Liu Kuo-Sung 劉國松 Anhui, China, b. 1932
Liu Kuo-Sung is widely regarded as one of earliest and most important advocates and practitioners of modernist Chinese painting. As the founder of Taiwan’s Fifth Moon Group in 1956, he sought a new approach to art, which was inspired by both traditional Chinese painting as well as modern styles and techniques such as Abstract Expressionism, becoming the most influential artist and promoter of the Fifth Moon. By the mid-1960s, Liu gradually developed his own pictorial formulae. He is recognized as one of the most important contemporary ink artists and educators.
He was awarded a John D. Rockefeller III Foundation grant in 1966, and in 1968 named one of Taiwan’s “Ten Outstanding Young Men”. In 2016, he was the first Chinese painter to be elected an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for his contribution to the art world and is acclaimed as “The Father of Contemporary Ink Painting”. His works are widely collected by over 80 museums globally, including the Palace Museum, Beijing, the British Museum, London, the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco and M+, Hong Kong.
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A Trace of Darkness 一抺沈黑, 1964
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Ama Dablam 阿瑪達布朗峰, 2008
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Buddha 如來, 2010
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Dawn 拂曉, 2007
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Dazzled by the Fairy Mountain 今看仙山目暫明, 2017
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Down to the Water 冲入無垠, 1976
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Harmonious Reflection 日月相映, 2013
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Landscape 山水, 1963
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Moon’s Metamorphosis 229 月之蛻變 229, 2015
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Report Shenzhou VI 滙報神州六號之五, 2010
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The Secluded Area of Mountain Tops 群嶺頂峰秘境圖, 2014
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Winter in Shihua 石化的冬天, 2007
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Liu Kuo-Sung
"To the Moon: Liu Kuo-Sung" at the Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts December 9, 2019'To the Moon: Liu Kuo-Sung' Venue: Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Kaohsiung, Taiwan Exhibition Period: December 21, 2019 - May 3, 2020 Opening Ceremony: 15:30,...Read more -
Liu Kuo-Sung
"To the Moon", New Film by Harvard CAMLab November 22, 2019Harvard's CAMLab has been working on a film about Liu Kuo-Sung, titled 'To the Moon'. The film spans Liu’s childhood in wartime China in the...Read more -
Wu Chi-Tsung
Winner of the First Liu Kuo-Sung Ink Art Award October 3, 2019Winner of the Inaugural Liu Kuo-Sung Ink Art Award Award Ceremony: 16:00, October 5, 2019 Ink Society Presentation: Booth L6, Ink Asia 2019 Location: Ink...Read more -
Liu Kuo-Sung
Artist Talk at Ink Asia 2019: The Cultural Inheritance of Contemporary Ink Art September 28, 2019Artist Talk: The Cultural Inheritance of Contemporary Ink Art Speakers: Liu Kuo-Sung, Artist and the Father of Modern Ink Art; Lee Chun-Yi, Associate Professor, Department...Read more -
C. N. Liew
Contemporary Ink Art Exhibition at the Shanghai Institute of Visual Art September 16, 2019'Contemporary Ink Art' Venue: Shanghai Institute of Visual Art Exhibition Period: September 16-29, 2019 C. N. Liew participates in group exhibition 'Contemporary Ink Art' at...Read more -
"Beyond Ink" at the China Art Museum, Shanghai
Featuring Liu Kuo-Sung and Fong Chung-Ray November 11, 2018'Beyond Ink' Venue: China Art Museum, Shanghai Exhibition Period: November 11 - December 5, 2018 Titled “Beyond Ink,” is the first grand exhibition organized by...Read more -
Liu Kuo-Sung and C.N. Liew
Artists in Conversation in KL, Malaysia August 23, 2018'My Creative Concept and the Renaissance of Ink Painting' Speakers: Liu Kuo-Sung and C.N. Liew Venue: Wisma Kebudayaan SGM, Malaysia Event Date and Time: September...Read more -
Liu Kuo-Sung
"A Tribute to Liu Kuo-Sung" in Ink Asia 2017 December 14, 2017'A Tribute to Liu Kuo-Sung' Venue: Ink Asia, Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong Exhibition Period: December 14 – 17, 2017 The Ink...Read more