9. Zao Wou-Ki (2013 sales: US$158.3 million)
Chinese-French artist Zao Wou-ki was known as a reformer who mixed both Eastern and Western art styles. His work features abstract styles. Zao became a French citizen in 1964 and was known as one of the "three overseas Chinese art treasures,” along with the architect Ieoh Ming Pei and composer Chou Wen-Chung.
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