LIAO Chi-chun
Taiwanese 1902 - 1976
Born in Taichung. After graduating from Taipei Normal School in 1922, Liao Chi-chun studied in Japan at Tokyo Fine Arts School. While in Japan, Liao was strongly influenced by contemporary developments in Western art.Liao was a co-founder of both the Ruddy Island Association and the Taiyang Fine Arts Association. He was also an art professor at National Taiwan Normal University until his retirement in 1973. In 1957, he encouraged his students to form the Fifth Moon Group in Taiwan. In 1962 he toured Europe and the United States at the invitation of the USA State Department. Later, he changed into a new art style in pink color and his distinguished characteristic became matured. Liao received the Golden Cup Award for Chinese Painting from the Chinese Painting Society and the Sun Yat sen Foundation's Literary Awards. He passed away in Taipei in 1976. The Liao family donated several Liao's paintings to the Taipei Fine Arts Museum.
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Lake Sisters in Ali Mountain
1955
Oil on wooden board
32 x 41 cm
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Estimate
568,000 - 1,085,000 2,200,000 - 4,200,000 73,600 - 140,500
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Spring Landscape in Yang-Ming Mountain
1962
Oil on canvas
45 x 53 cm
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Estimate
1,685,000 - 2,067,000 6,500,000 - 8,000,000 217,400 - 267,600
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Arc de Triomphe, Paris
1971
Oil on canvas
45.5 x 53 cm
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Estimate
2,455,000 - 3,101,000 9,500,000 - 12,000,000 317,700 - 401,300
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Venice
1963
Oil on wooden board
23.5 x 28 cm
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Estimate
895,000 - 1,211,000 3,400,000 - 4,600,000 115,300 - 155,900
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Sold Price
1,408,000 5,280,000 181,693
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Yehliu Scenery
Oil on canvas
26.5 x 33.5 cm
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Estimate
1,316,000 - 1,579,000 5,000,000 - 6,000,000 169,500 - 203,400
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Sold Price
1,472,000 5,520,000 189,952
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Northeast Coast, Taiwan
1973
Oil on canvas
46(L) x 53(W) cm
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Estimate
2,439,000 - 4,878,000 10,000,000 - 20,000,000 319,000 - 638,000
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Sold Price
3,247,423 12,600,000 417,910
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Gueishan Island
1960
Oil on canvas
27(L) x 40.5(W) cm
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Estimate
1,895,000 - 2,368,000 7,200,000 - 9,000,000 240,000 - 300,000
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Tamkang Scenery
1960
Oil on canvas
65(L) x 80(W) cm
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Estimate
5,789,000 - 7,895,000 22,000,000 - 30,000,000 733,300 - 1,000,000
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Sold Price
7,154,472 26,400,000 920,823
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Guanyin Mountain
1974
Oil on canvas
46(L) x 53(W) cm
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Estimate
2,619,000 - 4,762,000 11,000,000 - 20,000,000 343,800 - 625,000
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Sold Price
3,070,980 12,720,000 394,174
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Guanyin Mountain and Tamsui River
1974
Oil on canvas
31(L) x 41(W) cm
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Estimate
1,429,000 - 1,905,000 6,000,000 - 8,000,000 187,500 - 250,000
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Sold Price
1,738,291 7,200,000 223,117
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