Chen Wen-Hsi
陈文希
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Chen Wen-Hsi 陈文希 pinyin Chen Wenxi |
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1906 |
Chen Wen-Hsi 陈文希 was born on September 9, in Baigong, Guangdong Province China. |
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He entered Chen Li Primary School very early, and St. Joseph Middle School. |
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1928 |
At the end of Secondary school, he decided to devote himself to Art. |
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He joined for one year the Shanghai College of Art, then the Xinhua College of Art |
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under Pan Tianshou. |
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1929 |
First exhibition in Snatow then Shanghai (1931 - 1933), Guangzhou (1932 - 1936). |
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1937 |
He received praise of Xu Beihong at the 2nd National Art Exhibition, Nanjing. |
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In the same year, he was elected as one of the ten greatest Chinese Contemporary Artists |
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by an English Art magazine. |
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1948 |
He moved to Singapore and began teaching painting at the Chinese Secondary School |
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and then at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nanyang. |
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He was one of the four artists and educators, pioneers of Singapore, with his friends : |
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Chen Chong Swee, Liu Kang, Cheong Soo Pieng . |
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During the holidays, he travelled to South East Asia in search of inspiration. |
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He participated in exhibitions of the group of the Society of Art of Singapore.. |
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1951 |
Chen Chong Swee, Liu Kang, Cheong Soo Pieng, Chen Wen-hsi |
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1953 |
Chen Chong Swee, Liu Kang, Cheong Soo Pieng, Chen Wen-hsi |
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1956 |
04.05 13.05 with seven artists. |
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He exhibited in Malaysia (1958 ) Australia (1960 ) Great Britain (1962 - 1966 - 1968 ) |
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Germany (1965 ) New Zealand (1977 ). |
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He received numerous awards : |
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The Public Service Star (1965 ), the Gold Medal of the National Museum of History (1980 ), |
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The Asean Prize for Culture and Communication (1987 ) |
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1991 |
He died on 17 December in Singapore, at the age of 87. |
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1992 |
He was awarded a posthumous Meritorious Service Medal. |
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2006 |
Convergences, a centennial retrospective was held by the Singapore Art Museum |
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from December 2006 to April 2007 |
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Danièle Sicard |
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exhibitions selection |
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1972 |
Cultural Festival Adelaïde Australia |
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1980 |
National Museum of History Taipei Taiwan |
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1982 |
Retrospective Singapore Museum Singapore |
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1987 |
Retrospective National Museum Beijing China |
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1990 |
Museum Taipei Taiwan |
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