Short description
Mr Ho Chuan-Hsing joined the Palace Museum, Taipei in 1983, working as Curator and, later, Director of the Department of Painting and Calligraphy. From 2012 to 2016 he served as Incumbent General-affairs Deputy Director. He specializes in the history of Chinese painting and calligraphy, research in painting and calligraphy connoisseurship, and exhibition curation. He has curated and contributed to exhibitions including Emperor’s Treasures: Chinese Art from the Palace Museum, Taipei (San Francisco, 2016), The Ten Premiering Exhibitions of Palace Museum, Taipei, Southern Branch, Treasured Masterpieces from the Palace Museum, Taipei (Tokyo, Kyushu, 2014), The All Complete Qianlong: A Special Exhibition on the Aesthetic Tastes of the Qing Emperor Gaozong (2013), Dwelling in the Fu-ch’un Mountains (Wu-yung Version) (2011), Dynastic Renaissance Art and Culture of Southern Song (2010), Masterpieces of Chin and T’ang Dynasty Calligraphy (2008), and Grand View: Special Exhibition of Northern Sung Painting and Calligraphy (2007). In 2016 he published a monograph, titled The Birth of Masterpieces: The Collection, Research, and Exhibition of Palace Museum’s Painting and Calligraphy, in which he explored masterpieces from the perspectives of “Fate, Fortune, and Calligraphy of Scholars”, “Tastes of the Emperors”, and “Discussions about Special Exhibitions”.
Biography
Mr Ho Chuan-Hsing joined the Palace Museum, Taipei in 1983, working as Curator and, later, Director of the Department of Painting and Calligraphy. From 2012 to 2016 he served as Incumbent General-affairs Deputy Director. He specializes in the history of Chinese painting and calligraphy, research in painting and calligraphy connoisseurship, and exhibition curation. He has curated and contributed to exhibitions including Emperor’s Treasures: Chinese Art from the Palace Museum, Taipei (San Francisco, 2016), The Ten Premiering Exhibitions of Palace Museum, Taipei, Southern Branch, Treasured Masterpieces from the Palace Museum, Taipei (Tokyo, Kyushu, 2014), The All Complete Qianlong: A Special Exhibition on the Aesthetic Tastes of the Qing Emperor Gaozong (2013), Dwelling in the Fu-ch’un Mountains (Wu-yung Version) (2011), Dynastic Renaissance Art and Culture of Southern Song (2010), Masterpieces of Chin and T’ang Dynasty Calligraphy (2008), and Grand View: Special Exhibition of Northern Sung Painting and Calligraphy (2007). In 2016 he published a monograph, titled The Birth of Masterpieces: The Collection, Research, and Exhibition of Palace Museum’s Painting and Calligraphy, in which he explored masterpieces from the perspectives of “Fate, Fortune, and Calligraphy of Scholars”, “Tastes of the Emperors”, and “Discussions about Special Exhibitions”.
