CHRONOLOGY
1917 Entered Shanjiao Public School (now Taishan Elementary School), Taipei City, Taiwan
1923 Entered Taiwan Governor-General’s Taipei Normal School (now National Taipei
University of Education), began formal art training under Ishikawa Kinichiro, Taipei,
Taiwan
1926 Founded the Seven Stars Painting Society along with Chen Chih-Chi and others, Taipei,
Taiwan
Joined the Taiwan Watercolor Society, Taipei, Taiwan
1927
Entered Taiwan Governor-General’s Taipei Second Normal School (now National Taipei
University of Education), Taipei, Taiwan
Big Bridge (now Taipei Bridge), “The 2nd Taiwan Fine Arts Exhibition”, Selected, Taiwan
1928 Downtown, “The 2nd Taiwan Fine Arts Exhibition”, Selected, Taiwan
1929 Practiced painting at Kawabata Art School, Hongo Painting Research Institute,
Doshusha, and the Yoshimura Yoshimatsu studio, Tokyo, Japan
Tree Shadow, “The 3rd Taiwan Fine Arts Exhibition”, Selected, Taiwan
1930 Knitting Girl, “The 4th Taiwan Fine Arts Exhibition”, Taiwan-Japan Fine Arts Award,
Taiwan
1931 Admitted to the Western Painting Division of the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (now Tokyo
University of the Arts), Tokyo, Japan
Still Life on the Table, “The 5th Taiwan Fine Arts Exhibition”, Special Selection, Taiwan
Fine Arts Exhibition Award, Taiwan
Male Figure, “The 5th Taiwan Fine Arts Exhibition”, Selected, Taiwan
1932 Human Figure and Still Life, “The 6th Taiwan Fine Arts Exhibition”, Appraisal-Free
Award, Taiwan
1933 The Lin Family Residence, “The 14th Imperial Art Exhibition of Japan”, Selected, Japan
Indoors, “The 7th Taiwan Fine Arts Exhibition”, Special Selection and Asahi Prize,
Taiwan
1934 Studio, “The Fifteenth Imperial Art Exhibition of Japan”, Selected, Japan
Girl, “The 8th Taiwan Fine Arts Exhibition”, Special Selection, Taiwan
Founded the Taiyang Art Society at the Railway Hotel together with eight others,
including Chen Cheng-po, Liao Chi-Chun, and Yang San-Lang, Taipei, Taiwan
1935 Graduated from the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (now Tokyo University of the Arts),
Tokyo, Japan
“Lee Shih-Chiao Solo Exhibition”, Taichung Library, Taichung, Taiwan
“The 1st Taiyang Art Exhibition”, Taipei Education Center (now National 228 Memorial
Museum), Taipei, Taiwan
Knitting, “The 2nd Ministry Exhibition”, Selected, Japan
Fruit on Table, “The 9th Taiwan Fine Arts Exhibition”, Selected, Taiwan
Boudoir, “The 9th Taiwan Fine Arts Exhibition”, Recommended Artist, Taiwan
1936 The Family of Yang Zhaojia, “The 6th Imperial Art Exhibition of Japan”, Selected, Japan
“The 2nd Taiyang Art Exhibition”, Taipei, Taiwan
Pearl Jewelry, “The 10th Taiwan Fine Arts Exhibition”, Taiwan Fine Arts Exhibition
Award, Taiwan
1937 “Lee Shih-Chiao Solo Exhibition”, Taichung Library, Taichung, Taiwan
1938 “Taiwan Fine Arts Exhibition” was renamed to “Taiwan Governmental Fine Arts
Exhibition”, for which the work First Grandson was selected to display, Taipei, Taiwan
Sitting by the Window, “The 2nd Shin Bunten Exhibition”, Selected, Japan
1939 Two Women, “The 2nd Taiwan Governmental Fine Arts Exhibition”, Special Selection,
Recommendation Award, Taipei, Taiwan
1940 Greenhouse, “The Japan Commemorative Exhibition”, Japan
Pomegranate, “The 3rd Taiwan Governmental Fine Arts Exhibition”, Taipei, Taiwan
1941 “The 1st Sogenkai Exhibition”, Tokyo, Japan
Children in the Yard, “The 4th Taiwan Governmental Fine Arts Exhibition”, Taipei,
Taiwan
1942 “The 2nd Sogenkai Exhibition”, Tokyo, Japan
Rest, “The 5th Taiwan Governmental Fine Arts Exhibition”, Recommended Artist,
Taiwan
Weekday, “The 5th Shin Bunten Exhibition”, Selected, Japan
1943 “The 6th Shin Bunten Exhibition”, Appraisal-Free Award, Japan
Sitting Figure, “The 6th Taiwan Governmental Fine Arts Exhibition”, Recommended
Artist, Taiwan
Commissioned by Hsinchu mayor to create a portrait of Shimizu Genjiro for the City
