Chen De-wang (also known as Chen Te-wang; October 22, 1910 - December 3, 1984), a native of

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, was an artist during the

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in Taiwan and later worked as a teacher.

Life

In 1925, Chen De-wang was a student of Japanese artist Tōho Shiotsuki while studying at . He later went to study at Tongwen Academy in

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, and returned to Taiwan in 1927 to study painting under Ishikawa Kinichirō. In 1930, he went to

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for further studies and learned painting from

Sōtarō Yasui was a Japanese painter, noted for development of ''yōga'' (Western-style) portraiture in early twentieth-century Japanese painting. Biography Yasui was born to a merchant class household in Kyoto, but dropped out of commercial high school again ...

. In 1938, he formed thein Taipei, and his paintings focused on impressionism and applied art. After

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, he taught art in high schools and organized many art exhibitions, mainly to cultivate art talents. He died of illness in

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in 1984.

References

External links

Chen Dewang - Taiwan Art Jigsaw Puzzle
Taiwanese artists 1910 births 1984 deaths {{Taiwan-artist-stub