liu kuo-sung (simplified chinese: 刘国松; traditional chinese: 劉國松; pinyin: liu guosong; born 26 april 1932) is a taiwanese artist based in shanghai, china, and taoyuan, taiwan. liu is widely regarded as one of the earliest and most important advocates and practitioners of modernist chinese painting. he is also a writer on contemporary chinese art.liu kuo-sung was born in 1932 in anhui province, china. he moved to taiwan in 1949 with the national revolutionary military orphan school. he completed his art training at taiwan normal university, graduating in 1956. he became a pivotal figure in the…