Draft:Chuang Shih-He

Chuang Shih-He (December 12, 1923 – November 18, 2020) was born in Tainan, Taiwan. Later, he moved to Chaozhou Township, Pingtung County with his family. He enrolled at Kawabata Painting School and Tokyo Academy of Arts and Crafts in 1938. Chuang was one of the pioneers in Taiwanese abstract painting during the Japanese colonial period. He not only strived to study and practice modern art styles in his paintings, but also systematically promoted modern art education in Taiwan through the influence of local painting societies in terms of creation, criticism, and teaching.