| Lee Shih-chiao | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 13, 1908 Taishan, Taipei County (now New Taipei City) |
| Died | July 7, 1995 (aged 86) Syracuse, New York, USA |
| Training | Tokyo School of Fine Arts |
Lee Shih-chiao (Traditional Chinese: 李石樵; July 13, 1908 - July 7, 1995) was a Taiwanese painter. Most of his paintings were realistic, but he also created some cubist works in his mid-life.
Lee Shih-chiao was born in Shinshō district, Taihoku Prefecture (now Taishan, New Taipei City) of the Japanese-ruled Taiwan. In 1923, he entered Taipei Normal School (台北師範學校), which divided into two normal colleges later, and began to receive the formal art education.
Lee married Chou Lai-fu (周來富) in 1928. And he was accepted by the Tokyo School of Fine Arts in 1931. Lee graduated from the Tokyo School in 1935 and stayed in Japan until 1944.
In 1963, Lee began to serve as an associate professor to teach arts in National Taiwan Normal University. He left the Normal University in 1974, and became a professor of the National Taiwan Institute of Arts (now National Taiwan University of Arts) and the Chinese Culture University.
Lee retired from his educator jobs and moved to Seattle to live with his daughter in 1982. He moved back to Taiwan later. He died in Syracuse, New York, USA.