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Alexei Taylor, Author

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Kai-yu Hsu

Born:
1922 China
Died:
1982 Tiburon, California
Residences:
1922: China
1948: San Francisco, California
1952: Monterey and Palo Alto, California
1969-1982: Tiburon, California
Education:
1959: Stanford University, Ph.D in Chinese Literature and Thought.
Selected Work:

Artist Bibliography:
Asian American Art, 1850-1970. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press, c2008.
Hsu, Kai-yu and Catherine Yi-yu Cho Woo. Magic of the Brush. Taipei, Taiwan: Art Book Company, 1989.
Hsu, Kai-yu and Fangyu Wang. Ch’I Pai-shih’s Paintings. Taipei: Art Book Co.; Forest Grove, OR: Exclusive distributor ISBS, 1979.
Biography:
A tragic mudslide in 1982 ended Kai-yu Hsu’s life. He is remembered for his paintings and his poetry. After pursuing his education in foreign language and literature he served in the Chinese Air Force where he traveled to many European countries as a military aide. In San Francisco he enjoyed writing and entered a graduate program in journalism and worked as a reporter for the Chinese World Journal. After receiving his PhD in Chinese Literature he went on to teach both Chinese painting and literature. After the student strike of 1968 he formed the College of Ethnic Studies at San Francisco State University. In the art world, he was known for his bold calligraphy and ink painted landscape scenes of harbors and everyday life.
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