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Lee Shih-chiao (; July 13, 1908 – July 7, 1995) was a Taiwanese painter. Lee Shih-chiao was one of important Taiwanese artists early in the Japanese Colonial Period (from 1895 to 1945). Most of his paintings were realistic, but he also created some cubist works in his mid-life. He contributed significantly to art in Taiwan, as well as educating and inspiring quite a few followers who later became excellent artist. After Lee Shih-chiao’s death, more than four hundred pieces of his works, including oil paintings, water-colour paintings, sketches, and their related items, have been preserved in the Lee Shih-chiao Museum of Art. They are Taiwan’s important cultural assets and should be carefully preserved for future appreciation and study in the concept of modern arts. ==Biography== Lee Shih-chiao was a famous Taiwanese oil painter born in Xinzhuang Township, Taipei County, in 1908 and died in the United States in 1995. For more than sixty years, he had been engaged in artistic creation. His serious efforts and sincere towards the creation of arts resulted many asserts in Taiwanese art culture. Moreover, his quest for originality, his contemplative mind, critical attitude and combined with his unparalleled painting skills all related and contributed to his unique painting style. 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 Chou 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 teach arts at National Taiwan Normal University as an associate professor. 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. Teaching at the Department of Fine Arts at the National Taiwan Normal University and the National Taiwan Academy of Arts, both being the most prestigious academic organisations in fine arts in Taiwan at that time. Many genius young artists have produced in Taiwan while he was working as a professor. Lee retired from his educator jobs and moved to Seattle to live with his daughter in 1982. He moved back to Taiwan later. He died in Syracuse, New York, USA. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lee Shih-chiao」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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