Derwent is proud to announce that the 5th instalment of the Derwent Art Prize saw the first winning entry from China. Chunxiao Fu, from Hangzhou City, China, won the Young Artist Second Prize of £2,000 for Autumn Language No. 1. Chunxiao Fu is amongst the 4 winners out of the 4,756 entries submitted for the Prize. The number and quality of the artworks submitted by 1,884 artists from 72 different countries made the final choice difficult for the judges.
Young Artist Second Prize: Chunxiao Fu, Autumn Language No.1
Chunxiao Fu’s Autumn Language No. 1 demonstrates an evocative use of light and darkness as well as a subtle sense of composition and perspective. Autumn Language No. 1 was one of the three charcoal landscape sketches he submitted for the Derwent Art Prize.
The 24-year-old university art graduate specialises in oil painting and landscapes, and enjoys experimenting with different forms of media. He visited the art studio belonging to a mentor one day and became fascinated by sketches created in a similar style, inspiring him to come up with his own charcoal landscape pieces.
“Winning this prize is a form of recognition for my work as well as a sense of achievement” says Chunxiao Fu during his interview with Joyce Mah, Marketing Director of Derwent in Asia Pacific. “I hope to eventually open my own art studio one day, and continue pursuing and teaching arts.”
The exhibition of all 70 artworks shortlisted for the Derwent Art Prize 2020 is available in a virtual exhibition online.