Shen han wu biography of alberta

Home / Museum / ARC Living Artists

{"Id","Name":"Han-Wu Shen","Biography":"Shen was born in in Wuhan, Hubei province.

His family was poor, but he was very good in school and was admitted to the best mid-school in Wuhan.

Shen Hanwu - Artnet

His ideal major was Tsinghua University\us Civil Engineering and Architecture but because of the Cultural Revolution he was forced to go to rural areas and work as a farmer. He lost the opportunity to go to university and did not even have the chance to go to high school. His life was very poor and difficult in the countryside. He had a talent for drawing and started to draw portraits of the dead just for his next meal, many times from the corpses, before the bodies were buried.

Han-Wu Shen - 121 artworks - Art Renewal Center

He gained respect among the local community, and was regarded as a distinguished guest. Through this hard life he found that he loved to draw. His artistic fame fir