Chinese artists by Michel Nau - Tseng Yu-ho  曾幼荷  
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

Tseng Yu-Ho

 
 

曾幼荷

 
     
     
 
 
 

 

 

Tseng Yu-Ho  曾幼荷  pinyin  Zeng Youhe

   

1925

Tseng Yu-ho  曾幼荷 also known as Betty Ecke, was born in Beijing  China.

 

She studied painting from childhood.

 

 

 

She entered Beijing's Furen University (Arts Department )

1942

She graduated  ( Fine Arts Department ).

  First exhibitions in Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai.
   

1945

She married the professor and Art historian Gustav Ecke ( 1896 - 1971 )

 

 

1949

They moved to Haiti and settled in Honolulu. They both worked at the Academy

 

of Fine Arts; her husband was curator of Chinese Art at he Museum, and she

 

taught at the Fine Arts School.

   

1952 / 1954

Major touring exhibition in ten museums of the United States.

   

1953

First visit to Europe.

 

She exhibited at the Galerie d'Orsay in Paris and the next year in Rome.

   

1966

She graduated with a Master's degree ( asian studies ) from Hawai University.
   

1972

She received her PhD from New York University.
   

1973

She taught Chinese Art history and painting at the University of Hawai.

 

She was appointed deputy Director of the Asian Art Department at the Honolulu Museum.

   

1989

She devoted herself to painting and research.

   
 

By using layers of varied shapes of colors and textures, she created an innovative

 

painting style.

   
 

She wrote many articles about painting and calligraphy.

   

1992

Major touring retrospective, in the museums of Shanghai, Beijing, Taipei, Hong Kong,

 

Singapore.

   

2005

She returned to live in Beijing  China.

   

2017

On September 16, she passed away in Beijing, at the age of 92.
   
 

Danièle Sicard

   
 

 


Collections
selection

China

Hong Kong

M+

United Kingdom

Oxford

Ashmolean Museum

United States

Hawaï

Honolulu Academy of Art

Hawaï

Maui Memorial Hospital

Hawaï

University of Hawaii

Honolulu

Honolulu International Airport

Honolulu, Hawaï

Manoa Chinese Cemetery

San Francisco

Golden West Savings and Loan

   
   
   
 

exhibitions  selection

   

1992

touring exhibition Modern Art Museum Shanghai - National Art Museum of China

 

Beijing Chine -  Taipei Fine Arts Museum  Taiwan - Hong Kong Arts Centre  Hong Kong

  National Museum of Singapore Singapore

2000

09.05 09.06 By Design - The Art of Tseng Huo  Kaikodo  New York   United States

2002

Rétrospective National Museum of History Taipei  Taiwan

2003

Tseng Yu-ho  曾幼荷 - A Visual symphony of Forma, lines & Dot Alisan Fine Arts Hong Kong

2009

Tseng Yu-ho  曾幼荷 Riverside III Gallery Beijing  China

   

 
 

Tseng Yu-ho  曾幼荷 - Reaping the storm - watercolor and hand-made paper collage on masonite


Tseng Yu-ho  曾幼荷 - Reaping the storm watercolor and hand-made paper collage on masonite

 

 Tseng Yu-ho  曾幼荷

 
 

 Tseng Yu-ho  曾幼荷

 
 

 Tseng Yu-ho  曾幼荷 - Peintures récentes  

Tseng Yu-Ho

Editions Euros

 

peintures récentes

73bis quai d'Orsay  Paris

 

exhibition catalogue 02.05 18.05 1957

 
 

Text Julien Alvard

 
 

in french

 
 

16 pages 22x14cm

 
       
       
 Tseng Yu-ho  曾幼荷 - Michael Goedhuis  

Tseng Yuho

 
 

Michael Goedhuis

 
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