Chen Dewang | |
Birth Date: | October 22, 1910 |
Birth Place: | Taipei, Taiwan under Japanese rule |
Death Place: | Taipei, Taiwan |
Nationality: | Taiwan, China |
Occupation: | Painting |
Cheng Dewang | |
Hanji: | 陳德旺 |
Poj: | Tân Tek-ōng |
Tl: | Tân Tek-ōng |
Chen Dewang (October 22, 1910 - December 3, 1984), a native of Taipei, Taiwan,[1] was an artist during the Taiwan under Japanese rule in Taiwan and later worked as a teacher.[2]
In 1925, Chen Dewang was a student of Japanese artist Tōho Shiotsuki while studying at . He later went to study at Tongwen Academy in Tianjin, China,[3] and returned to Taiwan in 1927 to study painting under Ishikawa Kinichirō. In 1930, he went to Tokyo, Japan for further studies and learned painting from Sōtarō Yasui. In 1938, he formed thein Taipei, and his paintings focused on impressionism and applied art.[4]
After World War II, he taught art in high schools and organized many art exhibitions, mainly to cultivate art talents. He died of illness in Taipei in 1984.