ZHONG CHENG

王悅之 WANG YUEHCHIH (1894-1937)

Born in Taichung, Taiwan. His original name called Liu Jintang. The different name means different type of life. His style of art had metaphor and a symbol of the suffering time. The art works conveyed deep feelings of concern for the country and its people. In 1920, he went to Shanghai to participate in the National Revolutionary. Recognized KMT Wang Faqin as a foster parent and renamed Wang Yueh Chih. In 1921, he graduated in and he served as professor of western painting of Tokyo University of the Arts. In 1922, he organized "Apollo" with Liyi Shi, Wuxin Wu and Wang Ziyun. In 1924, he organized China Central Academy Of Fine Arts and was appointed to teacher of Peking University. In 1929, he held a solo exhibition in Peking . His masterpiece is "the Discarded Nationals." that the first Anti-Japanese oil painting of before the war. His works were held in Exposition Universelle.

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