Lee Shi-chi explained

Lee Shi-chi (; 1938–2019) was a Taiwanese artist.

Life

Lee Shi-chi was born in Kinmen in 1938.[1] His early years were marked by war and death, and he later described his childhood as a lottery.[2] 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 . Lee Shi-chi later met Lee Chao-lan, who nurtured his interest in art,[3] and made it possible for him to enroll at the Department of Arts within Provincial Taipei Normal College between 1955 and 1958.[1] [4] Lee remained in Taipei County, teaching at Hsinchuang Elementary School, as the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis had broken out in Kinmen.[3]

Lee cofounded the Modern Print Society in 1958,[1] [4] alongside, Chen Ting-shih and Chiang Han-tong.[5] In 1963, Lee joined the Eastern Art Association,[1] [3] [4] an avant-garde artists' collective.[6] He moved from print artwork to painting with airbrushes throughout the 1970s.[7] Lee opened his first art gallery in 1978,[4] and later operated two more through 1990.[8] Considered one of the first installation artists in Taiwan,[5] Lee has also worked in mixed media.[8] [9] His abstract paintings have been featured in many exhibitions.[10] [11] 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.[12] [13] He was a recipient of the in 2012 and served as a national policy adviser during Ma Ying-jeou's presidential administration.[14] [15]

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.[16] [17]

Notes and References

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