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。

　　The artist's career was rejuvenated following a major retrospective in Paris in 2003. Since then, his blend of Chinese techniques with Western modernist aesthetics has caught the eye of wealthy Asian collectors -- especially from Taiwan and mainland China -- who have paid significant sums for his works. 2003年在巴黎举办了一次大型的回顾展之后，这名艺术家的事业获得新生。此后，他将中国画技巧与西方现代主义美学融合在一起，吸引了富有的亚洲收藏家，尤其是来自台湾和中国大陆的藏家，他们不惜重金购买他的作品。

　　In 2011, Mr. Zao was the top-selling, living Chinese artist at auction, with his works fetching $90 million in sales that year. Demand remains strong: Last week, his painting '10.03.83' sold for $4.8 million at a Sotheby's sale in Hong Kong. 2011年，赵无极成了拍卖会上作品最畅销的在世华人画家，这一年，他的作品拍出的总额达9,000万美元。人们对他的画作的需求仍然强劲。上周，他的画作《10.03.83》在香港的苏富比(Sotheby's)拍卖行拍出了480万美元的高价。

　　His estate, which includes hundreds of paintings, is the subject of a legal dispute between Ms. Marquet and Mr. Zhao.

　　玛尔凯和赵嘉陵正在为争夺赵无极的财产打官司，其中包括数百幅画作。