About Tiunn Khe-hua
Lived 1910 – 1987 (aged 76). Tiunn Khe-hua was a Taiwanese painter.
Zhang Qihua (, 1910-1987) was a Taiwanese painter who co-founded the Kaohsiung Art Research Association with Liu Chi-hsiang and others, and was one of southern Taiwan's promoters of painting art.
Life Zhang Qihua was born in Cianjhen District, Kaohsiung. He studied at Lingyaliao Public School (now Lingzhou Elementary School) in 1919 (Taishō 8) and enrolled at Tainan Presbyterian Middle School (now Chang Jung Senior High School ) in 1927 (Shōwa 2), but dropped out after one year.
In 1929 (Shōwa 4), he went to Tokyo to study at the Imperial Art School (now Musashino Art University). While studying in Japan, his works were selected for the "Sophora Tree Exhibition" and the "Independent Artists Association Exhibition". In the seventh year of the Showa Period (1932), he returned to Kaohsiung for his first solo exhibition. The following year, he married Lin Qiongxia , the daughter of the wealthy .
After World War II, he served as a director of beginning in 1947, and held the position for 27 years. In 1952, he established the Kaohsiung Art Research Association with Liu Chi-hsiang and others, and later cooperated with the Tainan Fine Arts Association to organize the "". In 1954, his work Salted Fish was selected for first place in the Chairman's Award of the Provincial Exhibition. In 1967, his works were exempted from censorship at the provincial exhibition. Zhang Qihua also served as the curator and review committee member of the provincial exhibition. After 1968, he mainly participated in the "”, the "Taiyang Exhibition", and the "National Oil Painting Exhibition".
Zhang Qihua died in 1987, at the age of 77.
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Who was Tiunn Khe-hua?
Taiwanese painter (1910–1987)
When was Tiunn Khe-hua born?
Tiunn Khe-hua was born on 10 November 1910 in Cianjhen District.
When did Tiunn Khe-hua die?
Tiunn Khe-hua died on 6 September 1987 in Kaohsiung Medical University.
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Tiunn Khe-hua was a painter.
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Tiunn Khe-hua was Taiwanese.
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