Hua Tianyou

Hua Tianyou (Chinese: 滑田友; 1901–1986), courtesy name Shunqing (舜卿), was a Chinese artist and a pioneer of the field of sculpture in modern China.[1]

Hua Tianyou
滑田友
Born
Hua Tingyou (滑庭友)

1901
Huaiyin, Jiangsu province
Died1986
NationalityChinese
Known forSculpture
In this Chinese name, the family name is Hua.

Biography

Born Hua Tingyou (滑庭友) in Huaiyin, Jiangsu province in 1901, Hua graduated from the No. 6 Normal School of Jiangsu Province in 1924. In 1933 he left China to study at the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris.[2]

He returned to China in 1947 at the encouragement of Xu Beihong. After the founding of the People's Republic of China in 1949, he became a professor at the China Central Academy of Fine Arts, and served as the first director of the sculpture department of the academy.[2][3]

Hua is one of the seven artists featured in the Exhibition for Noted Painters at the China Art Museum of Shanghai.[1] His works are also in the collections of the National Art Museum of China in Beijing, and the Musée National d'Art Moderne in Paris.[3]

References
  1. 名家艺术陈列专馆 (in Chinese). China Art Museum. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  2. "Hua Tianyou" (in Chinese). China Central Academy of Fine Arts. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
  3. "Sculpture exhibitions of Hua Tianyou and Sun Jiabo opened". National Art Museum of China. 2008. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 September 2013.
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