Liu Yong (b. February 1949) is a Taiwanese-American educator and author. He founded the Shui Yun Zhai Cultural Enterprise and has built over 40 schools in rural China.[1]
Liu's books have been translated into languages including English, Korean, Vietnamese, and Thai. His works are used in school textbooks in mainland China and Taiwan.[2] He has toured China, Taiwan, Malaysia, and Singapore to speak on educational topics. A chapter from one of Liu's books for adolescents is included as a potential topic for the reading-aloud test on the Putonghua Proficiency Test.[3]
The Setting Sun Shines on the Mountain Village (2019)
In 1978, Liu represented China Television in the U.S. and became the artist-in-residence at the Danville Museum of Fine Arts and History in Virginia.[4] In 1980, he became the artist-in-residence at St. John's University in New York.[1] In 1991, Liu was commissioned by Taiwan’s public television station to produce the documentary series, “The Spirit of Chinese Culture”. Concurrently, he founded Shui Yun Zhai Cultural Enterprises in Taipei, which he continues to manage as a writer and artist.[4]
Liu Yong was apprenticed to Huang Jun-Bi and Lin Yushan, artists known for landscape, bird, and flower paintings.[citation needed] Liu imitated classical masterpieces at the National Palace Museum. His foundation, combined with education in Western painting from studying in the U.S., sketching technique, and background in literature, led to the development of his style.
His style merges his self-invented technique of spraying ink onto wrinkled paper collages, the boneless strokes of bird and flower painting, texture strokes inspired by old Chinese masters, and a form of Pointillism inspired by Impressionism.
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