Chickens By Chen Wen Hsi

Description

Title: Chickens

Medium: Ink on rice paper

Measurement: Height: 66 cm x Length: 44 cm

Artist: Chen Wen Hsi

Biography

1906 Chen Wen-Hsi 陈文希 was born on September 9, in Baigong, Guangdong Province China.

He entered Chen Li Primary School very early, and St. Joseph Middle School.

1928 At the end of Secondary school, he decided to devote himself to Art.

He joined for one year the Shanghai College of Art, then the Xinhua College of Art under Pan Tianshou.

1929 First exhibition in Snatow then Shanghai (1931 – 1933), Guangzhou (1932 – 1936).

1937 He received praise of Xu Beihong at the 2nd National Art Exhibition, Nanjing.

In the same year, he was elected as one of the ten greatest Chinese Contemporary Artists by an English Art magazine.

1948 He moved to Singapore and began teaching painting at the Chinese Secondary School and then at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nanyang.

He was one of the four artists and educators, pioneers of Singapore, with his friends :

Chen Chong Swee, Liu Kang, Cheong Soo Pieng .

During the holidays, he travelled to South East Asia in search of inspiration.

He participated in exhibitions of the group of the Society of Art of Singapore.

1951 Chen Chong Swee, Liu Kang, Cheong Soo Pieng, Chen Wen-hsi

1953 Chen Chong Swee, Liu Kang, Cheong Soo Pieng, Chen Wen-hsi

1956 04.05 13.05 with seven artists.

He exhibited in Malaysia (1958 ) Australia (1960 ) Great Britain (1962 – 1966 – 1968 ) Germany (1965 ) New Zealand (1977 ).

He received numerous awards :

The Public Service Star (1965 ), the Gold Medal of the National Museum of History (1980 ),

The Asean Prize for Culture and Communication (1987 )

1991 He died on 17 December in Singapore, at the age of 87.

1992 He was awarded a posthumous Meritorious Service Medal.

2006 Convergences, a centennial retrospective was held by the Singapore Art Museum from December 2006 to April 2007

Danièle Sicard exhibitions selection

1972 Cultural Festival Adelaïde Australia

1980 National Museum of History Taipei Taiwan

1982 Retrospective Singapore Museum Singapore

1987 Retrospective National Museum Beijing China

1990 Museum Taipei Taiwan