LEE SHIH-CHIAO


Lee Shih-Chiao was born in Taipei, Taiwan. In 1923, he entered Taipei Normal School. At the age of 19 he painted Taipei Bridge that was selected for the Taiwan Fine Arts Exhibition. In 1929, he went to Japan to pursue studies in painting and was accepted by the Tokyo School of Fine Arts in 1931. In 1933, The Lin Family Residence was selected for the Imperial Art Exhibition of Japan. Lee was the first artist to be selected into the Bunten Exhibition without examination. He was one of the members of the Tai-Yang Art Society. After the war he opened a private studio and started teaching at the Department of Fine Arts of National Taiwan Normal University. Lee was one of the most important artists to take part in early artistic movements. Throughout a creative career that lasted for seven decades, Lee Shih-Chiao had developed excellent skills and had established a unique painting style. He would combine lines with colors of low and high brightness. His painting style had changed over the times but the subject matter remained the same – concern for the society. In his later period, he favored realistic style and painted warm and harmonious paintings.

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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

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