Hsueh-Hu Guo - Artist Info

About Hsueh-Hu Guo

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Xuehu Guo
  • Biography

    Guo Hsueh-Hu was born in Taipei in 1908. He is one of the most important artists of Taiwan's Japanese Colonial Period, and also a pioneer of Taiwanese glue painting. While the 1st Taiwan Fine Art Exhibition held in 1927, Guo Hsueh-Hu, Chen Chin, and Lin Yu-Shan were the only three Taiwanese artists selected into the exhibition. Therefore, they received a name called "Three Youngsters." In particular, Guo Hsueh-Hu is the youngest among three of them, and is the only one who learned to paint by himself. On January 22, 2008, Guo Hsueh-Hu received the 27th Executive Yuan Cultural Award by the age of 99.

    Since The Taiwan Fine Art Exhibition, Guo Hsueh-Hu has painted many delicate glue pa...

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