Since arriving in Hawaii from Beijing in 1949, Dr. Tseng (who refers to herself as Tseng Yu-Ho, and is also known by her Western name 'Betty Ecke') has been an important part of the art community in Honolulu, where she is associated with all aspects of Asian art. Both an artist and an art historian, she has been a full-time professor of Asian Art History at University of Hawaii, and a consultant at the Honolulu Academy of Arts. While pursuing her own creative American painting, she has published catalogues and books on Chinese art history. From 1977 to 1985 she served as the first Director of Council for Chinese Studies at the University of Hawaii.

Born in 1925, Dr.Tseng (Betty Ecke) married art historian Gustav Ecke (1896-1971) in B...