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Lee Shi-chi (Chinese: 李錫奇; pinyin: Lǐ Xīqí; 1938–2019) was a Taiwanese artist.

Life

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Lee Shi-chi was born in Kinmen in 1938.[1][2] His early years were marked by war and death, and he later described his childhood as a lottery.[3] The Battle of Guningtou took place when he was in fourth grade, and his grandmother and elder sister were killed in 1953, during Lee's second year at National Kinmen Senior High School [zh].[4] Lee Shi-chi later met Lee Chao-lan, who nurtured his interest in art,[4] and made it possible for him to enroll at the Department of Arts within Provincial Taipei Normal College between 1955 and 1958.[1][5] Lee remained in Taipei County, teaching at Hsinchuang Elementary School, as the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis had broken out in Kinmen.[4]

Lee cofounded the Modern Print Society in 1958,[1][5] alongside Yuyu Yang [zh], Chen Ting-shih and Chiang Han-tong.[6] In 1963, Lee joined the Eastern Art Association,[1][4][5] an avant-garde artists' collective.[7] He moved from print artwork to painting with airbrushes throughout the 1970s.[8] Lee opened his first art gallery in 1978,[5] and later operated two more through 1990.[9] Considered one of the first installation artists in Taiwan,[6] Lee has also worked in mixed media.[9][10] His abstract paintings have been featured in many exhibitions.[11][12] During his early career, Lee was exposed to Western art styles, and those influences remained in his work alongside East Asian art styles, such as Chinese calligraphy.[13][14] He was a recipient of the National Award for Arts [zh] in 2012 and served as a national policy adviser during Ma Ying-jeou's presidential administration.[15][16]

He sought medical treatment for a brain hemorrhage on 19 March 2019 and died at Taipei Medical University Hospital on 22 March 2019, aged 81.[2][17]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "LEE SHI-CHI". Illuminati Fine Art.
  2. ^ a b 李, 怡芸 (23 March 2020). "藝術家李錫奇辭世". China Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  3. ^ Quartly, Jules (30 September 2004). "'The Gibraltar of Asia' and a 'park in the ocean'". Taipei Times. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  4. ^ a b c d "國家文藝獎第16屆獲獎藝術家 李錫奇 Lee Shi-chi" (in Chinese). National Culture and Arts Foundation.
  5. ^ a b c d "李錫奇". Artist Magazine (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  6. ^ a b Lee, Vico (5 January 2003). "Making a puzzle out of pictures". Taipei Times. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  7. ^ Chung, Oscar (1 January 2020). "Beauty in Diversity". Taiwan Today. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  8. ^ Hung, Chien-Lun; Chi, Jo-yao (23 March 2019). "Artist, former national policy advisor dies aged 81". Central News Agency. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  9. ^ a b "Painter | Lee Shi-chi". Ministry of Culture. 25 March 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  10. ^ Carter, Blake (3 November 2009). "Highlights of the Asian Art Biennial". Taipei Times. Retrieved 1 June 2020. Alternative link
  11. ^ "Exhibitions". Taipei Times. 27 April 2011. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  12. ^ Cheung, Sheryl (9 August 2019). "Art exhibition listings". Taipei Times. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  13. ^ Buchan, Noah (24 February 2013). "Building blocks". Taipei Times. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  14. ^ "Painter | Lee Shi-chi". Ministry of Culture. 6 May 2016. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  15. ^ "Posthumous presidential citation sought for artist Lee Shi-chi". Ministry of Culture. 23 March 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  16. ^ "Top Taiwanese artist dies". Taipei Times. 24 March 2019. Retrieved 1 June 2020.
  17. ^ 李, 怡芸 (24 March 2019). "藝術家李錫奇辭世". China Times (in Chinese). Retrieved 1 June 2020.
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