Zao Wou-ki, a painter who was recently the highest-selling living Chinese artist at auction, passed away Tuesday at his home in Switzerland. He was 93. 画家赵无极周二在瑞士家中去世，终年93岁。最近几年来赵无极一直是拍卖会上作品成交价最高的在世华人艺术家。
Mr. Zao, who is known for his abstract works, suffered from dementia and weak health. He was living in a lakeside house near Geneva with his third wife, Françoise Marquet, who survives him along with a son from a previous marriage, Jialing Zhao. Agence France-Presse/Getty Images2003年的赵无极赵无极以擅绘抽象画闻名，生前患有老年痴呆，身体状况欠佳。他和他的第三任妻子玛尔凯(Francoise Marquet)生活在一栋湖边的房子里。他的妻子玛尔凯和他与前妻的儿子赵嘉陵仍在世。
Born in Beijing in 1920, Mr. Zao studied fine arts in Hangzhou and Chongqing before moving to Paris in 1948. In France, he began to discover Western art styles and became a fixture on the country's art scene in the second half of the 20th century. However, his career hit a lull in the 1990s, when few of his works were sold and museum interest waned. 赵无极1920年出生在北京，曾在杭州和重庆学习绘画，后于1948年移居巴黎。在法国，他开始研究西方的艺术风格，并成为20世纪下半叶法国艺术领域举足轻重的人物。不过，他的事业在上世纪90年代曾陷入低谷，当时，他的作品无人问津，博物馆对其画作的兴趣也大大降低。
