, Shanghai Art Academy, Shanghai.

Expositie Yu Sanyu, J. H. de Bois Gallery, Haarlem.

Participates in the inaugural exhibition of the Storm Society, Chinese Academy of Arts, Shanghai.

1933

Takes part in Exposition de la Peinture Chinoise, Musée du Jeu de Paume, Paris.

Sanyu, Kunstzaal van Lier, Amsterdam.

Exhibits in International Group, Marie Sterner Galleries, New York.

1934

Nieuw werk door Sanyu, Kunstzaal van Lier, Amsterdam.

Exhibits in Naakt en Bloemen, Kunstzaal van Lier, Amsterdam.

1935

Hailed champion of ping-tennis by French press.

Exhibits in Snow Painted in the Torrid Sun, Marie Sterner Galleries, New York.

1936

Exhibits in Modern Art from the Galleries of Marie Sterner, Rains Auction Rooms, New York.

Participates in ping-tennis competition at Le Figaro hosted by Wellington Koo, ROC ambassador to France.

Exhibits at Salon des Tuileries, Néo Parnasse, Paris.

Attends Berlin Olympics to promote ping-tennis.

1938

Exhibits at Salon des Indépendants, Esplanade des Invalides, Paris.

Returns to China (summer).

Returns to Paris (fall).

1941

Exhibits in Exposition-Vente de Soieries d’Art Lyonnaise, Jacques Mourer store, Paris.

1942

Exhibits at Salon des Indépendants, Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris.

Exhibits at Salon d’Automne, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Paris.

Exhibits at Salon d’Hiver, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Paris.

1943

Exhibits at Salon des Indépendants, Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris.

1944

Exhibits at Salon des Indépendants, Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris.

1945

Publishes “Opinion d’un peintre chinois sur Picasso.”

Publishes “Conte Chinois.”

Publishes “Ma sœur et ses deux singes.”

Exhibits at Salon des Indépendants, Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris.

Exhibits in Kunst in Vrijheid, Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.

Exhibits at Salon d’Hiver, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Paris.

1946

Publishes “Sale Chinois! Pauvre Chinois!”

Exhibits at Salon des Indépendants, Musée d’Art Moderne, Paris.

Exhibition of Works by Sanyu, Paris.

Exhibits at Salon d’Automne, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Paris.

Exposition des Peintures de SAN-YU, Club Féminin, Paris.

1947

Publishes “Les souliers et l’alcool.”

Publishes “Uppercuts de grillons . . . et spectateurs chinois.”

Exhibits at Salon des Tuileries, Musée des Beaux-Arts, Paris.

Exhibits in Le Salon 1947 : 160e Exposition Officielle des Beaux-Arts, Palais de New York, Paris.

1948

Exhibits in Présentation et Vente de Dessins et Toiles, 3 rue des Pyramides, Paris.

Exhibits at Salon des Indépendants, Musée des Beaux-Arts de la Ville de Paris, Paris.

Exhibits in Quatre Peintres Chinois en France Exposition, Office d’information du gouvernement chinois, Paris.

Travels to New York.

Meets Robert Frank.

Competes for Prix Hallmark, Galerie Beaux-Arts, Paris.

1950

East Meets West: Exhibition of Paintings by San Yu and Putnam, Passedoit Gallery, New York.

Returns to Paris.

1951

Exhibits in A Group of Important Paintings from the Passedoit Gallery of New York with a Group of Paintings and Drawings of Artists of New Orleans, 331 Gallery, New Orleans.

1952

Competes for Prix Hallmark, Galerie Beaux-Arts, Paris.

1954

Exhibits at Salon des Indépendants, Grand Palais, Paris.

1955

Exhibits at Salon des Indépendants, Grand Palais, Paris.

Establishes the Sport Association for Ping-Tennis, Paris.

1956

Exhibits at Salon des Indépendants, Grand Palais, Paris.

1957

Exhibits at Salon des Indépendants, Grand Palais, Paris.

Participates in Triennale de la Jansonne, Château de la Jansonne, Raphèle-lès-Arles.

1958

Participates in Salon 1958 : Société nationale des beaux-arts, Grand Palais, Paris.

1961

Designs exhibition catalogue for Chang Tai-chien’s Les Lotus Géants exhibition at the Cernuschi Museum.

1962

Teaches ping-tennis at Club de Bagatelle, Paris.

1963

Invited by Huang Jilu to have exhibition in Taiwan.

1964

Exhibits in Exposition de Peintures et Sculptures Chinoises d’Aujourd’hui, Maison internationale de la cité universitaire, Paris.

Ships forty-four paintings to Taiwan.

1965

SAN-YU exhibition, Lévy residence, Paris.

1966

Dies of gas asphyxiation in his studio at 28 rue de la Sablière, Paris.