Hu Hung Shu

Hu Hung Shu
Lightfalls
1995

Located in the FAU Liberal Arts Building Davie

 

Hu Hung-shu was an internationally known artist, with more than a thousand paintings, countless sculptures, and a multitude of public art pieces around the world. After graduating from National Cheng Kung University with a B.Sc. in Architecture, he came to the United States to study, receiving an M.F.A. in Design from the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He began teaching at the University of Northern Iowa in 1966 before becoming Head of Design of the School of Art and Art History at the University of Iowa in 1968, where he taught until he retired in 2003. Hung-shu painted more than a thousand black and white oil abstract landscapes, garnering international attention and exhibits for his personal technique. His sculptural works range from the private to the public, with commissioned pieces spanning the globe. Hung Shu passed away in January 2015.