About Lee Shi-chi
Lived 1938 – 2019 (aged 80–81). Lee Shi-chi was a Taiwanese and Chinese painter and teacher.
Lee Shi-chi (; 1938–2019) was a Taiwanese artist.
Life Lee Shi-chi was born in Kinmen in 1938. 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 . and made it possible for him to enroll at the Department of Arts within Provincial Taipei Normal College between 1955 and 1958. Lee remained in Taipei County, teaching at Hsinchuang Elementary School, as the Second Taiwan Strait Crisis had broken out in Kinmen. In 1963, Lee joined the Eastern Art Association, He moved from print artwork to painting with airbrushes throughout the 1970s. Lee opened his first art gallery in 1978, Considered one of the first installation artists in Taiwan, His abstract paintings have been featured in many exhibitions. 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. He was a recipient of the in 2012 and served as a national policy adviser during Ma Ying-jeou's presidential administration.
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.
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Who was Lee Shi-chi?
Taiwanese artist (1938–2019)
When was Lee Shi-chi born?
Lee Shi-chi was born in 1938 in Kinmen County.
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Lee Shi-chi died on 22 March 2019 in Taipei.
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Lee Shi-chi was a painter and teacher.
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Lee Shi-chi was Taiwanese and Chinese.
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