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Chen Chi 程及 pinyin Cheng Ji
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1912
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Chen Chi 程及 ( 1912-2005 ) was born in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, in China.
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1926
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To support his family, he went to work in an oil pressing plant, in Shanghai.
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1930
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Increasingly interested in Art, he developed a keen interest in watercolor.
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He joined the pioneering research company : White Swan Art Club.
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1937
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He was a professor of painting at the Wu Pen and Huai Chiu High School in Shanghai.
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1942
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He entered St John University in Shanghai to teach drawing and watercolor.
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In the same year, he published his first monograph : Chen Chi Watercolors. |
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Thanks to a programme of cultural exchange, he went to the United States |
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to continue his research in painting and to make his work known.
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1947
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First exhibition at the Village Art Center New York. |
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And throughout the United States :
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1948
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The Portland Art Museum, Oregon The Museum of Fine Arts Houston Texas |
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Miami Beach Art Center Florida |
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1953
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La Jolla Art Center, California and The Witte Museum Texas
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1955
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The Charles and Emma Frye Art Museum in Seattle Washington.
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1959
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served on the Board of Directors of the American watercolor Society.
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1950/1960
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also worked as an Illustrator and his drawings appeared in magazines :
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Ford Motor, Company Magazine, Collier's Magazine Sports Illustrated and Horizon.
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1964
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was elected academician by the National Academy of Design.
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1966
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received the Gold Medal of the National Art Club for the whole of his
career.
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1999
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Artist
recognized in the world, a museum bearing his name opened at
the Shanghai
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Jiao Tong University Campus.
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2000
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France devoted him a great retrospective to the Castle of Versailles.
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His works are in the collections of The Smithsonian Institute, The Cleveland Institute,
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The Metropolitan Art Museum , The National Academy of Design, Pennsylvania,
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and Academy of Fine Arts, Butler Institute..
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2005
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He died at the age of 93.
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Danièle Sicard
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Solo exhibitions selection
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1983
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Watercolors The Columbus Museum Georgia United States
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1992
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Retrospective of Chen Chi's Watercolor Paintings The Gilcrease Museum of Art
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1993
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Heart and Chance The National Arts Club New York United States
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1998/1999
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Great American Artists Cincinnati Museum Center Ohio United States
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1999
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inauguration Chen Chi Art Museum Shanghai China
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1999
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Moons Elizabeth Wang Gallery New York United States
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2000
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Watercolors Elizabeth Wang Gallery New York United States
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2000
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Rétrospective Chen Chi Château de Versailles Versailles France
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2000
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Sun-Moon Watercolor Chen Chi Art Museum Shanghai China
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Chen Chi 程及 - Central Park New York
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Chen Chi - Fifth Avenue New York City
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Chen Chi
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Chen Chi Studio
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Monograph in english
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New York
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77 p
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1983
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isbn : 0960465227
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Chen Chi - Watercolors
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Elizabeth Wang Gallery
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introduction: Elizabeth B. Wang
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New York
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1 poem by Chen Chi
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1998
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10 illustrations
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catalogue 16 p
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Aquarelles de Chen Chi
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Elizabeth Wang Gallery
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Retrospective Exhibition
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New York
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Château de Versailles France
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2000
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Introduction : Bertha Saunders
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30 illustrations
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104 p
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Chen Chi Art Museum
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Shanghai Jiao Tong University
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上海交通大学
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In April of 1999 the Chen Chi Art Museum was officially opened in Shanghai, not only as a place
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to display Chen Chi’s painting, but also to promote an international exchange of Art and education.
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China’s President, Jiang Zemin, himself wrote the dedicatory inscription “Chen Chi Art Museum”
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as an act of personal respect and tribute to the artist.
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Bertha Saunders
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Curator
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The David Rockefeller Collection
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