Tchang Tchong-Jen : artiste voyageur

In conjunction with the publication of the black and white colorized edition of "Blue Lotus", fans of the world of Tintin will be able to discover the work "Tchang Tchong-Jen, traveling artist", biography of Hergé's friend.

On May 1, 1934, Tchang Tchong-Jen, a young Chinese student at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels, met Georges Remi, alias Hergé. Their collaboration will give birth to one of the most beautiful stories in the history of comics, The Blue Lotus, unanimously considered to be Hergé's first masterpiece.

Among the characters in this adventure, Tchang, directly inspired by the young Chinese artist, occupies a central place.

But who really was this friend from the distant Celestial Empire? Through numerous documents and unpublished testimonies brought together by Tchang Yifei, the daughter of Tchang Tchong-Jen, the work reveals to us a complete artist: watercolorist, painter and sculptor.

During the 1930s, he traveled Europe, always in search of beauty in all its forms.

Back in China and despite the long years of isolation imposed by Mao Tse-Tung, Tchang continued to create bridges between the East and the West.

From Shanghai to Brussels, via Paris, where he will end his life, Tchang Tchong-Jen, traveling artist retraces the journey of a traveling artist with an exceptional destiny.

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