Chinese artists by Michel Nau - Chen Ting-Shih 陈庭诗  
 

 

 
 

 

 
 

Chen Ting-Shih

 
 

陈庭诗

 
 

 

 
 

 

 
     
 
 
 


 

Chen Ting-shih  陈庭诗 pinyin Chén Tíng-shī 

   

1913

Chen Ting-shih  陈庭诗 ( 1913-2002 ) was born on April 4, in Changle, Fujian Province  

 

China

   
 

He grew up in a high-ranking family, and discovered at a very young age, calligraphy,

 

traditional painting, seal engraving and poetry.

   
 

His deafness after falling from a tree did'nt affect his desire to learn.

   

1937

He entered the Shanghai University of Fine Arts.

   

1938

He drew anti-Japanese caricatures under the pseudonym Ears.

   

1945

After the handover, he went to Taiwan and worked as artistic editor of Peace Daily,

 

in Taichung.

   

1947

He returned to China after the February 28 incident and became an editor at Star Min Daily

 

in Fuzhou

   

1948

He worked at the Taiwan Provincial Library in Taipei and was commissioned to make

 

the oil painting: Liu Ming-Chuan Building Railway of Taiwan.

   

1956

Very involved in the Modern Abstract Art Movement, he joined the groups Ton Fan,

 

then Fifth Moon.

 

 

1959

He was selected to participate in the São Paulo Biennial  Brazil.

 

 

1969

His work, Hibernating won the Grand Prize at the Fifth International Biennial.

   

1976

He was invited to reside in the United States for a year.

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On his return, he experimented with acrylic on paper.

 

 

1982

He co-founded the group Modern Eyes.

 

 

1998-1999

He was invited to the traveling exhibition in France and Spain: Retrospective of sculptures

 

in metal from the 20th century alongside César Baldaccini - Picasso.

 

 

2002

He died on April 15, at the age of 89.

   
 

The Chen Ting-shih Memorial 陈庭诗 was created in his former residence in Taichung

 

and the following year the Modern Art Foundation.

   
 

Danièle Sicard

   

 


Collections
 selection

 

Taiwan

Museum of fine-Arts

Kaohsiung

National Fine Arts Museum Taïwan

Taichung

Museum of fine-Arts

Taipei

Unted States

Cincinnati Art Museum

Cincinnati

Rockefeller Founder

New York

City  Bank

New York

     

   
  Solo exhibitions  selection
   

1973

Chen Ting-Shih  Chinese Cultural Center New York  United States

1974

Chen Ting-Shih Print, Ink and Oil Painting exhibition Morrison Gallery Taipei  Taiwan

1990

Color Painting,Calligraphy and Sculpture exhibition Kaohsiung Chiang Kai-Shek Cultural

 

Center Kaohsiung  Taiwan

1992

Chen Ting-Shih  - Echo of a Poet Hsiung Hsih Gallery Taipei  Taiwan

1993

A Retrospective – Chen Ting-Shih at the Age of Eighty Taiwan Provincial Museum of Fine Arts

 

Taichung  Taiwan

1994

Chen Ting-Shih - 94  Capital Art Center Taichung  Taiwan

1995

Chen Ting-Shih -  Iron Sculpture exhibition  Dimensions Art Center  Kaohsiung    Taiwan

1997

Chen Ting-Shih - Painting, Calligraphy, Print and Iron Sculpture Exhibition Cultural Center

 

Taichung  Taiwan

1998

 Dialogue Between the Iron Sculpture of  Chen Ting-Shih and the Modern Poetry Kuo Mu Sheng

 

Foundation Art Center Taipei Taiwan

1999

Chen Ting-Shih - Comprehensive Artist:Museum of the Kuo Mu Sheng Foundation Taipei

 

Taiwan

2002

Chen Ting-Shih - Sound of RarityTaipei Fine Arts Museum Taiwan

 

 

 

Collective exhibitions  selection
   

1947

The 1st National Wooden Engraving exhibition Shanghai - Nanjing  China

1958

The First Modern Printmaking exhibition Taipei  Taiwan

1959

The 5th Brazil Sao Paulo Biennial Sao Paulo  Brazil

1959

The 2nd Modern Printmaking exhibition Taipei  Taiwan

1960

The 3rd Modern Printmaking exhibition National Taiwan Museum of Art Taipei  Taiwan

1961

The 6th Brazil Sao Paulo Biennial  Sao Paulo  Brazil

1962

Fifth Moon Group Painting Exhibition Lingyun Gallery Taipei  Taiwan

1962

The 5th Modern Printmaking exhibition and the Oriental Painting Association exhibitionon  National

 

Taiwan Museum of Art Taipei  Taiwan

1963

The 7th Ton Fan Group exhibition  National Taiwan Museum of Art Taipei  Taiwan

1965

Exhibition of Modern Chinese Painting Touring exhibition - 14 countries in Asia

1969

Touring exhibition  - Iron Sculptures Taipei -Taichung - Kaohsiung Taiwan

1970

14th exhibition Fifth   Moon  Group National Museum of History Taipei  Taiwan

1971

Fifth Moon Group exhibition Honolulu  Museum of Art Hawaii

1973

Fifth Moon Group exhibition Brooks Goldberger Gallery - Rockford College Rockford

 

United States

1983

83 - Modern Eyes group exhibition  Americain Institute in Taiwan - Taichung Cultural Center -

 

Kaohsiung Cultural Center - ChiangKai-Shek Cultural Center Taipei  Taichung  Kaohsiung

 

Taiwan

1985

Modern Chinese Painting exhibition London  United Kingdom

1986

Chinese Modern Abstract Painting exhibition  Taipe Fine Arts Museumi Taipei  Taiwan

1986

86 - Modern Eyes group exhibition  Cultural Center Taichung  Taiwan

1991

35 th Anniversary of Ton Fan and Fifth Moon Group Times Gallery Taipei  Taiwan

1995

1rst Modern Painting exhibition of the Republic of China National Taiwan Arts Education

 

Center Taipei  Taiwan

1998-1999

Retrospective - Metal Sculptures of 20 th Century Touring exhibition France - Spain

2000

Open 2001 Lido Venice  Italy

   

 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 

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