Chuang Shih-ho (; December 12, 1923 – November 18, 2020) was a Taiwanese painter.Abstract Artist | Chuang Shih-ho. Taiwan Ministry of Culture.Chuang Shih-ho (1923-2020). Taiwan National Museum of History.前衛 ‧ 符號 莊世和百年紀念展. Soka Art Museum.
Life Born in Tainan on 12 December 1923, his family moved to Pingtung when he was a child. In 1938, he went to Japan to study painting at the , and in 1940 he entered the Painting Department of the Tokyo School of Fine Arts. During his studies in Japan, he was exposed to avant-garde art such as Cubism, Dadaism, and Surrealism, as well as modernist ideas such as Bauhaus style.
After his return to Taiwan in 1946, he joined Ho Tieh-hua’s “New Art Movement of Free China” and became one of the few Taiwanese artists actively promoting avant-garde and modernist painting in the 1950s.
Chuang Shih-ho passed away on November 18, 2020.Culture Minister grieves the death of pioneer artist Chuang Shih-ho. Taiwan Ministry of Culture.臺灣第一位抽象畫家莊世和辭世 國美館特感謝其捐贈珍貴的文獻檔案資料(新聞稿). National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts
References
External links Chuang Shih-ho collection in Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts