Professor Wen-Hsien Wu was born in Shanghai, China in 1933. He began studying the expressive style of Chinese brush and ink painting in 1991. Then he started to study modern art with special attention to the composition, use of color and theories behind each school or movement. Gradually he integrated the learned knowledge and insight of his own life experience to develop artwork of his own style. After retirement from a long academic medical career in 2005, he devoted his time and energy to art. This book includes close to 200 color and black and white plates. It shows Dr. Wu's evolving into a multifaceted, creative and unique artist.
About the Author: Wen-Hsien Wu, MD, MS was born in 1933 in Shanghai, China. Since his retirement in 2005, he has devoted his time and energy to art, after a long and illustrious career in academic medicine. This book includes 142 color plates and 49 black and white plates showing the development and transformation of the artist's work. In 1958, Wen-hsien graduated from the National Taiwan University Medical School. He was a tenured associate professor at New York University Medical School, the anesthesiology chief at Veteran's Hospital in Manhattan, and chairman and professor in the Anesthesiology and Pharmacology Departments at the New Jersey Medical School. He has published numerous scientific abstracts and papers, books and book chapters and has organized many scientific meetings. Some of his notable achievements include developing a new radioimmunoassay methodology to measure nanogram quantities of the posterior pituitary hormone, establishing an independent interdisciplinary pain management center, incorporating acupuncture and Ne-He laser irradiation to produce analgesia, and conducting scientific studies confirming that Qigong could be used to produce short-term analgesia and longer-term antidepressant effects. From 1989 to 1998, he systematically introduced pain management to medical professionals in the People's Republic of China and Taiwan. Wen-Hsien Wu, MD, Sun-Hoo Foo, MD and Chi-Tung Yang, MD are school mates of National Taiwan University Medical school. It is karma that they meet in New York unexpectedly. Both of them are so enthused by Wen-Hsien's talent and creativity that they decide to produce together this art book to capture his imaginations and achievements. These paintings chronologically record Dr. Wu's development from 2005, his growth and maturation into an outstanding and unique artist. Phyllis Liu, BA, MS. Lib, also alumnus of National Taiwan University, is instrumental in the editing and translation of the text. Wen-Hsien's example shows us that with dedication and passion, anything could be accomplished.