Gu Gan gained international recognition in 1998 when he was honored with an invitation to provide the painting for the label of chateau Mouton Rothschild’s grand cru of 1996. Not only was he the first Chinese artist ever to receive this distinction, but through it he joiner an exclusive group of artists including Picasso, Braque, Matisse, Kandinsky, Miro and Hockney, all of whom had labels for earlier vintages. Over a period of less than twenty years.