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Chen Cheng-po
1895.02.02~1947.03.25
Birthplace / Chiayi, Taiwan

Chen Cheng-po was born in Chiayi City. He enrolled in the Taiwan Governor-General's National Language School in 1913, where he studied Western-style watercolor painting under Ishikawa Kinichiro. In 1924, he went to Japan to receive formal academic training in art under Japanese oil painter Tanabe Itaru at the Normal Education Division in Painting of the Tokyo School of Fine Arts (today's Tokyo University of the Arts). Chen also studied privately under Japanese luminarist Okada Saburosuke at his Hongō Painting Institute.

After completing his graduate program in 1929, he moved to Shanghai to teach at Xinhua Art College and Changming Art School. During his stay in Shanghai, he was influenced by the traditional Chinese painting of Ni Yunlin and Bada Shanren, and began to develop a distinctive style that fuses the lyrical essence of Chinese landscape painting with Western painting techniques. His work includes oil painting, glue color painting, and sketching while his themes center on landscapes and portraits, mostly inspired by everyday scenes around him.

In 1926, his work Outside Chiayi Street was selected for the 7th Imperial Art Exhibition of Japan (Teiten), making him the first Taiwanese painter to have an oil painting accepted for the exhibition. His success continued after this initial breakthrough, and his works were selected several times for the Imperial Art Exhibition, Taiwan Art Exhibition (Taiten), and Taiwan Viceroy Art Exhibition (Futen), as well as exhibitions held by Japanese art groups outside the state-run exhibition circle like Kaijusha and Kofukai. After returning to Taiwan, the focus of his work shifted to the scenery of his hometown, as he showcased the charm of the Taiwanese landscape with plein-air works painted in Tamsui, Chiayi and Tainan. Besides painting,

Chen was also actively involved in Taiwanese art movements. Among other art movement activities, he co-founded the Chi-Hsing Painting Society in 1926, co-founded the Tai-Yang Art Society with Yang Sanlang and Liao Chi-chun in 1934, and helped young artists in Chiayi establish the Qingchen Fine Art Association in 1940. His contributions to broadening the influence of art in Taiwan also extended to his service as a Chiayi City Councilor, and as a juror at the first Taiwan Provincial Art Exhibition after the Retrocession of Taiwan. Unfortunately, he was embroiled and killed in the 228 Incident in 1947, leaving the painters' community in disbelief and sorrow.

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http://chenchengpo.asdc.sinica.edu.tw/index

Self-Portrait Outside Chiayi Street

1. Chen Cheng-po. Self-Portrait 1928, Oil on canvas, 41x31.5cm Private Collection. http://chenchengpo.asdc.sinica.edu.tw/treasures_en?id=A15&pid=0202

2. Chen Cheng-po.Street of Chiayi. Oil on canvas, 64×53 cm. 1926. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chen_1927b_Chiayi.jpg

Structured Data

陳澄波
ISNI 0000 0000 6335 3023
Tan Ting-pho
Painter
Tan Ting-pho (Chinese: 陳澄波, February 2, 1895 – March 25, 1947), was a well-known Taiwanese painter. He was murdered as a result of the February 28 Incident in 1947.
Born: 1895-02-02
Chiayi, Taiwan
Died: 1947-03-25
Chiayi, Taiwan
Home Location: Chiayi, Taiwan
Nationality: Taiwanese

Relations:

Spouse: Zhang Jie
Children: Chen Tsung-kuang
Children: Chen Ziwei
Alumni of: Taiwan Governor-General's National Language School
Alumni of: Tokyo School of Fine Arts
Alumni of: Hongō Painting Institute
Member of: Chiayi City Council
Member of: Official Taiwan Art Society
Member of: Chidao Association
Follows: Ishikawa Kinichiro
Follows: Tanabe Itaru
Follows: Okada Saburosuke
Follows: Ni Yunlin
Follows: Bada Shanre
Colleague of: Liao Chi-chun
Colleague of: Yang Sanlang
Taught at: Xinhua Art College
Taught at: Changming Art School

Important Roles:

Creator of: Street of Chiayi (嘉義の町中,嘉義街外)
Founder of: Chi-Hsing Painting Society
Founder of: Tai-Yang Art Society
Founder of: Chih-Yang Western Painting Society
Is the character in: Google doodle http://www.google.com/doodles/chen-cheng-pos-120th-birthday
Is a character in: La Grande Chaumiere Violette 紫色大稻埕 (2016 TV series)
Award and recognition: Outside Chiayi Street selected for the 7th Imperial Art Exhibition, the first time a Taiwanese artist's work could be displayed at the exhibition.
Award and recognition: National Museum selected for the 1st Taiwan Art Exhibition

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