Youen Yu - Artist Info

About Youen Yu

Name variants

Youren Yu, Yujen Yu
  • Biography from Zhong Cheng Auction (CLOSED)

    Yu Yujen was born in Shaanxi, China. He is a modern poet and calligrapher. In 1903, he is a candidate of provincial examinations. In 1906, Yu followed the Sun Yet-sen to Taiwan to join the United League. In 1910,Yu founded "Financial resources of the people reported" with Song Jiao Ren.

    In 1912, he served as Ministry of Communications of Nanjing Provisional Government. He has committed oppose Monarchy ambitions. In 1918, he returned to Shannxi and he became the supreme of Nation-Pacifying Army at Shaanxi. Then he served as Shanghai University Presidents and the president of the Control Yuan Republic of the National Government. In 1964, he died in Taiwan.

    He is good at calligraphy especially cursive that mixed inscription into the cursive. He learned from Huai Su's calligraphy. His works are collected in Taipei Fine Art Museum, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Art, National Museum of History and Yu Yujen's Calligraphy Museum.

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