This is an original calligraphy brush painting by Linus Tze-Hsiu Chao of Hawaii. He was born in Jinan, China and he was an artist and art professor at Hawaii Community College. His art pieces are sought after and collected worldwide. This painting image measures 11.5 in. by 
17.5 in. It was purchased directly from Professor Chao. It was a combination of fifty years of teaching, privately and publicly as well as exhibiting. in Hawaii. They hosted artists from all over the world in their bed and breakfast. The visiting artist would work in the studio.

Here is more information from his obituary : Linus Chao was born in 1930 in Jinan, Shandong, China, Chao taught art at Hawaii Community College for three-plus decades and produced educational and commercial animated films. He also taught art with his wife, Jane, at their Mountain View bed-and-breakfast. 

Chao left mainland China for Taiwan because of the Chinese Civil War in the late 1940s. He earned an art degree from Taiwan National Normal University and was trained in cartoon animation at Toei Animation in Japan. He later studied and worked at Walt Disney and Hanna-Barbera studios in Los Angeles.

Upon his return to Taiwan, he produced educational and commercial cartoon animation films and became known as the “Father of Animation” in Taiwan and China.

Linus and Jane Chao moved their family from Taiwan to Hawaii Island in 1969. It didn’t take long for Linus Chao’s talent to be noticed. He painted a large bust of then-Hawaii governor John A. Burns in 1970.

Later, he received a master of science degree in visual arts education from New York’s Parsons School of Design. He was a professor of fine arts at Hawaii Community College from 1971-2003.

Known for his mix of traditional Chinese brush painting philosophy and Western watercolor techniques, Chao in 1997 received the prestigious County of Hawaii Living Legend Award for his dedicated contribution to promoting culture and the arts. In 2002-03, he was honored with the University of Hawaii Board of Regents Medal for Excellence in Teaching Award.

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