Lee Shih-chiao

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Lee Shih-chiao (Traditional Chinese: 李石樵; July 13, 1908 - July 7, 1995) was a Taiwanese painter. Most of his paintings were realistic, but he also created some cubist works in his mid-life.

Biography

Lee Shih-chiao was born in Shinshō district, Taihoku Prefecture (now Taishan, Taipei County) of the Japanese-ruled Taiwan. In 1923, he entered Taipei Normal School (台北師範學校), which divided into two normal colleges later, and began to receive the formal art education.

Lee married Zhou Lai-fu (周來富) in 1928. And he was accepted by the Tokyo School of Fine Arts in 1931. Lee graduated from the Tokyo School in 1935 and stayed in Japan until 1944.

In 1963, Lee began to serve as an associate professor to teach arts in National Taiwan Normal University. He left the Normal University in 1974, and became a professor of the National Taiwan Institute of Arts (now National Taiwan University of Arts) and the Chinese Culture University.

Lee retired from his educator jobs and emigrated to Seattle to live with his daughter in 1982. He died in Syracuse, New York, USA.

External links

* [http://web.cca.gov.tw/tdg/8/writer-re.htm Lee Shih-chiao (1908-1995)] by Taiwan Digital Gallery.
* [http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2007/02/08/2003348228 "A century on"] by Taipei Times.