Hall, Hsinchu, Taiwan
1944 “The 10th Anniversary Exhibition of Taiyang Art Society”, Taipei Public Hall, Taipei,
Taiwan
“The 1st Art Advancement Association of Taiwan Exhibition”, Railway Hotel, Taipei,
Taiwan
1946 Market, “The Art and Music Seminar”, Taipei, Taiwan
1948 “The 11th Taiyang Art Exhibition at the Guangfu Auditorium”, Zhongshan Hall, Taipei,
Taiwan
1952 Held exhibition with Yang San-Lang and Kuo Hsueh-Hu, Manila, Philippines
1958 “Lee Shih-Chiao Solo Exhibition”, Zhongshan Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
1963 Appointed Associate Professor at the Department of Fine Arts of the Taiwan Provincial
University of Education (now National Taiwan Normal University), Taipei, Taiwan
1964 Appointed teacher at the Department of Arts and Crafts of the National Taiwan College
of Arts (now National Taiwan University of Arts), Taipei, Taiwan
1969 “Lee Shih-Chiao Solo Exhibition”, Century Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
“Lee Shih-Chiao Solo Exhibition”, Taiwan Provincial Museum (now National Taiwan
Museum), Taipei, Taiwan
1972 “Lee Shih-Chiao Solo Exhibition”, Taiwan Provincial Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1974 Served as Professor at Chinese Culture University; founded the Fang Lan Art
Association Preparatory Office, Taipei, Taiwan
1976 “Lee Shih-Chiao Solo Exhibition”, Taiwan Provincial Museum (now National Taiwan
Museum), Taipei, Taiwan
1979 Took part in “The 1st Hu Lu Tun Artistic Research Association Exhibition”, which also
featured Yeh Huo-Cheng and other fifteen artists, Taiwan Provincial Museum, Taipei,
Taiwan
“Lee Shih-Chiao Solo Exhibition”, Taiwan Provincial Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1984 “Lee Shih-Chiao Solo Exhibition”, Apollo Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
1986 “Lee Shih-Chiao Solo Exhibition”, Apollo Art Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
“The 14th Fang Lan Art Association Memorial Exhibition”, Taipei Municipal Social
Education Hall (now Taipei City Arts Promotion Office), Taipei, Taiwan
1988 “Thoughts, Realizations, and the Creative Process – Lee Shih-Chiao’s World of
Painting”, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
1992 Lee Shih-Chiao Museum was established, Taipei, Taiwan
1995 Passed away
1996 “Lee Shih-Chiao Retrospective Exhibition” in Jhongshan National Gallery at National Dr.
Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
2007 “Centennial Celebration of Lee Shih-Chiao”, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
“The Eloquent Painting of Lee Shih-Chiao”, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Art,
Taichung, Taiwan
“Centennial Celebration of Lee Shih-Chiao”, Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts,
Kaohsiung, Taiwan
2016 “Lee Shih-Chiao: Solo exhibition of oil paintings”, The General Association of Chinese
Culture, Taipei, Taiwan
2017 “Landscape · Imagery – Group Exhibition of Senior Taiwanese Artists”, Liang Gallery,
Taipei, Taiwan
“Pioneers of the Century: Taiwanese Modern Painting Exhibition”, Art Taipei, Taipei,
Taiwan
2018 “Liang Gallery 25th Anniversary Special Exhibition – Passing Inheritance to the Future
Generations / Visible and Invisible”, Liang Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
“Art Taipei 2018”, Taipei World Trade Center, Taipei, Taiwan
2020 “The Everlasting Bloom: Rediscovering Taiwanese Modern Art”, The Museum of NTUE,
Taipei, Taiwan
2021 “Lumière : The Enlightenment and Self-Awakening of Taiwanese Culture”, The Museum
of NTUE, Taipei, Taiwan
2023 “The Pioneering and Enlightenment of Taiwanese Art: A Special Exhibition of Pioneer
Taiwanese Artists”, Chan Liu Art Museum, Taipei, Taiwan
2024 “Boundless Spring: Harmonies of Early Tai-Yang Artists”, The Li Mei-shu Memorial
Gallery, New Taipei City, Taiwan
2025 “Art Tainan 2025”, Silks Place Tainan, Liang Gallery, Tainan, Taiwan