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Chen Wen Hsi was born on 9 September, 1906 in Guangdong, πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³, is a Chen Wen Hsi was born artist. Discover Chen Wen Hsi's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 85 years old?

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Age 85 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 9 September 1906
Birthday 9 September
Birthplace Guangdong, πŸ‡¨πŸ‡³
Date of death 17 December, 1991
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Nationality China

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1906

Chen Wen Hsi (1906–1991) was a Chinese-born Singaporean artist, known for his avant-garde Chinese paintings.

Chen was born in Jieyang, Guangdong, China, and had his early education at Chen Li Primary School and St. Joseph Middle School.

1923

Between 1923 and 1992, he conducted 38 one-man exhibitions in Singapore and other countries such as China, Taiwan, Malaysia, Japan, Australia, New Zealand and Hong Kong.

Chen was proficient in both traditional Chinese ink and Western oil painting, and experimented with a variety of styles ranging from Fauvism to Cubism.

1928

After graduation from secondary school, Chen decided to study full-time in fine art at the Shanghai College of Art in 1928, despite his uncle's objection.

Unhappy with the college, Chen transferred to the Xinhua College of Art in Shanghai, where he was taught by renowned artists such as Pan Tianshou, with half of his classmates a year later.

It was at Xinhua where he became acquainted with Chen Jen Hao, Chen Chong Swee and Liu Kang, all of whom were to become Singapore's Nanyang pioneer artists and art educationists.

After four years at Xinhua, Chen graduated and returned to Jieyang.

1929

After getting married in Jieyang, Chen went to Shantou in 1929, at the age of 21.

1931

His work was exhibited in Shanghai (1931, 1933) and Guangzhou (1932, 1936).

1937

In 1937, he received recognition and praise of Chinese painter Xu Beihong at the second Chinese National Art Exhibition in Nanjing.

In the same year, an English arts magazine elected him as one of contemporary China's ten greatest artists.

1940

It was only much later in the late-1940s, that a foreigner pointed out his error in his painting, and corrected him.

Around that time, he had bought a white faced gibbon for $300 at a local pet shop shortly after he arrived in Singapore.

This gave him immense opportunities to study the creature's postures and its characteristics, by rearing it in his home garden.

In time, Chen had a total of six pet gibbons – one white, one grey and four black ones.

1947

He left China in 1947 and had further exhibitions in Saigon (1948), Hong Kong (1949), Bangkok – Kuala Lumpur (1949), and Bangkok-Singapore (1950).

1948

In 1948, Chen arrived in Singapore, where he originally planned to stay for not more than three months.

After his visa expired he was convinced by fellow artists such as Liu Kang, and then commissioner general Malcolm Macdonald to stay.

1949

In Singapore, he proceeded to teach art at The Chinese High School (1949–1968) and the Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts (1951–1959).

Chen travelled to various places in Southeast Asia to collect drawing materials during his vacations, and he was especially inspired by the people and customs of Bali and Java.

1955

In June 1955, Chen took part in a seven-artist group exhibition organised by the Singapore Art Society.

1956

In Chen's exhibition held in May 1956, Sullivan noted his fascination for man-made things and clutter.

The artist loved to experiment with the interplay of light and forms in chaotic subjects, like a junkyard.

His unique style which showed interest in angles but not Cubist; strays not far from reality and is obsessed with shapes, and yet not an abstract painter.

Chen also did not take to modern western art philosophies of that by western counterparts of his time like Picasso and Salvador DalΓ­.

Chen was also interested in human figures.

He also did not see that humans are complex with distortions and conflicts, but merely a pattern of images, yet not like a pieced jigsaw puzzle.

His interest was especially in local Indian people, particularly blue-collared workers and dairymen working in cattle yards; the geometric forms of Indian women dancers was an ideal subject of study for the artist.

Chen's mastery in depicting human figures was also found in keen observation of nature and animals.

His subjects include landscapes, figures, birds and animals, still life studies and abstract compositions.

Chen was especially adept at drawing egrets and monkeys.

Among all the animal paintings by him, Chen's gibbon paintings stand out, as they were noted by Chen's attention to detail and sensitive rendering of the beautiful creatures.

1964

For his contributions to the fine arts in Singapore, President Yusof Ishak conferred Chen the Public Service Star in 1964.

Chen's artistic endeavours have also made history by being the first artist with a number of first honours conferred on him.

1968

In 1968, Chen retired from teaching, and decided to concentrate on drawing.

2013

His first inspiration from painting gibbons came from a reproduction of a gibbon painting that formed the right triptych of the famous painting, White Robed Guanyin, Crane and Gibbon by the 13th-century Southern Song dynasty artist Muqi.

Awed by its lifelike quality, he was convinced with Muqi's great skill in close observation of the gibbons.

So day and night, Chen studied Muqi's print and emulated the painting.

Chen had never seen a gibbon when he was in China, and as a result he did not realise that gibbons, unlike monkeys, lacked tails.