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Robert Hsiung is now free to direct his full attention to his lifelong
love – watercolor painting. Recently retired from a distinguished
40-year career as an architect, he continues in his painting to show his
career long fascination with the “Spirit of Place.”
Architect and painter, he is an award-winning member of both professions – belonging to American Institute of Architects and New England Watercolor Society. As a senior principal in the Boston-based firm of Jung/Brannen Associates, he was elected into the College of Fellows of AIA. His watercolors have been shown in numerous exhibitions, solo shows, as well as in private and corporate collections.
Born in China, Hsiung started art lessons early in childhood. He came
to the United States in 1952 to attend St Norbert College, where he had
his first watercolor solo show. Later he transferred to University of
Illinois and Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he received
Bachelor and Master degrees in architecture, respectively. He sketched
in Europe for nine months during his architectural studies on a Traveling
Fellowship in 1959-60, which also marked the start of his 30 years hiatus
from art. Feeling the increasing need to balance the discipline of architecture
with the liberating experience of painting, he resumed watercolor painting
in 1993, taking workshops with prominent watercolorists, including Susan
Shatter in 1993, Gracia Dayton in 1994, and more recently with Alvaro
Castagnet.
Hsiung paints a variety of subject matter, which he renders realistically
with strong feelings and fluid brush strokes, echoing his background in
Chinese calligraphy. He aims to capture elusive moods of moments and places,
and admits his addiction to the “Spirit of Place,” a pursuit
common to both his architectural career and his painting.
Website:
www.hsiung.net/robert
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