About Gu Fusheng
Lived 1935 – 2017 (aged 82). Gu Fusheng was a Taiwanese and Chinese painter.
Ku Fu-sheng (, ) (1935-2017) was a Shanghai-born Taiwanese-American painter.
The son of General Ku Chu-tung, he fled with his family to 1948. Graduating from National Taiwan Normal University in 1958, he became associated with the Fifth Moon group. In his later career he studied in Paris and New York and lived in various cities of the United States. His work is best known for his queer-themed oil paintings, which in 2017 were included in a retrospective of LGBT art at the Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei. In 2021, a solo retrospective was mounted at Eslite Gallery. He was Sanmao's painting teacher and a close friend of the author Pai Hsien-yung.
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Who was Gu Fusheng?
Taiwanese painter and graphic artist (1935-2017)
When was Gu Fusheng born?
Gu Fusheng was born on 26 April 1935 in Shanghai.
When did Gu Fusheng die?
Gu Fusheng died on 4 August 2017.
What was Gu Fusheng's occupation?
Gu Fusheng was a painter.
What nationality was Gu Fusheng?
Gu Fusheng was Taiwanese and Chinese.
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