Hou Beiren

Hou Beiren, known as Shaozhang, was a Chinese-born-American politician and painter. He was a native of Haicheng, Liaoning.

Life and career

Beiren was born in 1917 in Haicheng, Liaoning Province. He graduated from Kyushu Imperial University, Japan. In his early years, he studied painting with Li Zhongchang in Hebei Province, and later studied with Huang Binhong and Zheng Shiqiao. In 1946, he was elected professional deputy to Andong Province for the Constituent National Assembly. On March 1, 1947, he was appointed a member of the Fourth Legislative Yuan of the Nationalist Government.
In 1956, Hou Beiren moved from Hong Kong to California, USA.
Throughout his life, he donated paintings to Kunshan City. The Kunshan Municipal People's Government founded the "Hou Beiren Art Museum", which opened in 2004.