江苏宜兴人，毕业于杭州艺专，师承林风眠、潘天寿，中国画家、艺术教育家，是首位获选法兰西学院艺术院通讯院士的中国籍艺术家。他从油画入手，后转向水墨，独创“彩墨画”作品中既有中国传统水墨的气韵与缥缈又有西方现代绘画的色彩与构图，一生钟情风景画，与朱德群和赵无极合称“留法三剑客”。
吴冠中是林风眠的学生，他的艺术探索之路发端于法国留学时期。他用流畅的线条自由地描绘巴黎近郊的景色，这种风韵让现在的观众看了也觉得优雅而有现代风格。他回国后开始画风景人物，环境允许时很快走向用表现性手法创造艺术。之后，他又在表现风格和抽象风格之间作自由地切换，画出更为强调主观感受的作品。但总体上看，始终有一条主线引导他艺术的方向，那就是他的“风筝不断线”观念。
Born in Yixing, Jiangsu, he graduated from Hangzhou Art College and studied under Lin Fengmian and Pan Tianshou. He is a Chinese painter and art educator, and the first Chinese artist to be elected as a corresponding member of the French Academy of Arts. He started with oil painting, then turned to ink painting, and created his own "彩墨画" works, which have both the charm and etherealness of traditional Chinese ink painting and the color and composition of Western modern painting. He loved landscape painting all his life, and was called "留法三剑客" together with Chu Teh-Chun and Zao Wou-Ki.
Wu Guanzhong was a student of Lin Fengmian, and his artistic exploration began when he studied in France. He freely depicted the scenery of the suburbs of Paris with smooth lines, and this charm makes the current audience feel elegant and modern. After returning to China, he began to paint landscapes and figures, and quickly moved towards creating art with expressive techniques when the environment allowed. After that, he freely switched between expressive style and abstract style, and painted works that emphasized subjective feelings more. But overall, there is always a main line guiding the direction of his art, that is, his concept of "the kite is not broken".